Thread: 113-372

Originally Posted by chazza

I bought mine from this ebay dealer Land Rover II/IIA Texmatic Turn Indicator Repair Kit | eBay

Cheers Charlie

Thank you. I have bought a couple. He also had some rubber vent seals so I got those, too.

Thanks Drifter and well spotted! I have just bought some seals as well

Cheers Charlie

G'day All, I managed to do something today with 113-372. Even though I have had 3 days off, I spent the first day doing a repair to 'Chloe', she had a stuck left hand rear wheel cylinder, and I needed it fixed asap, as I was going out for the day (Saturday) in her, I did fix the problem and go.
Today I put the Tex-Magna-Lite switch back together,

it should work OK, I also managed to grit blast 2 fuel filler necks & caps, etch primed them and added them to the items that need to be painted DBG next time I mix a pot.
I wasn't happy with the way the black leccy tape went on around a short section of the wiring for the switch, damn arthritis, might have another go at it with someone to help and hold the wires.
This little bundle turned up on Friday from Blanchards UK,

2 packs of 25 rubber bungs that are fitted to the bulkhead approx 14 to each bulkhead, also bought 4 x 1/4"UNF riv/nuts and a copper head gasket, for future use or as need arises, anyway tis back to work tomorrow, wife off to Qld Wednesday off work for 1 week to baby sit Poodle Patrol, cheers Dennis
ps 73198 is the part number for the rubber grommets, you can buy 1 or 101 whatever you need.

Very interesting project and it must be so gratifying after being so close to it in days gone by.

Just want to confirm if a DOUBLE flare is required for the brake lines.

Been looking around, and it seems that British vehicles used a Girling or bubble flare. This involves the first step of a double flare (using the spigot fitting) but not the second, final flare........ or are the Landies different?

G'day All, I'm no expert on this subject, but all the Series 2A's that I have fiddled with over the last 40 years, I have only ever seen double flares.
The Series 3 however has 'Ball flares' on the rear, I know this because having fitted Salisbury differentials to 3 of my Land Rovers, hope thats of some help, cheers Dennis
ps If you look at the brass 5 way junction on the chassis, note the internals, and you will see that it is formed to accept double flare, Ball flare has a rounded type bottom area, hope thats clear enough,,.

AFAIK If you start off with a ball flare, every time the pipe is removed and re-inserted the re-tightening progressively forms the double flare. Each time forming a good seal.

If you do a double flare first up, you only have limited removals before it will no longer seal.

That's my take on it and why I go for the ball flares.

Diana

G'day All,
Well I managed to get a few things done today on 113-372, there is a hidden message (read between the lines) when you have way too many Land Rovers that require minor adjustments etc at various intervals aka too many jobs on the go!!! LOL. Settle down 'DIGGER',,.
Grit blast was the order of the day for a few components, then etch prime and hang out on the clothes line to dry, the parts

I bought another small gravity feed spray gun (I think I have more spray guns than most paint shops) anyway by the time I thought I could spray these items it was too late in the afternoon, so Friday will be the day for DBG.
I had a phone call from the local sign shop, they had made my masks for the Red Rat, amongst other things, I applied one and painted it Red, but with my crippled arthritic thumbs I managed to let the mask touch the White surface, so I guess a minor touch up will be the order of the day

well that was my day, the good wife will be home tomorrow arvo, then she can control the Poodle Patrol and I can get back into doing what I have to do with my trucks.
With refernce to Ball flares, my 'Rigid' brand flaring tool, will do a sort of 'Ball' flare as the first stage in making a Double flare, but it is inconsistent with what I would call a 'ball flare', I'm not sure whether I could check with 'Eagle Plumbing' supplies (worldwide agents for Rigid tools) to see if they have a 'Ball' flare insert, anyway tis way too cold outside, thats why I'm here typing this up LOL cheers Dennis
ps I had a call from MDS my injectors are ready for the 110>>$524.65 later,,.