Recent content by grewth

My 2A Diesel was well down on power when the silencer rotted off last year. You need some level of back pressure on a non turbo

Someone is (was?) selling 3D printed copies of the input shaft on eBay for about £13 all in.

I think the P5B was actually the first use of the ex Buick V8, around 1967. With an automatic transmission because Rovers manual gearbox wasn't quite up to the torque.

Sounds pathetically cheap doesn't it ? Actually about two weeks wages for me then. The time line would seem to fit, about ten years after the launch of the original Range Rover, people had started looking at the V8 as a practical engine for a dual purpose vehicle, and used Rover V8 engines were...

Looks like you're missing the blower unit. Sits next to the matrix on top of the footwell

Something at the back of my memory is suggesting that it's the same ring gear but fitted the other way around. Not 100% certain on that but I'm pretty confident you could fit a diesel flywheel to the petrol crankshaft, along with a diesel type engine block bellhousing. Then you could fit a...

Just out of curiosity, who actually was the OE supplier back in the day ? AC Delco ? The whole "OE" thing is little better than a scam. Basically if you bought the company who bought the company who bought the company that originally manufactured something, you get the trademark rights, and...

I just can't believe how much they cost these days. When I built my old series two, I found this old bloke in Wolverhampton who used to knock them up to get a bit of beer money for himself and his wife. All plywood bases and backs £10 a squab or back, I managed to get a full set of standard...

Well done Sir ! I've never actually used one myself (I just tune the pump timing by ear), but that is certainly a cost effective solution to a difficult problem

Tried it with a cheapo Clarke (Machine Mart) MIG welder in 1987. Aluminium wire bunched up at the feed rollers every time I tried to use it. Did get a few little runs in maybe an inch long before it ****ed up yet again. Apparently there are Teflon faced torch liners available (probably not for...

You can't do that, it's FAR too sensible! How about the traditional method of just slapping everything together and driving until you run out of fuel. Make sure that you don't carry any spare fuel in the vehicle, then you can enjoy a nice bracing walk to the nearest filling station. After...

My 88 tank reads full with anything over six gallons in the tank, but doesn't have a reserve when the gauge hits zero. I've been meaning to fix it for the last ten years or so. The very annoying diesel low fuel warning light died a good while ago, not sure whether I should bother fixing it

I've had Delphi cylinders fitted since 2012. One front one mysteriously seized up after a couple of years. No problems since in about 70,000 miles

Absolutely. You need either very deep pockets, or the ability to do most of the work yourself.

One bit of advice I can offer. If you're replacing the collars on the stub axles (the ones that the hub oil seals run on) DON'T fit the Britpart/Allmakes items. They are made from poor quality mild steel and are soft as ****e. The surface might look smooth and shiny, but it will soon rip the...