Thread: Engine conversion

You do know you'll have to butcher the chassis front cross-member to fit the Holden six, yeah? It's to make room for the radiator. The fan is sited lower on the Holdens than the Land Rover donks. Then you need to rework the exhaust, and it goes on and on.
Far better (easier, cheaper) to overhaul the carby. Zeniths and Solexes were built with Land Rovers in mind, Holden Bendix-Strombergs are road-tuned carbies, though most people don't have too many problems with them.
If you can tune it to run well for a couple of days at a time, the engine is not at fault. It sounds more like the carby internals are contaminated. IMO, take it all apart and blow out all the passages with compressed air (human lungs won't achieve anything) and reassemble, preferably with an overhaul kit. Holden carb kits are readily available almost anywhere, whereas Zenith or Solex kits are Land Rover specific (I get mine from Four Wheel Drives). Then, tune it up and everything should be hunkydory. Of course, if the problem persists, you've ruled out the carby.
Then move on to fuel supply and ignition... Don't feel despondent, though. You're not alone in these fun and games.
Good luck!

Dan.
69 2a 88" pet4, 74 3 109" pet4, 68 2b FC pet6.

Originally Posted by mcrover

I would be looking at why it wont stay in tune before resorting to a conversion. ...

... If cheap is your thing then fix the 2.25, it will be Muuuuch cheaper.

If cheap is your thing - the 2.25 have never been cheap to restore and if reliability is an issue neither is a Tdi Rover engine a cheap option.

Diana

Originally Posted by rangieman

Or fit a early holden carb with a adjustable main jet , its a cheap inexpensive fix in the short term

Yep this is the go also a set of extractors and it will perform great

Tho having a holden air cleaner on it all ready it may well have a holden stromberg if thats the case maby it could do with a rebuild and re tune if its feuming the cab and running up the shyte the stroke plunger is probably cactus and the the old girl is flooding badly hence bad consumption id be looking for a carby specialist firstly rather than taking it to someone who has had a go and not rectifyed the problem (not bagging them tho) ...

If it has a zenith carby they have an O ring that sits under the cap and they leak so the engine sucks fuel directly from the bowl instead of the venturi,that is why you have problems.A stromberg from a holden grey motor fits straight on,no mods needed and are a great choice.Don't get a webber or solex they are a PITA.You can fix the zenith,they are very good except for the leak but a rebuild would fix it.The kits for them are cheap and easy to get.Don't fit a holden,they are a total waste of time. Pat

Just be carefull about the carby you chose as a mate of mine had a holden carby his and the fuel would run out and it would stop once you got past a certain angle on a hill.