Reply With Quote52 years young. That's a great looking SII, thanks for sharing.
Nathan.
ChatterBox
Hi all,
Thought some of you might get a kick out of this. Had a customer book a Land Rover Series II 1963 109 in for a service and a bit of a tidy up.
Work done:
*Engine oil, diffs, transfer case, gearbox fluids change.
*Do the front brakes, wheel cylinders, brake lines.
*Paint the wheels, clean the gal capping, tidy up some surface rust on the exterior of firewall, clean engine bay.
Not really much needed for a 52 year old vehicle with 74,000 miles on the clock.
No water temp gauge, that concerns me a bit, anyone fitted a water temp gauge that suits the vintage?
Regards
Daz
Master
52 years young. That's a great looking SII, thanks for sharing.
Nathan.
ChatterBox
X2. Very neat.
Cheers Rod
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Thats a very nicely kept 2aIts in better nick panel wise than my 300TDi. Only driven to church on Sundays it looks like
Regarding a temp gauge, Smiths used to make a dual oil/temp gauge that Landrover offered as an accessory. They suit the period gauges, not sure if they are still made by smiths. But any black with white gauge should look oki.
Cheers Scott
ChatterBox
Yes panel wise it's in better nic than most old Defender models I see.
Its only onto its second owner, I had to clean off a bit of cement splash at the back, so its done a bit of work in its time, but the inside of the ute body is flat and not beaten.
The lack of water temp gauge just rings alarm bells for me, its got an amp gauge that I think big deal but I spose at that age the big issue was poor Lucas electrics so an amp gauge was prolly a must!!
I'd normally fit a watchdog guard but the digital readout would somehow be just wrong!
Regards
Daz
RoverLord
Looks very nice. I would be having a good look at the air cleaner to carbie hose, to make sure it is not about to leak.
Suitable gauges (dierect operating) should be readily available, although you would probably have to settle for VDO or similar not Smiths. As mentioned, the optional gauge on this model was a Smiths dual temp and oil pressure mounted on a panel to the right of the speedo (probably get a second hand panel (and possibly even a gauge - they can last forever) from Ho Hars or similar) - the matching panel is probably a good idea.
John
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
ChatterBox
These are still available.... from.... Oil Pressure & Water Temperature - MechanicalOriginally Posted by schuy1
Thats a very nicely kept 2a
Cheers Scott
well that's the guy I know of anyway, I'd assume u can get them wherever.
RoverLord
Yes, as I thought - still available, with invisible gold plating!
John
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
ChatterBox
I said they were available. Not that they were cheap!
ForumSage
SupporterHow important is a temperature gauge in a Series LR?
I thought that the way things worked with those motors was that if you can hear a bubbling noise, it is boiling. In which case you just wait for it to cool down a bit, maybe add some coolant and drive off.
Contrast that with what happens with modern engines with alloy heads. In that case if you hear a bubbling sound, you know that you have just destroyed the head. So you sell one of your kidneys or sell your first born child into slavery to pay for a replacement head.
I was under the impression that overheating wasn't an issue with a Series LR.
1973 Series III LWB 1983 - 2006
1998 300 Tdi Defender Trayback 2006 - often fitted with a Trayon slide-on camper.
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