Another 2a build thread

[dullbird]

I like the way the guards and bonnet flip forward

[drifter]

I have had a few problems getting the engine to idle properly.

Strike that. I have been having problems getting the engine to run without the choke pulled fully out.

Recap for those who may be interested...

I rebuilt a 2.25 petrol engine and installed it in the 109" HardTop. I decided that the old distributor needed replacing and, even though I had put a new kit in the carby, it's main throttle shaft was too worn so I would just replace the carby.

I installed 2 new units - carb and dissy.

We couldn't get it to start at all - so we put the old dissy back in and it started. So I bought another new dissy, this time an electronic one.

Mixed results - it would run but only with the choke out and the distributor horribly advanced.

So - today we had a look at it.

We ripped the top off the new carb and checked that the float measurement was correct. We gave it all a general once over and reassembled it (the float adjustment was within spec).

Same problem but a look down the carb throat showed that it was spraying way too much fuel down the hole...

So we retrieved the old carb and slapped it on. Within minutes it was all running nicely, the timing was set properly - all is OK with the world...


except...

what are the odds of receiving (and installing) a borked distributor AND a rooted carb?

I need to still get a working carb. The throttle spindle slap is really not too good - but it will do for now.

As for the new one? It's junk, mate.

[drifter]

These arrived today - just have to decide which vehicle they are going on (and if I will paint them first).

[Wolfman_TWP]

I have had a few problems getting the engine to idle properly.

Strike that. I have been having problems getting the engine to run without the choke pulled fully out.

Recap for those who may be interested...

I rebuilt a 2.25 petrol engine and installed it in the 109" HardTop. I decided that the old distributor needed replacing and, even though I had put a new kit in the carby, it's main throttle shaft was too worn so I would just replace the carby.

I installed 2 new units - carb and dissy.

We couldn't get it to start at all - so we put the old dissy back in and it started. So I bought another new dissy, this time an electronic one.

Mixed results - it would run but only with the choke out and the distributor horribly advanced.

So - today we had a look at it.

We ripped the top off the new carb and checked that the float measurement was correct. We gave it all a general once over and reassembled it (the float adjustment was within spec).

Same problem but a look down the carb throat showed that it was spraying way too much fuel down the hole...

So we retrieved the old carb and slapped it on. Within minutes it was all running nicely, the timing was set properly - all is OK with the world...


except...

what are the odds of receiving (and installing) a borked distributor AND a rooted carb?

I need to still get a working carb. The throttle spindle slap is really not too good - but it will do for now.

As for the new one? It's junk, mate.

I had a similar problem, when I installed a new dissy into my 2.25. I found that for some reason, it was out by 180 degrees. As when I put in the original, she would start, and with the new one she wouldn't. I now have it working perfectly. I did the same too, with electronic ignition, and it's now working with both. Starts first go. Still needs fine tuning, but otherwise running fine..

Wolf

[drifter]

I had a similar problem, when I installed a new dissy into my 2.25. I found that for some reason, it was out by 180 degrees. As when I put in the original, she would start, and with the new one she wouldn't. I now have it working perfectly. I did the same too, with electronic ignition, and it's now working with both. Starts first go. Still needs fine tuning, but otherwise running fine..

Wolf

I'm glad I am not the only one that found the dizzy was out by 180º. I set it all up meticulously - using the old dizzy as a template when I rebuilt the engine.

So now mine is working with the electronic dizzy 180º bass-ackwards and I guess the new non-electronic one I bought would probably work that way, too.

I guess I could pop the dizzy out and relocate the drive 180º and put the dizzy back in and then my spark plug leads wouldn't look so awkward.

[The ho har's]

These arrived today - just have to decide which vehicle they are going on (and if I will paint them first).

Ooooh nice

Don't talk about dizzys our 'claire' wont start she turs over and we are thinking the same here, 180 deg out....we have a S2 here (not ours) that had the same problem we worked on it for hours then, the light turned on and we changed the dizzy all is fine now

Mrs hh

[drifter]

The dizzy saga is a pain in the arse.

If you set the meshing gear up as per the manual with your trusty old Lucas 25D4 that came out of it so that the lecky end of the rotor is pointing to spark plug #1 and then find the replacement distributor they sold you is a modern day equivalent of a Lucas 45D4 then you are going, in my opinion, to have this same problem.

The positioning can be altered by lifting out the 'meshing' gear and putting it in 180º out - but that flies against everything the manual says...

... so you end up scratching your head and calling mates over for assistance...

I think I (and and everyone else caught out in this way) are too trusting. In hindsight, what I should have done is set the old and new distributors side by side and inspected every sodding little facet of them.

But, as you know, hindsight vision is 20/20

[Wolfman_TWP]

The weird part with mine was, that if I modified the new dizzy to match the old one, she would keep back firing.. As the gear wheel is keyed so will only go in one way only. So I put it back. And the rotor button is still pointing 180 degrees, from where #1 is. and it works? go figure..

Also mine is a standard dizzy with the electronic internals, which I got separately. And man that was a nightmare as well (no instructions, as to how to fit it). But in the end she runs very well.

Wolf

[drifter]

Yeah - mine is like a 45D4 with electronic internals and came with no instructions. Must have got them from the same source, huh?

[drifter]

And it's time to close off this very old thread

I never did get it roadworthy but recently sold it.

The new owner is giving it a real going over and will be taking it on a Series Land Rover Simpson Desert trip later this year!

It was a sad time watching him drive it onto the trailer to take it away but it will be great to see it properly on the road.

Only one Landy in the driveway (actually, on the front lawn) now...