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If you want the top garage you cant go past KG McLeods. They always have classics (very very high end stuff too) in there as are one of the few garages with dedicated tune up scopes. One of the owners (old family friend) has quite a nice mini and was 2013 MTA garage of the year. http://yellow.co.nz/y/mcleod-kg-waverley http://kgmcleod.co.nz/page1.php

Bit more assembly going on.... roughly cleaned and painted the front axel housing, got both swivel housings buttoned up: Setting swivel bearing preload - bang on 14lb Everything has been replaced, these halfshaft bearings are pretty $$$ Now, in the 90s Land Rover switched the lubrication they used in the swivel housings from SAE90 to this 'one shot' grease. With this stuff it is now "filled for life" and (more importantly) will not leak anywhere near as much as the oil due to the swivel housings being a bit worn...

Big box of parts arrived from the UK, good price a pretty quick delivery really. But before using these parts I plan to check these rangerover diffs I bought before I put them in. Went down and had them dipped to clean off all of the old oil (now the consistancy of grease) Made up this little jig to check the backlash.... Hmmm thats not good, suppose to be between 0.004 in and 0.007 in It is pretty apparent that the car these came out of has done alot of ks in 2wd with VERY little of the rear diff oil changed. The rear had significant backlash but the front was smack in the middle of factory specs. Either way though, these bearing are stuffed.... I do hope I remember how to put this all back together....

Liking this project. Im not 100%, but ifI remember correctly the 2.78:1 and all shorter (3.08:1 and upwards) have different sized carrier housings (at least the salisbury, not sure about banjo) so changing ratios are not a simple swap. Like the choice of going with the 3spd, should be able to get heaps of bits very cheaply.

I've got some rotton floor, should help you accelerate flintstone styles. Would improve the current 0-50mph in ~30min

Awesome, any parts you need? Most of the excess stuff I had has been sold but have a few bits I am willing to part with....

Painted the floor in POR15, added some drain holes and Sound deadened the firewall. Used a layer of Dynamat (Mongoose equalivent) and 1/4" Dynaliner. Quietened it down a fair bit in the cab (still noisy though) but it has a fair bit of rattle on when at idle - going to try and find some softer engine mounts. Obligatory articulation shot

Out there doing it.... This was the start of load #4 I took to the tip...

From this fella http://www.bjautos.co.nz/ was $160ish + GST each, plus I got a length of the window channel to cut down to size. Wasn't too difficult to swap the glass over. Had a fair bit of use today. Cleaned out the front garden and took a load to the tip. Then took the roof off to go get a load of bark, I love this thing

So some progress on this thing, it's just a ton of fun to drive. Bugger off old, rusted door tops, hello new ones which done rattle Also got new diffs from a S2 Range Rover, should get me the longer legs I need and good timing since the rear is starting to grumble. Have also bought some dynamat and dynaliner to quieten the bitch down, will fit it when I have the chance It was a nice day so I pulled the top off and drove around for a bit, if I had more time I'd pull the rest of the cage off, rolling like a bawes.

That makes more sense, this is for quad on 308/350

Factory settings for Bendix stromber www for 253ci Main Metering Jet .050 in High Speed Bleeder 70 Drill Main Discharge Jet 36-36 Accelerator pump discharge Jet Drill No. 71 Idle Tube Size: Drill No. 69 primary: Drill No. 46 second: Drill No. 64 third: Drill No. 68 forth: Drill No. 68 Think you are close, I have all of the factory manuals so can scan pages if needed.

Had a look under this thing today. Checked all fluids and greased up all joints. Will need to do the swivel seals and the front driveshaft is stuffed (extension is starved of oil), more to add to the list. Currently tracking down some rangerover diffs, would be good to give the front/rear end an overhaul at the time.

Sound proofing: Was going to give the floors a quick go with the wire brush Paint with POR15 Use dynamat or something similar Not expecting miracles but anything should be better that what it is now.

If you are offering them, I'll take dibs.

Yea I saw that one on TM, cool conversion, best of luck with it. I have no idea for the transfer case. Its not original LD since it has a single lever so I assume Nissan of some sort.... I havent had a chance to have a REALLY good look at it just yet since I need to clear a few cars off the section first (one of the reasons it was bought) so just driving the thing at the moment. Just about find any excuse to drive it at the moment (i.e. to go buy beers from 500m down the road) since its just alot of fun. Hadnt figured out where I'm going to get them from, there is a local yard who specialise in 2nd hand and new parts for these things so was going to bail them up.

I have a feeling they are 4.57? or at least 4.5ish. That would be a good convo, the guy I got it from intended on using a LD28 but couldnt source one at the time. Considering the ED3.3 is such a low reving engine I imagine it would be perfect with the longer legs

I did consider that (3.5 vs 3.9, though availability is what it may come down to. Plus I read the range rover ones are slightly stronger. Being a nissan box I am also unsure if an O/D unit would be possible. Though a 5spd out of a late model may suit.

Yea what is happening with that...?

So I spose I better tell you all about this... Kind of always wanted one, decided I needed something which I can tow a trailer with/cart stuff, but had to have some class... Guy I bought it off was just down the road in Mosgiel and has had it for 13 yrs and done most of the hard work. He has converted it to run a Nissan ED33 3.3L diesel with matching 4spd box and used it as his daily. He bought it as a project with a Holden6 in it and did all the rust repairs on the bulkhead, floors and rear crossmember. It has had a quick spray and the canvas roof is in relatively good condition (need to give it a clean and waterproof). So things to do... It needs replacement doortops, these ones are stuffed and have lots of crappy repairs, plus the windows rattle. Will probably get repros with new channels It is bloody loud - sure it's a diesel but you absolutely cannot have a conversation in this thing while on the road. Will be sound deadening the floor and firewall, plus look to get a quieter muffler It cant do road miles - being a diesel with no O/D it is absolutely wringing its neck out at 50mph with the std diffs. Will look to do a conversion with early rangerover diff heads as they are 10 spline and a straight swap. Of course it has high/low so I don't think I would loose anything in going to the 3.5 diffs. Other than that I'm chuffed. Have no real intention of finding large pools of mud to wade this thing through but would like to do some back country drives in it. Plus its going to be bloody handy to have something decent to cart stuff around in. discuss //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/34767-sams-landy/

Stuff... //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/34768-they-see-me-rovering/

Impressed you got rid of pink bitz, well played sir

Thanks lads, that all makes alot more sense

Just bought an old Landy with a Nissan 3.3 diesel in it and would be keen on having a tacho to gaze at. Thing is bloody loud so no problem telling when to change gears but would be interested to see revs at highway miles as may be looking to different diff ratios in the future. How do i do it? Bit of a diesel virgin so any help is appreciated...

Anyone know anything about these things? Reliability, performance, ability to get parts? Looking to get something which it has been transplanted into