Thread: My 88" Series 3

So, Tims guide to timing the 2.25, (please note this may be completely wrong, and if it is please let me know so I don't bash my head against the wall trying to get the thing started.

1, Rotate the crank till No1 is at TDC on the firing stroke, (both tappets loose for cylinder one, and both tappets tight for cylinder four).
2, Install the drive gear so the drive dogs, (of the drive spacer), are not nicely pointing at the reference hole, needs to be just before or just after, (counter clock wise rotation). I found the standard points distributor fitted better, i.e. so the vac advance isn't rotated into the head, with the drive dogs before the reference hole, but the aftermarket electronic distributor fitted better with the drive dogs just after the reference hole.

The rotor should now be pointing at cylinder ones spark plug, and if you put the cap on it should line up with the terminal for No1's spark plug lead. Also the "pointer" on the distributor shaft, (under the rotor), is pointing straight at the (hall effect?) sensor in the box of black magic that makes the electronic distributor work.





Cheers,

Next to go in was the oil pump, (which looks worse than it is in the photo, I didn't want to media blast it for fear of contamination).





Then the rocker cover and sump could go on, the sump will have to come off again later to allow fitment of the front cover, after I get the new cam gear, but I want to seal the engine up as much as possible.





Then, on with dressing the engine. The fuel pump is an aftermarket one, and with the "experiences" I have had I think I'll be ordering a rebuild kit for the original one :/ I was lucky enough to nab the last spin on filter adaptor that Turners had








Cheers,

Spin on, type oil filter. Nice.
what adapter did you use for It. ????
Thanks.

whitehillbilly

Hi Whitehillbilly,

It's the stock LR part from the later engines, 2.5 petrol or diesel, I think even the 200/300tdi parts might fit.

Cheers,

Moving right along... Next to go onto the engine was the flywheel housing:





The engine is sitting on the axle stands to give it a solid base, otherwise the torque setting would be all over the place. Flywheel getting torqued up:





And starter motor in:





Next up is the clutch, I was lucky enough to have an input shaft to use as a clutch aligning tool:





Then up on the forklift, and over to the chassis:





Motor bolted to the gearbox and mounts





Cheers,

Looking a million Tim.
You should contact a UK mag and get them to run a story on your build!!!!
Andrew

Did a fair bit today, but they were those jobs that don't show much! I sorted out all the bolts, brackets, fixings etc that need to go off the get electroplated, mounted the gear stick, clutch hardline went in, and pulled the rear loom through the chassis.





On the subject of electroplating etc, it's all to easy to go a bit mad and order a whole lot of new brackets, fixings, bolts, etc. In hindsight I wish I'd just gathered up what I had and dropped them off at the platers before ordering new stuff. It's amazing how much some parts clean up.

Also, I've found it pretty easy to get lazy and think, "oh there's a new pattern part for a few bucks, save me cleaning up the old one". It's been a bit of a lesson to myself to slow down, and not get ahead of yourself. And that new aftermarket does not, (always), compare with the original kit.

Below is an example of that, one of these parts is a brand new, (reputable?), aftermarket part, the other is a 42 year old part that has been cleaned up.





Cheers,

Original on the left. Looks to be better casting than the new