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- Tue Nov 26, 2019 4:32 pm
- Forum: Parts for sale
- Topic: AA membership badge
- Replies: 4
- Views: 598
Re: AA membership badge
Badge number range: O100000 - O999999 issued Oct 1945 to Jan 1951
- Sat Nov 23, 2019 9:03 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: starting
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1571
Re: starting
Seems that your non standard pump has too much pressure for the SU carb float valve. Surely fitting the correct SU fuel pump would resolve your problem?
Re: Salt
Nothing wrong with salt, too much water (substitute any other food item) can kill you. 

- Tue Nov 05, 2019 2:51 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Clattering noise
- Replies: 27
- Views: 994
Re: Clattering noise
Are you sure the thermal shock hasn't loosened the baffles in the silencer?
- Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:03 pm
- Forum: Parts for sale
- Topic: Borg & Beck Clutch Kit NOS
- Replies: 1
- Views: 323
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 3:37 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Suddenly ....no clutch and no ability to get in any gear
- Replies: 22
- Views: 854
- Thu Sep 19, 2019 5:19 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Circular heater
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1489
Re: Circular heater
At that price I would just fit a pull on/off switch. The fan hardly does anything even when on maximum setting, so the rheostat is really not needed. Might be worth taking the old one apart before you bin it though.
- Wed Sep 18, 2019 6:34 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Crankshaft pulley removal
- Replies: 16
- Views: 714
- Wed Sep 18, 2019 5:59 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Crankshaft pulley removal
- Replies: 16
- Views: 714
Re: Crankshaft pulley removal
Well it is always worth having some Plus Gas about, it has freed off a lot of rusted fittings for me. I don't bother with the aerosol, just the standard can. Will last you for years. WD40 is really a water dispersant hence the WD.
- Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:31 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Crankshaft pulley removal
- Replies: 16
- Views: 714
Re: Crankshaft pulley removal
WD40 is not a penetrating oil although a lot of people think it is. You want something like Plus Gas : http://www.plusgas.co.uk/
- Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:32 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Circular heater
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1489
Re: Circular heater
I think the ones for early Land Rovers are the same, but you would need to check, £20 new:
https://www.johncraddockltd.co.uk/serie ... ables.html
https://www.johncraddockltd.co.uk/serie ... ables.html
- Sun Sep 08, 2019 6:18 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Backfire on overrun
- Replies: 6
- Views: 430
- Sun Sep 08, 2019 6:18 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Backfire on overrun
- Replies: 6
- Views: 430
Re: Backfire on overrun
+1 for exhaust leak. Cast an eye over the entire exhaust system and see if you can spot any witness marks to show where exhaust gases are escaping , usually at a joint.
- Sat Sep 07, 2019 7:18 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: New Battery & Regulator Adjustment
- Replies: 7
- Views: 438
Re: New Battery & Regulator Adjustment
Interesting, on the strength of that I am happy to leave things as they are. Thank you. Regards your comment "not a regular battery", this Hankook lead/calcium battery was the very cheapest I could find(075 code, £55 delivered), so by definition I would have thought it should be described as regular?
- Sat Sep 07, 2019 6:32 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: New Battery & Regulator Adjustment
- Replies: 7
- Views: 438
Re: New Battery & Regulator Adjustment
Thanks, but I was not confused. I have remembered where I read about this, it was on the Land Rover Series 2 forum. This was the post: Batteries "The new technology Lead/Calcium batteries are long-lived - come with 4 or 5 yr guarantees - if looked after. Our best advice is to fit the biggest battery...
- Sat Sep 07, 2019 5:21 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: New Battery & Regulator Adjustment
- Replies: 7
- Views: 438
New Battery & Regulator Adjustment
I have just had to fit a new battery, and I have heard that modern batteries should be charged at a lower voltage than the originals. If this is correct, can someone advise how to adjust the regulator to achieve this? The new (Hankook) battery was covered in all sorts of stickers and logos and looke...
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Silly" choke cable question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 509
Re: "Silly" choke cable question
Yes it should lock but the mechanism does wear out. In the mean time standard practice is one or two clothes pegs depending on the weather. 

- Mon Aug 19, 2019 3:58 pm
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Holes in bulkhead
- Replies: 12
- Views: 699
Re: Holes in bulkhead
I did the job today. One of the original rivets was still attached to the sound deadening material. You may be amused to learn that it is trifurcated!
- Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:51 am
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Holes in bulkhead
- Replies: 12
- Views: 699
Re: Holes in bulkhead
Ah, that makes sense. Thank you both for your replies. At least I know it is not something vital.
- Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:14 am
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: Holes in bulkhead
- Replies: 12
- Views: 699
Holes in bulkhead
Can anyone tell me what these holes at the top edge of the bulkhead are for? Looks like something has been pulled out from them as they are distorted.