Thread: 1949 Ground up Restoration

Stared with full engine rebuild, Bored to 40Th over new pistons, rings, rods, mains and big end bearings on ground shaft. New cam shaft and bushes and rockers, head ground and new intake and exhaust valves. Timing chain and gears replaced front oil seal.
Spin on oil filter replacement manufactured and fitted. Carburetor overhauled, new water pump and thermostat.

Strip box down, clean out and glass bead blast all alloy castings.
Replace all bearings, brass distance sleeve and transfer case pin, seals and install speedy sleeves.
Resurface hand brake drum and fit new shoes.
Mount up to engine with new clutch plate and pressure plate.

I love your work Dennis.

Beautiful work Dennis. Nice shed too.
Don.

Originally Posted by dennisS1

Stared with full engine rebuild, Bored to 40Th over new pistons, rings, rods, mains and big end bearings on ground shaft. New cam shaft and bushes and rockers, head ground and new intake and exhaust valves. Timing chain and gears replaced front oil seal.
Spin on oil filter replacement manufactured and fitted. Carburetor overhauled, new water pump and thermostat.

Great work Dennis!
I am impressed with your method and work shop set up. Did you have to use a speedie sleeve on the rusty primary pinion shaft end? I am down to my last original AC ZS1 filter, so I am curious about your by-pass AC filter to a spin on oil filter conversion. I have seen pictures of the UK LRSOC version. I had concerns about that their design may have bled off too much oil from the cam shaft bearing oil feed. The original Rover/AC design incorporated a 1.2mm? restrictor jet in the inlet pipe union to restrict the flow and maintain oil pressure. How did you go about it?
Some pictures of your filter conversion set up would be of great interest to us 80 inch and '54 model 86/107 owners. BTW, I have a few '49 dated Solex and Lucas dated items in the shed if you have some later dated parts in your 80. The early ones have different generators and carburettor bodies to the 1950 on models.
I am happy to help if you need help identifying anything. Do you know roughly when your 80" was built?
Mike, 5380

Originally Posted by Don 130

Beautiful work Dennis. Nice shed too.
Don.

My thoughts exactly!

Originally Posted by 5380

Great work Dennis!
I am impressed with your method and work shop set up. Did you have to use a speedie sleeve on the rusty primary pinion shaft end? I am down to my last original AC ZS1 filter, so I am curious about your by-pass AC filter to a spin on oil filter conversion. I have seen pictures of the UK LRSOC version. I had concerns about that their design may have bled off too much oil from the cam shaft bearing oil feed. The original Rover/AC design incorporated a 1.2mm? restrictor jet in the inlet pipe union to restrict the flow and maintain oil pressure. How did you go about it?
Some pictures of your filter conversion set up would be of great interest to us 80 inch and '54 model 86/107 owners. BTW, I have a few '49 dated Solex and Lucas dated items in the shed if you have some later dated parts in your 80. The early ones have different generators and carburettor bodies to the 1950 on models.
I am happy to help if you need help identifying anything. Do you know roughly when your 80" was built?
Mike, 5380

Had near new input shaft and matching gear so no problem there.
Oil filter is just a copy of the units you can buy start with 95mm Alu bar and turn it to size to get the ridge pined at the back so can't turn when changing filter as for oil flow I silver solder the fitting that screws into the block on input side then drill to right size. Spin on is the same as used on used on advertised units. Drill and tap the fittings to the alu slug, May 1949 I think and NSW car.
Dennis

This one came up so grabbed it for my 80 inch.

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