Thread: Series II in for a service

Originally Posted by vnx205

How 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.

To some extent this is true, but despite this I have always fitted a temperature gauge to my Landrovers since the early 1960s where they were not fitted. While as a general rule they will not overheat without a fault, it can happen in prolonged stationary use in hot conditions, and the gauge is also useful to detect thermostat failure and overcooling.

John

Originally Posted by mick88

Very nice example of a Series Landy!
It has no doubt been some ones pride and joy to be kept in such good order.


The earth strap on the engine amuses me!


Cheers, Mick.

Thanks for pointing that out, I noticed the heat shield below the carby, something else I need for my s2a

Originally Posted by mick88

Very nice example of a Series Landy!
It has no doubt been some ones pride and joy to be kept in such good order.


The earth strap on the engine amuses me!


Cheers, Mick.

I know what you are thinking as I was thinking the same thing when I saw it...

Its got a rubber insulator under it, there is a cork gasket under the rocker cover .... how can it possibly be making a good earth.... (its not, there is one on the battery box).

other stuff...
Geez them gauges are expensive, will look for an old school looking alternative and make a bracket to suit.

The owner already has the bug, wants me to see if I can get the seats recovered while its here (mmm that nice grey blochy vinyl) and I'm going to see if I can get some extra matching vinyl and redo the two door trim panels.

I often get what I call "Defender disease" where I start to think "mm yeah should get another Defender!" but I take medication for it...

Good grief this is something completely different (but similar somehow)....
I would like to buy back my old Series III 88" hardtop though (it was my first vehicle when I was 17) sold it a few years later to some guy down in Safety Bay area (Western Australia) I had painted it yellow by then.

here is the pic, rego was 6MO - 569
https://www.facebook.com/aztech4x4/p...type=3&theater

Regards
Daz

Nice SIII shame you sold it. Have you tried the ho har's for a gauge. I know there in Brisbane but I think postage shouldn't cost an arm and a leg.

Nathan.

I'm sure he has the disease,,
check the number plate

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

I'm sure he has the disease,,
check the number plate

Yep good pick up, when he told me he had private plates for it, I thought oh no... when he dropped them round, the said he checked to make sure they were the correct colour for that age!!

They look great

Regards
Daz

EEK! Did not know they cost that !! I think I paid something like $45 for the 1 I have ! thats only 30 yrs ago of course, Inflation And mine has the LR dial!
Cheers Scott

That's one tidy series 2!