Thread: Sad day - engine death rattle

Originally Posted by Bundy

Dobby


The Holden is such an Aussie modification and a nice running one is so good, why bother?


Paul

The Holden engine is running fine at the moment, but I'm just looking ahead if the time comes when the engine is on it's last legs. I'm a bit worried that it's already been reconditioned by a previous owner and that if I get any big issues with it then I'll be limited as to what I can do with it.

Originally Posted by mick88

If your series 3 is a SWB then it will more than likely have a section cut out of the front cross member to allow the radiator to have been moved forward. This is an easy repair job to return it to it's original state, however you may need to get another radiator support panel if you don't want to make do with the modified one. If your vehicle is a LWB and originally had the six cylinder engine then this modification of the front cross member will not have been necessary. You will either need to get another radiator or get the existing one altered back to accept the Land Rover hoses. As for the engine mounts most of the conversion kits came with their own mounts and these were just bolt up and go. The throttle linkages will have been modified but they should be an easy fix.
Overall not a big job once you get everything organised.



Hope this helps.
Cheers for now,
Mick.

Thanks Mick,
It's a LWB and I believe that it originally had the four cylinder engine in it. Was curious as to what was involved in returning it back to original, if I ever have to.
Regards
Vince

On ebay there are landrover radiators to suit the holden motors


Brand NEW 62mm Aluminum Radiator Land Rover Series 3 With 186 Holden | eBay

Originally Posted by 86mud

On ebay there are landrover radiators to suit the holden motors





Brand NEW 62mm Aluminum Radiator Land Rover Series 3 With 186 Holden | eBay

Do they make one for a Land Rover engined version? They look like a good unit. Will have to have a closer look when I'm at my computer.

It's amazing that someone would pre make such a thing.

I wonder how many Series 3 with 186 there are out there?

I bet it would be in the 100s rather than the 1000s.

But Good on em!
Regards Philip A

Be careful with the E-Bay aluminium radiators. Some of them don't have the correct coating on the inside. They corrode out aftet a year or two.
Aaron

Andrew put this vehicle up for sale as some know and I bought it off him. The unknown engine problems didn't really worry me as I had a 186 sitting down at the HoHars that was intended for another project but would do just fine if needed for this one. Anyway the prognosis was that the rattle was more than a simple fix so I have been working on swapping all the bits I want onto the other engine in preparation for putting it in and one of the things I was going to swap today was the sump as the other engine has had a protection plate fitted and the drain plug was moved and the soldering has started to weep oil at a reasonable rate. So anyway I pulled the sump off the original engine and found the reason for the rattle -



Not easy to see what all the bits are with the rather black oil but it appears to be a lot of the piston and other parts from around there. Haven't looked up through the bottom yet as it is hanging on the engine crane only high enough to get the sump off.

But I thought you might all be interested to see why it was rattling . Reminds me of a friend of mine who had an engine give up while racing and he explained it as an electrical problem, a rod came out the side of the motor and knocked the starter motor off.

Cheers,

TimJ.

Originally Posted by bee utey

It's probably just an OEM Holden piston breaking up. That happened to my brother's HG 186 ambulance at Mt Gambier back in 1978. We nearly made it back home (400km at a steady 60 km/h) but the engine was scrap at the end.

Told ya.