Thread: Does anyone have any info on this vehicle, please?

Originally Posted by drifter

Yer gonna have me getting out the tape measure, aren't you?

Hmmmm

Measuring in a vertical line through the centre of the rear hubs, the HT is 3" higher than the SW.

Subtract the wheel height difference (1½") and we have a nett height difference of 1½"

bugger

Originally Posted by drifter

Hmmmm

Measuring in a vertical line through the centre of the rear hubs, the HT is 3" higher than the SW.

Subtract the wheel height difference (1½") and we have a nett height difference of 1½"

bugger1/4

Wouldn't you have to subtract half the difference because only half of each wheel affects the height of the spring? Making the difference in the springs 2 1/4"

Wasn't there someone recently with a set of military springs surplus to needs?

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Wouldn't you have to subtract half the difference because only half of each wheel affects the height of the spring? Making the difference in the springs 2 1/4"

Wasn't there someone recently with a set of military springs surplus to needs?

Diana

You are right of course - which makes the 'problem' worse...


... except for a head smacking moment when I recall the previous owner telling me the HT has 1 ton springs on it.

I am going to have to apply some of my electrickery magic to the thing, too.

When the heater fan is going at full speed, it slows when the headlights are turned on.

If I turn the fan off, the headlights get brighter!



One of the first things to happen is a rewire of all the non-standard wiring - with an emphasis on fuses (there appears to be a smattering of in-line fuses spread about the place - I replaced that malarkey with a 6-position fuse holder on the HT) and wires capable of carrying the current. Then a removal of all unnecessary wire. Then the 'relay fix' to the headlights.

After that I will look at the alternator size - I suspect the one in it is a low output one - it looks like the one I removed from the SWB 2a except it has a regulator bolted on the rear of it. The HT got a 65A implant. This may get the same.

I have to be honest, and firstly not that I have been looking, but in 30+ years thats the first time I've noticed a dished bonnet. Everthing I've had/worked on has had a std flat bonnet with the non rounded front edge.

Originally Posted by drifter

I am going to have to apply some of my electrickery magic to the thing, too.

When the heater fan is going at full speed, it slows when the headlights are turned on.

If I turn the fan off, the headlights get brighter!



One of the first things to happen is a rewire of all the non-standard wiring - with an emphasis on fuses (there appears to be a smattering of in-line fuses spread about the place - I replaced that malarkey with a 6-position fuse holder on the HT) and wires capable of carrying the current. Then a removal of all unnecessary wire. Then the 'relay fix' to the headlights.

After that I will look at the alternator size - I suspect the one in it is a low output one - it looks like the one I removed from the SWB 2a except it has a regulator bolted on the rear of it. The HT got a 65A implant. This may get the same.

The symptoms you mention suggest a poor engine/chassis earth strap. But with a Series Landrover of this age, expect to find all earth connections a bit dubious. As an example, on my 2a I found that the headlights were earthed to the radiator support - which only had a very dubious electrical connection to the chassis. The problem is, Landrovers are bolted together, and while this may give a good earth connection when new, after a few decades ........ And an earth connection to the chassis using a copper tag, bolted with a steel bolt to a steel chassis, is also going to rust.

John

John

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

I have to be honest, and firstly not that I have been looking, but in 30+ years thats the first time I've noticed a dished bonnet. Everthing I've had/worked on has had a std flat bonnet with the non rounded front edge.

It is the first I have seen directly, too. I have seen reference to them in the books but not on a vehicle.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

The symptoms you mention suggest a poor engine/chassis earth strap. But with a Series Landrover of this age, expect to find all earth connections a bit dubious. As an example, on my 2a I found that the headlights were earthed to the radiator support - which only had a very dubious electrical connection to the chassis. The problem is, Landrovers are bolted together, and while this may give a good earth connection when new, after a few decades ........ And an earth connection to the chassis using a copper tag, bolted with a steel bolt to a steel chassis, is also going to rust.

John

John

Cool - thanks - job #1 then becomes "run new earth wires'!

Originally Posted by drifter

It is the first I have seen directly, too. I have seen reference to them in the books but not on a vehicle.

Dished bonnets are quite rare - probably mostly, if not only, fitted to imported station wagons. The deluxe bonnet, with the rounded front is rather more common, but I have only ever owned one.

John