Thread: LANDY'S LAST RESTORATION BY ME

IMAG1557.jpg READY FOR NEXT YEAR. Went to Bunnings the other day & bought a plastic Owl , would have bought a couple more if they had more than one on stock, We have 3 Bunnings all the same distance from us , 2 out of the 3 did not have any stock, then two days later I receiver a Bunnings catalogue in the post showing Owls for around $20. I wish we still had our Masters down the road they used to stock everything & plenty of stock.

The owl has not worked , they are still coming back at night.

To start with I have not been able to scare the birds away , they sit in the owls head ( may be because I bought it from Bunnings . Two out of every three things are no good & I have to return it)
I also tried a laser pointed , they leave when i point it at them but come back straight away. May be this is what is needed

Now for the work progress Landy , there has not been any since September When I had a fall & punched holes through the cartage in my left wrist & have had to wear this sinceIMAG1904.jpg I saw the specialist a couple of weeks ago & he gave me two options to fix it. The first which I am not keen on is to cut a section out of one of the long bones in my forearm & screw a SS plate on to hold it together & I will be in plaster for up to 6 months to stop the bones grinding together , the 2nd is to do keyhole surgery & clean out the chips of bone & grind the bones in the joint smooth again & it will be bandaged up for 10 days . I like the 2nd option but it may not be an 100% repair but it is worth having a go. .

Anyway yesterday I git sick of not being able to drive Landy so I removed the wrist brace then removed the floor & top of the gearbox to see why I only had 1st & 2nd or 3rd & 4th but couldn't select all the gears. What I found was when I was replacing the selector shaft seals I had not got one of the selector forks back in the correct place in the syncro drum. I removed the forward gear rails & forks & fitted them correctly IMAG1588.jpgIMAG1590.jpg making sure the interlocks lined up.
This morning I refitted the the top & checked that I could get all gears OK then refitted the floorIMAG1901.jpgIMAG1903.jpg

I have knocked off for the day as my wrist is giving me hell But it was worth the pain to get a bit of LR therapy. I am now off to take some pain killers , refit the brace & give it a rest for a few days before doing a bit more to get it back on the road. My wife bought me a new carby for Landy for my birthday in January I can't wait to be able to fit it & see how much better she runs with out all there in the butterfly shaft. That I think will need to wait until after the OP as I keep droping the nuts when I am trying to get into difficult places.

Getting old sucks doesn't it.
Glad to see your back at landy, don't over do it. Shame about the rotten birds.

Cheers Steve

Originally Posted by klonk

Getting old sucks doesn't it.

Better than the alternative though

Still raining here in Brisbane so managed to get a little done.
!st - I stuck some self adhesive rubber seal on the seat box center cover & bolted that in place .
2nd- I refitted the heater , I had to remove it to remove the gear box cover. This took most of the time , not an easy job by your self trying to hold the heater up & fit the nuts on the securing studs especially the one behind the cylinder head, with only one good wrist, but got there in the end. Refilled the radiator & started the engine ( although not being started for over 4 months started on second turn) & ran up to operating temp to make sure there was no air locks. Also fitted the demister hoses .IMAG1912.jpgIMAG1911.jpgIMAG1910.jpgIMAG1917.jpg


Two securing nutsIMAG1910_LI.jpg

My wife bought me a new Solex Carby for Landy back in January for my birthday ( Well I bought it & she warped it & gave it to me) I just took it out of the box & opened the sealed plastic bag to have a look at it. It looks rite but there are a few differences from the original. 1st it doesn't have a base section , the base & main body are molded in one piece. 2nd the vacuum advance line comes out in a different place behind the accelerator pump crank rod. 3rd there is no play between the throttle shaft & bushes in the body that's got to be a plus.

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1st photo is old carby with vacuum line just above the holding down bolt.
2nd photo of new carby from same side , no hole for vacuum line.
3rd photo carby turned 90deg shows hole for vacuum line . This may or may not be a good place for it will see when i get around to fitting it.

This is the only bit of LR work done today its wife's turn to have Bitch & Stitch at our place this month so have had to trim all the hedges , mow & hose down the paths ready for Tuesday.
Grrrrrrrrr.

I need to buy a new oval to round joiner between the carby horn & air filter but the only one so far that I have found will cost me an arm & leg to buy & freight from Cyprus , around $160. does any one know of any at a better price.IMAG1926_LI.jpgIMAG1925_LI.jpg My old one has a large split under neath.

I don't know what happened when I tried to post on here last time it started a new post & can not work out how to delete the other post.

Air Filter Hose.jpg This is the new one that I have found.