Another 2a build thread

[drifter]

Fantastic.

Thanks Uncle.

Local parts suppliers for anything are few and far between here but I am sure I did see a Narva agent.

At Repco, they upgraded their computer systems a wee while ago and the guys doing the upgrade said "you won't need these any more" and tossed all their old manuals into the skip.

Well, the boss kinda knew better and retrieved them all. It's a fantastic resource if the boss is there as he lets me scour through the old books finding the alternatives that their computer system doesn't list.

The newer and younger staff only believe the computer! ha! those books are getting more valuable every day.

[UncleHo]

G'day Drifter
I think that Repco is a retailer of Narva electrical components and if you are on talking terms with you local Repco manager, ask him to get to ask the Narva rep for a copy of the 2008/10 catalogue,380 pages + the HID supplement worth it's weight in gold,so whether you are after globes,lamps,connectors,fuses,relays,flashers, it's got the lot
just like me having all my old Landrover master parts books all he can say is NO

cheers

[drifter]

Will do - thanks UncleHo

[banjo]

UM more pics plz...updates....

[drifter]

UM more pics plz...updates....

Patience, Grasshopper...

[drifter]

OK - I have been busy helping a mate with his Series 1 rebuild and have had little time for my vehicle - but by now he should be up in Bourke and I have some time to get back to mine...

I have a couple of gear lever questions...

There, Gods willing, should be two pictures attached to this post.

My first question relates to the circlip shown in the first picture. (Item D)

Have any of you managed to get it out? If so, how? Is that spring a problem? What's it like to reassemble with only basic tools? What was your method for removal and installation?

My second question related to Item A (Pin, locating lever ball). This donated gear lever doesn't have one. I can 'fix' that, however I am disturbed by the installation method depicted in the second pic.

"Peen housing to secure pin" - so - how would you ever get it out again if you have peened the housing 'too much'? Would a bolt in there (with a tapered end to fit the groove) and a locknut on the outside work? I know the top of the housing will sit pretty much level with the 'floor' that covers the gearbox and I know that there will be a rubber boot to deal with. Would there be room for an external nut and bolt?

Appreciate any answers...

Thanks
John

[peterg1001]

My first question relates to the circlip shown in the first picture. (Item D)

Have any of you managed to get it out?

When I took my gear lever off, the inside of the housing still had a fair bit of grease in there. I got the grease out, had a look, and decided to leave it in one piece. Gave it a general cleanup, repacked it with heaps of grease, and it seems to be fine.

Peter

[groucho]

"Peen housing to secure pin"
Just a light centre punch mark either side to stop screw comming out.
Don't go silly with it.............

[JDNSW]

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My first question relates to the circlip shown in the first picture. (Item D)

Have any of you managed to get it out? If so, how? Is that spring a problem? What's it like to reassemble with only basic tools? What was your method for removal and installation?

Can't help you with that one - I have never actually needed to get one out - even welded broken levers without removing it.

My second question related to Item A (Pin, locating lever ball). This donated gear lever doesn't have one. I can 'fix' that, however I am disturbed by the installation method depicted in the second pic.

"Peen housing to secure pin" - so - how would you ever get it out again if you have peened the housing 'too much'? Would a bolt in there (with a tapered end to fit the groove) and a locknut on the outside work? I know the top of the housing will sit pretty much level with the 'floor' that covers the gearbox and I know that there will be a rubber boot to deal with. Would there be room for an external nut and bolt?

Appreciate any answers...

Thanks
John

As far as the pin goes, with my 2a, the pin came loose in the alloy casting and wore the hole oversize. So I drilled the hole out, tapped it (can't remember the size) and made steel a bush threaded inside and out which I loktited in place. The new pin I made was also loktited in rather than peened as it was in steel not alloy.

John

[banjo]

OK - I have been busy helping a mate with his Series 1 rebuild and have had little time for my vehicle - but by now he should be up in Bourke and I have some time to get back to mine...

I have a couple of gear lever questions...

There, Gods willing, should be two pictures attached to this post.

My first question relates to the circlip shown in the first picture. (Item D)

Have any of you managed to get it out? If so, how? Is that spring a problem? What's it like to reassemble with only basic tools? What was your method for removal and installation?

My second question related to Item A (Pin, locating lever ball). This donated gear lever doesn't have one. I can 'fix' that, however I am disturbed by the installation method depicted in the second pic.

"Peen housing to secure pin" - so - how would you ever get it out again if you have peened the housing 'too much'? Would a bolt in there (with a tapered end to fit the groove) and a locknut on the outside work? I know the top of the housing will sit pretty much level with the 'floor' that covers the gearbox and I know that there will be a rubber boot to deal with. Would there be room for an external nut and bolt?

Appreciate any answers...

Thanks
John

I know mine is a series 3 but i pulled my gearstick apart cause the bush on the bottom just wasn't there so when it was out i looked under it & the old grease was filthy so i pulled it apart & soldered a new bush on the end & cleaned all the old grease out & put all new grease..
ITs not hard to do & thespring isn't under presure enough to fly out when you remove the clip..
I used a cheap pair of circlip pliers & the when i pinched it open i gave them a little twist & it came out & done the same to put back in..