Recent content by hef19898

I know, but a bit expensive. And I read that they have some issues when they are angled to much. Plus, I basically pulled the Zenith ones appart in the desert once, and I get them calibrated well enough to pass emission tests. Maybe one day... Propably not, but who knows! IF I do that, she will...

Happy new year everyone! Still counts I guess, and I have a good excuse in case it's too late! ;-) Well, today I had a call with the guy working on the old lady. As it seems right now, the timing is good, and despite being a bit tight, the hydraulic lifter should be fibe as well. The carbs in...

Hi folks, long time no see! :-) The old lady is in the hands of a trusted mechanic to sort out what initially looked like timing issues after a camshaft replacement. Timing is ok, the issue seems to be the hydraulic lifter. I sourced those from a trusted source in the UK (none of the cheap...

Got it picked up by a friendly, free Land Rover experienced mechanic to sort out the engine timing and the worn out exhaust manifold bolt. oh, and finally install the Truetrac diff in the rear. Removed a hornets nest before he left, turns out if a dark, protected space is in the same spot for a...

As far as I remember, the 2.4 and 2.5 TD's from VM are a straight swap for the V8. And not bad engines neither. Cooling of the back cylinder head is a tad nad, and each cylinder has its own gasket. Apparently moving the the cooling over flow tank higher in the engine bay solves that issue. Never...

Ah, insurance and road tax! That's why I draw the line at 30 year old cars, that's when the excemptions kick in Germany. Otherwise, simply unaffordable as hobby, and even less as a daily driver...

Yeah, my feeling as well. Sometimes I get just sooo frustrated... But then I think it through: I sell, get some money, don't have a 4x4, spend money on a new classic 4x4, start car project again from scratch, get frustrated again later with the other car, rinse and repeat. And everytime I sell...

A G63 would be actually over-powered! All those old G300Ds with 88 hp so... A G230 would be ok, or a G300D turbo. Those are almost affordable. But spare parts and maintenance, no thank you.

Yes, also an option! I have the goods ones lying around, just in case! Worst case so, if you break a prop shaft, it is not the end of the world neither!

So that's why my transmission tunnel is welded in... Maybe I am just panicking, and having one of my bouts of wanting new shinney stuff or projects. After all, the LT95 is considered to be bomb proof, right? Either way, after quickly checking on Ashcroft, even the LT77 gets obsolete, or rather...

They quite dirty meccano sets so! Worst case I can imagine: find a 5-speed RRC gear box and transfer case (easy enough), exchange for the, by then broken, LT95, replace the prop shafts (easy and cheap enough). The trickiest bit would be to fit a new center consol, or modify the old one. That's...

It's an old dual carb one. Chassis has close to no rust, there some surface one and one spot on the right rock slider, nothing serious. The body needs some love, no rust, but pretty beat up. And a paint job wouldn't hurt neither. Two, or so, years ago I investigated refurbished / refurbishing...

Hello everyone! Well, I reached again the point where I have to make a decision: do I keep her or not. Last time, I was very much leaning into selling, and didn't, this time I am very much leaning into keeping. As opposed to last time, I want to make it, please don't laugh, rational decision...

Manifold to pipe. I like the idea of clamps, a quick suoerficial search for new exhaust manifolds either returned NIL, tubular ones not compatible with the exhaust or prices above budget. We'll see, she's due for a garage visit anyway to sort out the timing issue.

Me? No, I have barely time working on it. She's off getting the ignition timing sorted at a garage anyway over the winter, and going by how bad the manifolds look, I'd might just add that to the bill. I was, again, ready to sell it. Boe there are two trips on the horizon, Tunesia and Iceland...