Thread: Shorty - my 1952 80' Series 1

Well I have given the motor a bit of paint:


She looks ok for the first coat - shall let her dry off pretty well and give it a tidy-up.

The brush worked well thanks Ian.

Looks great Troy. Did you remove the manifolds and rocker cover etc when you painted?

Interesting choice of engine colour there troy!

Any reason for the series 2a colour.

Diana

Originally Posted by dickyjoe

Looks great Troy. Did you remove the manifolds and rocker cover etc when you painted?

No mate - just took my time and painted around things. She has come up pretty good.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Interesting choice of engine colour there troy! Any reason for the series 2a colour. Diana

Diana - The paint was the right price and "I think" it looks pretty good. Seeing as I was going to leave it to start with; I have no complaints.

Looks clean troy... I see the carby has been cleaned. Did you put a kit in it ?

Is that a aluminium alloy steering box case there.. I've been told that the tubular column has been known to come loose where it rivets onto the housing . The box can wobble around on the bulkhead too as rust tends to eat away the bulkhead beneath the box support plate... an ideal environment for it there, sandwiched metal. I've seen so many 80"' with a bit of a farmyard - backyard fix .. they either rivet or bolt a bit of heavy gauge sheet inside the bulkhead , on the drivers side , in an attempt to support the steering box.

Mike

Originally Posted by olmate

Diana - The paint was the right price and "I think" it looks pretty good.

That's as good a reason as any.

Is it the genuine Rover egg shell colour in an engine enamel?

Where did you get it?

Diana

Originally Posted by series1buff

Looks clean troy... I see the carby has been cleaned. Did you put a kit in it ?

Is that a aluminium alloy steering box case there.. I've been told that the tubular column has been known to come loose where it rivets onto the housing . The box can wobble around on the bulkhead too as rust tends to eat away the bulkhead beneath the box support plate... an ideal environment for it there, sandwiched metal. I've seen so many 80"' with a bit of a farmyard - backyard fix .. they either rivet or bolt a bit of heavy gauge sheet inside the bulkhead , on the drivers side , in an attempt to support the steering box.

Mike

Mike - I have stripped the carby and given it a thorough scrubbing. As it seemed in pretty good knick (and because the car was running before I touched it) I put it back together. Fingers crossed it will be fine when I get to start it again My steering box has already had the support thing done to it - it seems. I have a solid brace through the bulkhead and it sits pretty well where it is at the moment. But now that you have told me - I shall have a good look at it before things go back together. Cheers

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

That's as good a reason as any. Is it the genuine Rover egg shell colour in an engine enamel? Where did you get it?
Diana

Diana - I was lucky enough to be given some by a mate who thought I should "pull my finger out" and tidy her up properly . Ian sent some to me when he sent my new front bumper. It is enamel and went on very well with a brush and some taping around the manifolds.

Ah thats fine .. if its been sitting for years .. sometimes the two diaphrams in the accelerator pump can go hard and the pump will not function correctly . Some brands of kits don't have new diaphrams which is a pain . I was looking into possibly buying a sheet of that material and making some diaphrams up as its silly buying a whole kit just for the diaphrams. There is also a fibre gasket that goes between the main body and the acc. pump housing.. petrol tends to weep there if the gasket isn't a perfect fit.

The little valve below acc. pump can jam too .. it is inside one of the screw in plugs.

They are sensitive to fuel pump pressure too. 1.5 to 2.5 psi is the range you need .. they run rich with higher fuel pressure. The guys on the WW2 Jeep forum are forever complaining of SOLEX carbies running rich... many of them use the Indian made SOLEX PBIC on their Jeeps ... its a carby that is made specifically for the Indian Mahindra jeeps .. but they market it ( in the USA mainly ) as a replacement for the WW2 jeeps .. it bolts straight on. It's very similar to a series 1 LR carby.

BTW the 4 cylinder petrol F head WILLYS motor ( same format as our series 1 motors) as used from early 50's in the CJ3B jeeps, is still in producton in India ... for the local market. The export version Mahindra has a licensed built Peugot diesel fitted.

Mike