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Hello ,

My name is Eelco from the Netherlands , and yesterday i bought my first land rover Minerva , copy of the Series 1 ?
For the belgium army i think ?
Anyway i have some questions ,
My starter motor doenst engange 9 times out of 10 , i think its the old LUCAS type. or Bullet type , i dont know yet.
But there is a ? oil can ? catch can ? petrol filter ? idk infront of the starter motor with hard lines copper.
How easy is it to remove the starter out of a minerva ?
And does somebody have an online work shop manual from the Minerva ? i found the series 1 works shop manual , but its not all the same.
Picture as i got it , dont mind the stupid hazzard lights , their already off , haha.


its bin off the road since 2004 , today i romoved all brake compontents , front brake cilinders were shot , brake shoes fell off . rear cilinders are okay , but will still rebuild them , master cilinder is leaking , new seals needed .
thank god someone in belgium has all the parts i need.

But if somebody has an idea how i can get the start motor off ?
ill make some photo's tomorrow of the situation.

The engine runs lovely , once the starter finnaly does it job.
What oil do u run in these , 20W50 ? like the old SEA 30 in my Ariel motorbike ?
 

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Looks like a 1600 side valve series 1 type engine.
Have you still got the push button starter ?
You may just have a bit of rust on the starter gear(where the gear throws up the shaft when starting) caused by lack of use.

Remove battery conections
& few bolts to get the starter out if needed
 
Hey. Took some photo of the oil filter ?
Its infront of the starter , if i loosen the gland , will i loose all oil ? Haha.

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its gonna be painted soon in olive drab again, i dont the multiple shades of green. Haha. En front marker light are gonna be in de fender like the serie 1.

Yes i have the start button.
 

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Yes you can take that union out. Do not start the engine & no oil should come out.

And check the polarity or the motor… it may be positive earthed.dont want you blowing up the dynamo
 
So today i took off the starter , heavy thing with 1 hand.
looks brand new , teeth on the starter look fine.
but the teeth on the flywheel dont look that good :(
Is that a sepperate part like a teeth ring that u can get , or does it need to replace the whole flywheel ?
Took no pics , sorry :)
 
So today i took off the starter , heavy thing with 1 hand.
looks brand new , teeth on the starter look fine.
but the teeth on the flywheel dont look that good :(
Is that a sepperate part like a teeth ring that u can get , or does it need to replace the whole flywheel ?
Took no pics , sorry :)
Make sure the starter gear throws all the way forward.
 
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Mounted 2 new indicators today , took off the mickey mouse type ontop the fenders.
and started with the olive drab. paint.



I also played a little with the starter , its a bad spot on the flywheel , i found the hand-starter in the back of the rover.
and when the 'grinding gears' and i move the engine with the hand starter like half a full turn , the starter picks up fine.
it also starts very good and fast , but i think theire are damaged teeth on the flywheel.


is it hard to remove the gearbox/clutch assy ?
remove both drive shafts, remove some cluthc linkage , maby in the cab the floor plate ?
and then lower the gearbox ? or is it very hard ?

then i can also inspect my clutch , its like an on/off switch , not really drive-able

would this fit : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403319855771
?
 
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