Thread: My first series Landy

well, with a million other things having priority over Doc, it wasn't until last weekend that I checked the oil and water, pulled the pugs and put some diesel down the holes. After a little soak, dropped a charged battery in and pressed to go button.

he cranked over well.

Ignition on and a spark plug resting on the head to check we had spark. All good. I noted a pretty decent fuel leak on the hose to the carb, the pump looked like it worked.

Plugs in, crank. Nup. Crank and pump the accelerator, nup.

A bit of fuel down the carb ( leaks from the accelerator pump ), crank, Vrooom!

But it wouldn't feed through the leaky carb and stopped after the swig of fuel down the throat ran out. A couple more trys of that with the same result. Not bad really, so I planned on getting a carb kit for the solex.

Today, My neighbour had his newly regd, club plated, Humber , ExMil, 4WD truck out for a spin. When he got home, he popped over to see how my old landy was going. I told him the story above, then popped a bit of fuel down the carb and cranked it just to show him where it is at. And Doc just kept running. not one drop from the carb of fuel line. I guess being wet for a week sealed everything up.

He just idled away, pretty steady with a faint, intermittent miss. Oil pressure 50 psi (I'll be interested to see what this does with fresh oil). Over 15 minutes idling, the temp got to 65 deg C. No bubbles in the return hose to the radiator, But I noticed the rad cap seal is stuffed. The miss got worse as it ran, I guess plugs and points are in order. Maybe just timing though.

If I get the brakes and clutch sorted, he'll be rolling.

I think I've found a new bit of enthusiasm

My Army Fire Tender has that fill in section behind the bumper, but my 109GS does not