Thread: V8 Camshaft

Originally Posted by aussiebushman

Got the 91 through rego inspections today and talked with the mechanic about the torque issue. He is not a Land Rover person but offered the suggestion that it is not the camshaft but a timing chain that has slipped a cog

Is this feasible?

Vaguely feasible, but once the chain has jumped a tooth it will shortly jump another and cease to run at all. Chain jump will also show up as massively retarded ignition timing so a check with a timing light is in order.

Yes - that make sense. Although sluggish on hills. there is no evidence of anything more serious, Yesterday I dropped into 3rd and rocketed up to 120 from 80 to pass three trucks with no difficulty at all. Can't be all that bad to do that.

I'll just have to get some money together and take the vehicle to Graeme Coopers for a thorough going-over. I built and manage their website and have done business with them since Graeme first opened the doors so I know I'll get the right advice

I had similar problems in my 84 County. It turned out to be the advance in the dizzy. I put in a new one and it totally changed how it drove.

Went from struggling to hold 80kmh up hills on the Hume to sailing over at 120kmh.

Might be worth checking

Thanks - good advice
Cheers
Alan

Originally Posted by aussiebushman

Thanks - good advice
Cheers
Alan

Literally just fixed mine at home on the kitchen table it worked a treat! Suck on the hose and stick your tounge on it, it should have vacuum. If it dosnt you have nothing to lose, crack the sucker open and have a look at the diphram theres only gonna be 1 thing wrong with it. It's doing nothing if it's got no vac you can drive without it plugged in if you **** it up.
Cheers Jim

Yes,, make sure the dizzy is performing as it should,
after that its down to age of the cam lobes, these tend to erode over time...

Good advice about the distributor. It may be coincidence or perhaps it was one of you who told Stuart (Graeme Cooper) about finding a broken "cutter" inside his distributor that he was able to repair himself - Stuart called me to suggest I investigate this.

However, neither the manuals nor extensive Internet searches show what to look for. Can anyone please provide a reference link or picture?

Originally Posted by aussiebushman

Good advice about the distributor. It may be coincidence or perhaps it was one of you who told Stuart (Graeme Cooper) about finding a broken "cutter" inside his distributor that he was able to repair himself - Stuart called me to suggest I investigate this.

However, neither the manuals nor extensive Internet searches show what to look for. Can anyone please provide a reference link or picture?

Have you sucked on the hose yet?
Disconnect the vac hose from the intake,get your lips around it and suck suck suck, stick your tounge over it and see if it sticks!
Did you ever pull the rotor arm off? If so the weights could be dislodged. A broken weight seems highly unlikely more so dislodged easy fix, you can whack a screw in the shaft while your at it it to stop it happening again. Bee done a write up maybe under "Lucas distributor shaft screw fix" something like that anyway....

Cheers Jim