Thread: Marmalade the IIa

There is a bit of rust to deal with on the bottom of both doors; is there anything I should be aware of when removing the door skins?

Originally Posted by Ypsilophora

far south coast area... near eden/bega

scarce pickings down this way in terms of parts it seems

That's my old stomping ground. There's a bloke around brogo that plays around with Land Rovers may be able to help you out you will find him at candelo markets usually in a series one 107 ute

Originally Posted by 460cixy

That's my old stomping ground. There's a bloke around brogo that plays around with Land Rovers may be able to help you out you will find him at candelo markets usually in a series one 107 ute

There's a few people around actually. The guy you're referring to has been fantastic in helping me along the way - he's a great bloke!

Looking at doing my own harness, as I can do modifications as I like (and as it's fairly unlikely I'll be selling the car anytime soon, I'm not too worried about ****ing off the 'next guy' ).

As the fellow we got the car from had already started cleaning up the electrics, ie. he ripped about 95% of the wiring out completely, I don't have anything to go off. So, does anyone happen to have a picture of the back of their late 2a diesel dash panel, with wiring?
Thanks heaps,
Luca

Gearbox and transfer case came out today.


You can see the “new” clutch and pressure plate that the guy who sold it put in (new old stock I guess.....).

Stripping down the transfer case and front output shaft to investigate the an issue with 4WD occasionally sticking slightly, we found the bronze bush on the output shaft is stuck on (stopping the selector dog and high range selector shaft from coming out).
Anyone got any ideas on how to replace said bush?



Luca

Gearbox stripping hit a bit of a dead end due to that 'special nut' on the mainshaft
from reading a bunch of other gearbox strip down records it seems they are usually finger tight or slightly tighter at most... no such luck for us: we ended up having to heat it up until it was very (very) hot, then whilst my grandfather stoically held the mainshaft from spinning I slammed the teeth of the nut with out biggest cold chisel... eventually it started to move little by little.

but, having defeated the pesky nut, the rest of the strip down went swimmingly. There appears to be very little wear on any of the gears... and I suspect it hasn't really seen a lot of use (or many oil changes for that matter).
Unsure if we should replace any of the bearings... they have all cleaned up very nicely, but me and my non existent mechanical knowledge have wouldn't know a good/bad bearing from a bar of soap!
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The only other issue we ran into is that nasty 2nd/3rd bronze bush that has the habit of shredding itself apart:
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now... to buy the two piece-pre broken version, or the original one piece version...?


Luca

Hi, well done, they come apart quite easy once you get inside them.

When you order a new bush ( I used a two piece) you’ll still need to adjust the length whichever you use. get a couple of the circlip rings as they can go airborne and disappear.

As to bearings, it’s worth pricing them up and making a decision. They are not a big cost and non of them are hard to replace.

Yes, have heard one needs to order multiple split ring things - nasty buggers to get off though!

Originally Posted by Cadas

As to bearings, it’s worth pricing them up and making a decision. They are not a big cost and non of them are hard to replace.

Very cheap it seems - but paddocks don't have any OEM bearings; the other aftermarket bearings I ordered are pretty rubbish. Did you get new aftermarket bearings? if so, did you find them acceptable?

Also is it recommended to replace the little bimetal thrust washers? (part no. 521328) 521328b.jpg

Luca