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thats the joy of a series diesel and im still learning about mine been onto the heritage museum with the serial numbers off me axles difs tranny box and gearbox to find out anything as to why its still only 40mph flat out turns out i have a full original series 2 1ton set of running gear :eek:

why are they called gaylanders ................:D:D:D here goes theyre so whimpy offroad im sure they were marketed for the felching ass bandits to commute from one gentlemans lavetory to another straight across hampstead heath most the gaylanders i know of round this way are either...

oi come on not fair i rebuilt mine within 9 months with a budget of £200 and a hell of a lot of graft n skill if youve got the enthusiasm and guts to try it then go for it ........you might surprise yerself

do it to the 13 degrees past TDC think the 16 degrees past was only on early petrol engines

now heres the bad bit that engine mount you need to alter isnt as bad as it seems you dont need to totally remove the original mount from the chassis as thats just causing exess work pigging around and god only knows what else how i done it was to run the 4" grinder along the sides of it...

now the next phase is to get a good permanent live from the battery on a 5 amp fuse to a switch on the dash then from the switch to the engine bay for the fuel pump solenoid on the new engine and at this point you should be ready for the engine out part the engine swap itself is pretty much...

right here we gggoooooo !!!!!!! for the 2.5 engine swap most of it is straight forward but theres a couple of days fettling to do before you go for the crunch first your best bet for ease of working space is to completely get rid of the original air filter mount and battery for mine i...

ive just done a 12j 2.5n/a convert on mine and if its any help i could get a few pics up later to help anyone interested in this chassis engine mount change as i found a way of simply altering the existing series one to suit wich took me all of 20 minutes once i got the dimensions right

reet theres 2 major things with the smoke the most common problem with the 10j diesel engine is the head gasket goes between the piston bores and the cam rocker linkage rod hole but doesnt effect the water ports causing back pressure to force oil into the pipe at the top into the manifold id...

they are what the bracket bolts on to originaly

to tell yer the truth its yer starter motor windings half burnt out and shorting out at its worst youll see not only smoke from the main cables and earths youll see the accelerator cable start glowing

just make sure yer welder is rated over 100 amp otherwise anything under that and youd have a better chance with a bic lighter

naah its a slight pinhole reet in the middle of the bugger sort of a tiny arcing jet when under pressure and also an ickle split just above the bottom hose where i cant get in to solder it due to its close proximity to a load of original solder ( if i try it theres a good chance ill fix that...

been at it since 2 days after yer brought it here and a little update the engine is now in with the pump reconditioned ( by me :eek: ) and its just like you said fella runs like a dream and a hell of a lot more poke than the one i took out all ive got to do now is replace the brake pipe...

tried to fone you but lost yer number and broke me new fone so i havent had any contact with the normal world outside this bleddy estate for about 2 weeks now :o:( shorry woddewick !!

with the new engine ( coz its been stood fer a few months ) i had a bit of a problem with the fuel pump ( damn throttle armature inside was stuck at full blast ) so today i have had a wonderfull time stripping the bugger down and refurbishing the gubbinz to free and clean evrything up and...

4" grinder with a 1mm cutting disc and no guard fitted

now for sorting the engine a bit first by giving it a damn good clean up with a 50/50 mix of petrol and diesel she came up rather good :D:D "][/URL] then it was all taken over the street to me mates garage for the transplant wich shortly after this pic i smashed me 2 week old fone and couldnt...

aaahhhhaaaaa!!!!! here it is !!:D now ive found the resto thread ill give it an ickle update ive finally given up on the original engine as im just sick of throwing money at it and getting nowhere so thanks to GRATCH i now have a 12j engine to put in the bugger but first there were a few...

if you need a head for it mate ive just yanked my 2.25 derv enjun out for a 2.5 12j the head has been fully reconditioned with brand new valves guides jacket plugs and a recent skim aswell send us a PM if yer need it :D