Engine hand speed control/petrol engine

[Steve in Cairns]

Evening all.
Whilst playing around on Peggy I noticed a couple of things (a couple more things) that I am unsure of.
1) She has an engine hand speed control with a petrol engine. Do I assume that the original engine for this vheichal would have been diesel?
2) on the front wheels there is a rotation swithch in the centre for 2WD and 4WD, is this normal and what do they do?

Thanks.

[Aaron IIA]

1) I have never seen a SII/SIIa Land Rover, petrol or diesel, without a hand throttle. The chasis number will reveal what the orignal engine was.

2) I think you are describing free wheeling hubs. The are not standard. Most likely after market fitment. They have various advantages and disadvantages.
Aaron

[JDNSW]

As Aaron says, while the hand speed control was standard on diesels, almost every Series 2/2a I have seen that was Australian assembled has one. I have owned five of them, and the only one without a hand throttle is a home market one.

A bit like bonnet spare wheel mounts - most Australian assembled Series vehicles have them.

John

[Ozdunc]

I don't have one, I'd like one.
But I do have a 8:1 compression engine, so maybe thats why Bill misses out.

I do have the wheel on the bonnet