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Yep, we made it. Others didn't by the sounds of it.
We did some 4200 km, used $800 in fuel for the 86"; $600 in the 90". 16 litres of engine oil and 4 litres of gear oil in the 86" (to lazy to change an oil seal) and nil oil in the 90.
Some final photos are below.
Those tail lights stick out like stud-rats nuts...
We may have to find some older ones.
Looks like you had a great adventure, thanks for showing us what we missed out on :p The series 1 looks great in the photos.
Well l spent 4 hours putting a D2V8 back together after changing the rockers and shafts then turned to my 86" which had adopted an energy saving mode by turning into a 3 cylinder! 40 minutes after starting l had the offending valve in my hand.
Now why can't Land Rover sort out their newer cars like that! 4 new valves to go in, in the morning and then a tune up and ready for Monkey Gum Fire trail in a few weeks time! Isn't that what a series 1 is for?
What did the bore look like?
The bore looked good with no lip or scoring. The engine is surprisingly clean and shows no signs of deteriation even after a 15 year layup.
Note the date on the above posts.
A couple of months ago we pulled the engine out for a complete strip down and rebuild.
As at last weekend he rebuild started. The bore was pretty good - so we honed it.
New exhaust valves. The inlet valves were good so we did a valve grind on all of them.
Block, head and just about everything else has been cleaned, scraped, primed and painted.
Today the cam went in - the rockers have been installed, the pistons and new rings have been installed...
One of the big problems we have found is that some manuals list part numbers that don't match this engine. Welsh plugs, for example. They were ordered and arrived - and were 1/16" too big. The valve collets arrived - and are the wrong size - and we had lost one collet during the stripdown... fortunately, the donor under the tree still had a complete engine in it - so off with the head to retreive a collet - to discover a bore in really good condition - hmmm....
All these things take time - so we are behind time on the rebuild...
The crankshaft goes in tonight. Tomorrow will be the timing gear and a full static timing setup while it is on the engine stand.
One of the problems the vehicle had was the worn spindle in the carb that lets petrol out... - Toad got a kit from the US and we have re-sleeved the carb and have inserted a new spindle.
Tomorrow - if we get a good run at it, we will have the engine in and started.
At that point, we hope also to swap out the transfer case for one that retains oil.
Hopefully.
The head was a bit 'grungy':
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/11/1243.jpg
Not a good picture but it is definitely different now:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/11/1244.jpg
The block is actually further advanced than these pics:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/11/1241.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/11/1242.jpg
There are people around who will tell you that the early grills are useful on a BBQ.
Well, we have found another use for the Series 1 grill:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/11/1240.jpg
Yes, it is a very handy rack for drying nuts and bolts that have just had their heads painted!