RRC Questions and thoughts (AirIntake)

[Tassie Hang Over]

Gday Forumite.

Well here is another post from a Nissan man who Own a Range Rover Classic. Funny enough all tho I missing my Patrols. I am enjoying playin with the Classic, But it is a night mare not knowing what you are doing lol,, And this one is in pretty bad shape and the build budget just got a hole lot tighter not having a job now.

Any ways now its getting offtopic,

After playing around tidying my egine bay up today I found there is no guts in my air box, the thing that looks like a muffler sitting on the top of the motor where the air cleaner is ment to go, And I haven't found anyone around here that has one, So I am thinking of building a custom one to take Pod filters, But for the time being just so I can use it would sealing it all up with silicon and welder be enough and putting a pod filter on the snorkel be okay, as it hasn't had a filter in there for a long time..

Or has any one done mods to there,,

Cheers

The Tassie Hang over

[PSI250]

these should be the filter it takes, but if theres nothing for it to slot into then there prob not much use.
Land Rover Parts - FILTER - AIR - R/ROVER (OVAL) (http://www.roverparts.com.au/inc/sdetail/729)

you could do the pod on the snorkel as temp, but i'd be cleaning it after every drive offroad as it will get dirty pretty quickly.

[UncleHo]

G'day Tassie Hang Over :)

I gather that this a Carbied RRC,I have an 85 model with the electronic distributor,(first year of that and last year of Carbs=124 bhp) the filter housing will work without filter inserts but the carbs will draw better with the filters fitted, mine had pods when I got it,and it ran erratic, fitted the original oval cleaner and 2 paper filters and it evened out easy,just make sure that the oil level in the carby dampers is to the bottom of the threads,if it uses/loses oil check for a split/damaged diaphragm,easy repair,the other weak point with V8 Rover motors is the vac advance diaphragm,but you can get an exchange one from a company in Qld (advancediaphragmoptions.com.)or ph (07)5428 0808 that is Mike Bushnell,nice bloke,timing for the RRC is 8*BTDC vac disconnected,I hope that is of help,(and I am not tell someone how to suck eggs--you may be a mechanic)

cheers

Uncle Ho:)

[Tassie Hang Over]

oil in the carbys O dear this thing has more tricks to it then a washed out magicans

[UncleHo]

G'day Tassie Hang Over :)

They are simple and quite easy to live with and maintain :) I would suggest that you get a Rave CD from Incisor our administrator I have both models for my vehicle (85) CD-1 is 1970--1985, CD-2 is 1986-1993 (they are the fuel injected models) these CDs have both the illustrated parts lists and the service manual, I find them a great help, as I do my own mechanical work,and we have both my 85,the wife's 98 D1 Auto (RRC chassis & running gear) as well as a couple of Ex-Army Series Land Rovers

cheers

[Tassie Hang Over]

G'day Tassie Hang Over :)

They are simple and quite easy to live with and maintain :) I would suggest that you get a Rave CD from Incisor our administrator I have both models for my vehicle (85) CD-1 is 1970--1985, CD-2 is 1986-1993 (they are the fuel injected models) these CDs have both the illustrated parts lists and the service manual, I find them a great help, as I do my own mechanical work,and we have both my 85,the wife's 98 D1 Auto (RRC chassis & running gear) as well as a couple of Ex-Army Series Land Rovers

cheers


this cd you talk about I purchased straight up when I joined this great cave of knowledge, Thanks for remineding me that I have it, I will dig it out and go thro it again lol

[UncleHo]

No Worries :D

You will find a wealth of info in them :)

only to happy to assist a fellow Landy/Rangie owner,that is what the forum is all about ;)


cheers

[Homestar]

As UncleHo mentioned, these are easier to maintain and work on than most people think. Have a read through the manual and ask as many questions as you want.:)

The biggest pain I find with these thing compared to Jap stuff is that most things are held on with nuts and bolts, requiring you to fumble around with a spanner on the back of everything.:D

Good, regular maintenance is also a must on a car that is getting on in years. Keep the maintenance up and it will reward you for years.

Cheers - Gav.