Thread: New to the series game

Thanks John, looks like a trip there for me!

Just confirmed with Vic roads that the engine was last registered in a 66" model holden...so out it comes for me!

Another interesting note, this car has never been registered in australia. Will this cause me complications at all? Ie. will i need to fit seatbelts etc

Originally Posted by chaybra

Where is the best place to source some seals etc.
Land rover parts in vic seem quite pricey for some rubber...

Best to source overseas but..........some items like aftermarket handbrake, hi/low selector & track rod end boots seem to disintegrate after a couple of years even if kept in the dark.

Land Rover Series 2 & 3 Parts & Accessories | Paddock

With Paddocks you place the order online and pay for it, they then package it and get back to you with a number of freight options. It's painful if you only want an idea of cost but this is how they do it, you can decline and they put the money back in your account.

Most of what you buy from Paddocks is the same as you'd get locally, keep the order below $1,000 and you don't (at the moment) attract GST.


Colin

Thanks Colin, I have used Island 4x4 previously for the L322 and they quote postage before you buy so I have been drawn towards them.

I have come across a new, slightly un-expected issue last night...The advert said that is had all new brake components including "machined drums", yippi i thought! It clearly had the new master cylinders installed and a handful of slave cylinders in boxes still...however, I pulled the front wheel off...

Ill let you have a second to guess what...

...nope you're wrong.

The front drums are just plain missing!!

On the phone I i asked the guy who sold it (was for a friend) and they are searching the shed at his ex-wifes house hoping they havent been turffed yet.

So, my question is...in case of worst result, I dont feel like spitting out $200 for new ones, has any one got any old ****ty ones laying about that I can get repaired?

The rears are on and in good nik

Finally got around to doing something over the weekend and stripped down the engine, order the parts etc.

So far so good, ish, as my other posts have suggested the cylinder head is cracked. No biggy as it seems, there are plenty of people with them laying about so just a matter of shipping it to vic now.

The rest of the engine is in superb condition, yay!
bearings are about 1/2 life and everything seems very clean with little wear. All bearings are 0.010U/S and the pistons are 0.040, I am happy to get away with a cylinder hone without going bigger! the majority of the parts are on the way from rover parts and should be here this week, i will have to get the rest once I have my new head.
The cam shaft is already back in, so i am excited to get it running!

I will also need some original colored "buleish" engine paint, does anyone know where I can get this locally (in Aus)?

Also, I think this is a 7:1 CR head, can anyone confirm from the photos??

TIA

The head is easy to identify. 8:1 heads are marked by having a raised square boss cast on top of the head, halfway along, on the carburettor side, just outside the rocker cover, stamped with "8". Early 7:1 heads do not have this boss, but later 7:1 heads have the boss, either unmarked or marked with "7". Early 7:1 heads cannot be safely skimmed to increase the compression.

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

The head is easy to identify. 8:1 heads are marked by having a raised square boss cast on top of the head, halfway along, on the carburettor side, just outside the rocker cover, stamped with "8". Early 7:1 heads do not have this boss, but later 7:1 heads have the boss, either unmarked or marked with "7". Early 7:1 heads cannot be safely skimmed to increase the compression.

John

I have come across this before, I dont think there is a boss at all...hence my confusion to find the boss. The numbers I have now confirmed to be the middle brother 7:1 CR

Have you sourced a replacement head yet?

Mrs hh

Originally Posted by The ho har's

Have you sourced a replacement head yet?

Mrs hh

I have a few different options atm, just depending on freighting it really is a lovely community on AULRO