SERIES 3, 1973 with HOLDEN 186 MOTOR

Hello Gary,

Thanks for taking a photograph of the engine bay and posting it up.

Could you please take some close up photographs of the accelerator linkages from the passenger's side fire wall to the carburettor and post them up for me. Your system looks like it used more of the original arrangement then my Holden conversion does. I highlighted the area with a red rectangle in the attached photograph.

I noticed that you have mechanical linkages - rods going all the way up to the carburettor. I have a half wheel Dellorto that fits on the throttle shaft and links to a accelerator cable. The cable then cross over the tappet cover and joins to the accelerator linkage just near the driver's foot well.

It is your vehicle so whether you want to stay with the Holden or take it back to an original Land Rover engine is up to you. Either way you will have a really sweet ride when you are finished.


Kind Regards
Lionel

Lionel, the linkages are std Holden items, I used them myself way back in the mid 70's, they unbolt from the firewall with 2 screws, that system is a lot easier to set up than using std L/R stuff.
As for the apparent ?? engine misalignment, maybe I would be thinking it could have home made engine mounts thus causing the engine to be facing to the right side, just my thoughts cheers Dennis[smilebigeye]

Hi Lionel,

I will take some photos and post for you to look at.

Thanks for your comment.

cheers
Garry

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Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello Gary,

Thanks for taking a photograph of the engine bay and posting it up.

Could you please take some close up photographs of the accelerator linkages from the passenger's side fire wall to the carburettor and post them up for me. Your system looks like it used more of the original arrangement then my Holden conversion does. I highlighted the area with a red rectangle in the attached photograph.

I noticed that you have mechanical linkages - rods going all the way up to the carburettor. I have a half wheel Dellorto that fits on the throttle shaft and links to a accelerator cable. The cable then cross over the tappet cover and joins to the accelerator linkage just near the driver's foot well.

It is your vehicle so whether you want to stay with the Holden or take it back to an original Land Rover engine is up to you. Either way you will have a really sweet ride when you are finished.


Kind Regards
Lionel

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Originally Posted by Dinty

Lionel, the linkages are std Holden items, I used them myself way back in the mid 70's, they unbolt from the firewall with 2 screws, that system is a lot easier to set up than using std L/R stuff.
As for the apparent ?? engine misalignment, maybe I would be thinking it could have home made engine mounts thus causing the engine to be facing to the right side, just my thoughts cheers Dennis[smilebigeye]

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Hello Dennis,

Thanks for the information - much appreciated. I wrote some more about it over in my Rebus is Alive thread. Don't want to hijack Gary's thread too much. [bigwhistle]

Kind Regards
Lionel

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Originally Posted by Garry Treen

Hi Lionel,

I will take some photos and post for you to look at.

Thanks for your comment.

cheers
Garry

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Hello Garry,

Thank you for the reply. Feel free to post the photographs over on my Rebus is Alive thread instead of my interests diverting your thread.


Kind Regards
Lionel

Ok, will do.

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Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello Garry,

Thank you for the reply. Feel free to post the photographs over on my Rebus is Alive thread instead of my interests diverting your thread.


Kind Regards
Lionel

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Ditch the red POS boat anchor[thumbsupbig]

Today we went over to the shed for a tidy up. Before we knew it we were stripping off the front panels and getting a better look at the front of the chassis. Apart from the rust, we exposed some of the modifications carried out when the Holden motor and radiator was fitted. We have parts of the heater setup but no matrix. We have the snail blower and it's quite rusty and we're sure more rust will be inside. We have a shock absorber fitted across the front steering? as well as a solid lump of steel maybe to protect the shock absorber and have to source a new front bumper as our was missing.

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Can anyone tell me what the studs on the bulkhead are for?
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The studs on the bulkhead are probably to attach some sort of matting for insulation.

It seems that there are going to be significant chassis and bulkhead repairs needed - and I can't see that cutout in the chassis for the Holden radiator ever passing muster, which suggests that restoring to original condition and fitting a Rover engine might be the best option.

The steering damper is a factory option, that was fitted to most, if not all, Australian built Series 3. Not absolutely necessary.

The radiator support panel the best option is probably to find another one. Probably best to do that with the bulkhead as well, although this will be more expensive/harder.

When I bought my 1973 Series III, I didn't realise that it had a Series II engine until I measured the crankshaft in preparation for fitting rings and bearings.

I later fitted a Series III engine. I didn't have to modify anything, so I think that means that they are the same as far as mountings and connections go.