Thread: Series III (burned) rebuild

Mate, I thought of that!

Hey, do you have an air-cleaner pipe spare (to the carby)?

Sorry no I haven't. Replaced a few oil bath cleaners in the past but never kept them. Should never throw anything away.
The landy's looking real good...your going to force me to paint mine just to keep up. Put another motor in the old girl and gos real good.

Did you get the new motor in? Well done!

Any suggestions about air cleaners, if the oil bath goes? (I always thought the old oil bath efficient and cheap to run. Am I wrong?)

Originally Posted by hillbilliywheelchair

im getting jelus John it looks great i just whish i had the atention span to finish mine that quick

Jono, good to hear from you. Have you lost interest in yours?

na to many projects on the go at once (plus new toys to play with)
and the rain still gets in under the car port and my cousins are bussiy with work to help with the heavy stuff but are going to take a week off next month to help get it on the road

Originally Posted by lane

Did you get the new motor in? Well done!

Any suggestions about air cleaners, if the oil bath goes? (I always thought the old oil bath efficient and cheap to run. Am I wrong?)

Oil bath aircleaner is relatively efficient at removing dust, but produces more resistance to flow than a good large paper element. On the plus side, you are not tied to a replacement element that may or may not be available when and where you need it, although with the price of oil and petrol or equivalent for washing the element the cost saving may not be that great.

I would definitely not replace it with a small paper element or an oiled cloth type element - these either clog rapidly or do not remove dust, and any improvement in performance is largely psychological due to the increased noise - and any real benefit will only occur at full throttle and maximum rpm.

John

Originally Posted by lane

Did you get the new motor in? Well done!

Any suggestions about air cleaners, if the oil bath goes? (I always thought the old oil bath efficient and cheap to run. Am I wrong?)

The oil bath cleaners are the best for taking out dust in desert conditions but I wonder how they go in extreme cold? It gets pretty cold in those hills, you wouldn't want it freezing up.
Original oil baths went when the carby was replaced with a stromberg, usually attached to a 186.

Could somebody please tell me which heater box pipe is connected to the water pump, and which to the return?

Also, the 4wd engage stick (yellow gear knob, right?) installation has us bluffed. Can anybody please photograph the set-up or point us to a diagramme somewhere?

Thanks in anticipation!