Thread: Solex carb on S3 1977 landrover confused!!!

Probably because you are not the first one to work on it. Series 3 probably should have either the Zenith 36IV or the Weber 34ICH but the Solex was on the same engine in the Series 2 so a previous owner may have thought it was a better option and may well have been right. All three Carbies work fine if set up and in good condition.

Cheers,

TimJ.

cause your vehicle is a meccano set and any thing you can dream of bolting into, onto, alongside of, instead of, inplace of or along with on your vehicle has been, at some time, by some one, Somewhere (and probably by someone like me).

your vehcile spans the test of time from 1948 till today, I'll bet somewhere theres a 1948 Series 1 with a bit out of a 2006 defender bolted to it just because it could be.

2 choices here, either

1. dont worry about it, get a solex rebuild kit and have at it or
2. dont worry about it get a zenith 36iv and bolt that on instead.

Either way you're shortly to be within the hallowed halls of landrover mechanics, a tribe of people that are so lackadaisically laid back when it comes to things being other than as the book suggests they might be (and even as they were coming off the production line the blueprints and assembly instructions were viewed more as "a set of guidelines to be considered if you have the time and dont mind" rather than a set of "specifications and details to be regimentally adhered to") that opening the bonnet and seeing a hamster running in a wheel turning a generator to run electric motors in the wheels would garnish the same result as seeing a jet turbine engine, a flux capacitor and the warp core from the enterprise. That is to say very little other than once more promptly reaching for the manual and using it as somewhere safe to sit the coffee cup.

Oh yeah, welcome to AULRO.

Loved your reply .. ye its my first rebuild/restore... the landy has been sitting for 8 years and started after a few turns :-) .. it needs a full strip and rebuild.

Will roverparts supply the carb kits?

Thanks Craig

you could try them but better would be

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/ro...ad+spares.html
if you want to support the small guys

but my most common reccomendation is (and dont be sureprised if someone else mentions that Im about to say this before I say it)

MR automotive on 0732846688

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

c.

your vehcile spans the test of time from 1948 till today, I'll bet somewhere theres a 1948 Series 1 with a bit out of a 2006 defender bolted to it just because it could be.

Hello from Brisbane.

Yes, at least the galvanised hubcap went from 1948 through to late Defenders - so that bit at least is probably correct.

In the genes first to last.

Cheers,

Originally Posted by Themadmob

Hi, I am confused, I have bought a 1977 S3 to restore and have a Solex carb, but it seems as thought only the S2 had the Solex carbs.. Why do I have a Solex card on my S3?

Thanks guys

Hello from Brisbane.

Best to check the engine number.

The reality is that it more than likely isn't the original that left the factory in Lode Lane in 1977..............

My 1975 chassis and body turned up with a 1969 motor.

Cheers,

Thanks S3ute