Thread: Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics II.

Originally Posted by Hogarthde

John, in the old Dad’s ‘54 and ‘57 Landrover s it was not a ratchet ,
it was a horizontal notched rack, just under the dash ,, at a very tempting position for small boys, almost as tempting as the ignition key.

Manual image shows a Hook on the end with a release tab. A bit primitive but I suppose it worked ok.

Dad’s Landrover had that hooked throttle , just in front of the range gear stick, and as well as also , the governor control , which had to have the V belt on to enable the governor to work.

Dad only fitted that V belt when mowing or on the saw bench.

The govenor (in original configuration) was an on off device intended to maintain fixed engine RPMS and was usually preset or adjusted under the bonnet. It would strive to maintain a set minimum RPM's but could be over ridden for higher( although uncontrolled) speeds with the handthrottle or accellerator.

This is the hand throttle that my Series 2 diesel had:

hand throttle.jpg

Originally Posted by Old Farang

This is the hand throttle that my Series 2 diesel had:

hand throttle.jpg

A Same as mine. The only use it gets with me is crossing a paddock in a low gear so one's foot doesn't bounce on the pedal. Never had the Aux. gear to use it in anger.

Same - a number of the Landrovers I have had needed this for using the capstan winch. But my current one, for example, I usually only use it for charging the battery if it has got a bit low.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Same - a number of the Landrovers I have had needed this for using the capstan winch. But my current one, for example, I usually only use it for charging the battery if it has got a bit low.

Yes,needed for Capstan on ours.That winch got a huge workout on Fraser island in the late 60's and early 70's.
It was often used many times a day.The good thing was the vehicle was so light it often didn't pull over the trees.

Once we started using the later series 3,LWB,it was heavy,particularly loaded,so had to use snatch blocks,etc,which was a PITA.
And with the trailer on was bloody hopeless in the soft sand.

What was the mechanical dial thing under the dash of the old rover cars,75,90, etc?

From my bad memory it let the car freewheel at times?

Anyone know?

Probably either overdrive or freewheel. Freewheel was popular in the 1930s - it enables easy gear shifting without the complication of synchromesh. I know this was fitted to prewar Rovers, and probably early postwar, before all synchro boxes were fitted (This is where Rover got the Freewheel fitted to the early Landrover front axle drive). Freewheel needs to have a lock fitted to enable you to use reverse and for engine braking. Overdrive was definitely available on some postwar Rovers, and this may have incorporated freewheel; some did but I'm not sure about the Rover ones.