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1, He is 14 years old. Let him make his decisions.
I suppose you Kiwis have different ways, so....
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Not questioning your parenting skills or anything, but, really? You'd let a 14 YO decide? If I was Dad, I wouldn't want my boy out on the road with anything less than perfect brakes, tires and seat belts.
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my dad works on an ambulance... so we are being careful about it. we are planning on putting in new cylinders, lines, and shoes in. we aren't going to do drums because they're in good shape... seat belts are in good shape... we got 2 sets of tires, both of which are almost brand new.... so we're good on that too.....
thanks for concerns though!
ebbenLast edited by GeniusAndHisAssistant; 05-17-2012, 03:42 PM.Comment
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so we are thinking we are going to try to fire the motor next week... but our gas tank turned to crap, so would the carb still work if we put a tank on the roof and gravity fed gas?
we are going to do a mass order to rovers north in the next week or so... there goes some money
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by the way... we're putting in new brake lines/hoses/cylinders... i assume to determine whether ours is a "single system" or "dual system" is to determine the number of reservoirs.... we only have one... would that be single system?
thanks!
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Sounds like you have a single system for brakes. To be sure though, count the number of brake lines coming out of the brake master cylinder. It is attatched to the brake pedal tower.
Gravity feeding the carb from a plastic gas can on the roof should work fine to get it started. Have you checked the clutch hydrolics yet? you may want to add these parts to your RN order, then you will have all the big components addressed to get it moving under it's own power. (providing the transmission or engine are operating properly that is).Bad gas mileage gets you to some of the greatest places on earth.Comment
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last night was very exciting. we changed the oil, filters, gas, and checked valves for proper oiling, and everything went great. we then proceeded to hook up a battery, and to our surprise lights turned on! we'll have to get some new lights as some blew out, but the flashers, headlights, brake lights, and dash lights work. the inside does not, but I think we can probably replace the bulb and it worked fine.
now for the exciting part... at 9:30 at night, we turned the key and to our surprise the engine cranked nicely! we had disconnected the fuel line so the engine would not start, but it cranked nice and all oilers are working... i'll post some movies this afternoon...
ebbenLast edited by GeniusAndHisAssistant; 05-22-2012, 12:33 PM.Comment
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Very happy for you
Getting closer and closer...Comment
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YAHOO! (again..)
tuesday was also a very exciting day for us... we got the rover to run! the fuel pump feed line has a leak, so we put a gas container on the roof and my dad ran a manual fuel pump... it started a little rough, but after a few tries it started up and sounded like a normal (but rather loud...) motor.
as we were cranking the engine to test the spark plugs, it even started firing on three cylinders!
next project is to get the fuel pump going, then we'll look into the clutch and see what condition the transmission is in...
we will be sending out an order to RN for new brake lines and some fuel lines in the next week or so...
we also got a movie of it running and of us cranking it for the first time, i'll put that up tonight or tomorrow!
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Congrats!Comment
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Well done. Something isn't right though... got it, no pictures or video!Comment
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So anyway, you going to make some room on Maverick for the Landie
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video FINALLY finished uploading.... though it might stay processing through the night....
here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G81Hyyhg4DM
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Nice Ebben! Good for you. Keep up the good work.
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Awesome!Comment
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