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UHM?!, confused!, what does the alternator have to do with servo assisted brakes? dont the servo work from a vaccuum?:confused:

if youve screwed the idle mix all the way in. thats the wrong way (clockwise) to richen the mix...youve leaned it out too much, screw it about 2 turns out (anticlock), see if this works, that will richen the mix.

now you couldnt do that in a toy***, wouldnt look "propper" as soon as it got muddy. 90TruckCab - i love the look of your neighbourhood!

i was amazed to see a landy still being used like this, would of expected a Toy*** or something a little newer!. it looked tidy from a distance, get up close and the chassis firewall, well, you can imagine what the salt water would do!

Went for a day out around rural New Zealand today, found a series 2 still working hard at the surf lifesaving center at Ocean beach, Hawkes bay. Anyone else know of any landrovers still doing and honest days work?

it does, it works WAYYY better than the engine cleaner halfords sell!:P

Glad to hear it!!, hey a bit of a tip for cleaning the oily varnish thats around the inside of yer block... you need to raid yer wifes cleaning cupboard (i know a scary place!!), find the orange topped "cillit bang", spray this stuff all over yer block, wash it of...good as new. just dont...

i thought about this again, is there free-wheeling hubs fitted?, if so are the set to 4x4?

dont forget to replace your frost/core plugs!, its a good time whilst the engine is out. would be a buggar to do all this hard work and find out after you have a leaking plug!.

Have you gone out and got your self an ex nz army landy?, sounds like someone has pulled out the front half shafts to reduce fuel consumption - when it was a v8?

a quick squizz on trade me turned this up; Land Rover Series IIA 1972 for sale - TradeMe.co.nz - New Zealand

i know that nissans LD28 fits right onto the series gearbox with no mods, smokey, noisy and bastids to start,mine used to have one but it popped a valve, probably from the high revs!. ive seen a couple of holden adapter plates on trade me, think its for the 602 engines?

Lester, where abouts in NZ are you?, if yer in the north island i reccomend Landy heaven, in Napier, i go there for all my bits for series, ect...give him a call 0274 499 487 or (06) 845 2658, ask for alistair, mabey back from the v8s in Hamilton!

Been having problems with my acellerator pump, At junctions the engine dies, but if i pull off the accelerator the engine picks up again, its fitted to a 2.25 using a zenith carby, tried cleaning & rebuilding a few times using instructions from a haynes manual...also put a carb kit into it, with...

ive been having problems with the clutch too. good thing is tho, i can bleed it all out in about 10 mins! think the seals have gone in the master as sometimes fluid will run down the pedle, sounds like a baster of a job cheers.

thanks, ill check inside the dizzy too, but i dont think there will be owt wrong as the engine wasnt running. cheers.

its in the region of 12v, i think your right too, it aint the propper coil, says for use with ballast resistor (my bad)! i have put an old coil off a mini on, lucas (12v ignition), but this still get pretty hot, i.e. it would burn you when you touch it! i think it may be buggerd as the car...

when you were bleeding the system did you pump the pedal? i always use a jam jar and some old clear pipe, keep pumping untill no air comes out, and the keep the pedal fully down and tighten up the bleed nut.

I have a '70 series 2a, petrol 2.25, problem is, when the engine has run for about half an hour their is a loss of power and it cuts out completly, the other day i was listening to the radio, parked up the engine not running but the ignition switch on, the coil blew itself apart with a puff...