What did you do to your Rover today?

[Wander]

I drained and pulled my tank off last night to get it cleaned and sealed this week. I made a rare wise decision to get a pump siphon to drain the tank with-that saved me a lot of trouble. The tank looks pretty good inside save for a bunch of loose crud-i.e. I don't see rust or old gummy fuel. As nature will dictate there was one badly seized bolt holding the tank that I had to drill out but overall it went pretty smoothly. Next up-clean and paint the seat brackets and install new seats!

[txffjim]

I jump started it and pulled it out on the driveway to recharge it .
Then I tested out 4 types of 'limestone' paint for it.

[LaneRover]

Got the head back on the 65' 109, started her up and she caught on the 2nd try! Most likely it would have caught on the first try if I had re-attached the high tension lead from the coil to the distributor but I can't honestly prove that.

Finally I will be able to drive it a bit! Drove it to the house in 2005 and for the most part it has just sat there since!

Brent

[rwollschlager]

Removed wings, roof, windows, doors, hood, and a bunch of parts after I took this photo. Galvanized bulkhead, breakfast, door/window frames, hinges, K/T member & a few other assorted pieces less than 1.5 months away!

All I can think about is all those girls in Columbus Ohio without a ride to lunch lol

[masonater]

got the motor pulled out with little trouble. its amazing how much easier it is to work on when you can get to anything with ease...

[scott]

set the ambi on jack stands, set the points, cleaned the sediment bowl, sprayed some carb cleaner, hooked up a battery, switch on the ignition, hit the starter and after a year of sitting...it still sits. no spark, will try a new coil next. had some more beer, pulled the front r tire, and the drum didn't want to come off so drank some more beer

[roverlandpark]

Today I moved the license plate from the tub to the lower tailgate. This involved installing a special swinging plate (sourced from eBay UK) and then wiring a new tag light. The hardest challenge was snaking the electrical lead through the hollow tailgate. I now need to get a couple of grommets to plug the holes in the tailgate... The part sourcing never ends.

[xsbowes]

set the ambi on jack stands, set the points, cleaned the sediment bowl, sprayed some carb cleaner, hooked up a battery, switch on the ignition, hit the starter and after a year of sitting...it still sits. no spark, will try a new coil next.

You did all this before you had your first beer ?!?! I woulda been crackin' one open after the first two jack stands!! Must of started early in the morning.

[bmohan55]

Finished replacing the rear output shaft seal, drove it around a bit then parked it and drank beer. Checked the garage floor this morning and NO LEAKS (well at least from that area). Ordered two new leaf springs and 4 shocks from our hosts...that should be fun.

[Firemanshort]

Heater hose

Not today, but a few days ago, I replaced one of the nubbin's heater hoses on my Stage One.

On a test drive to verify that I fixed my top end oil leak I noticed water squirting and dripping under the bonnet. A quick tear down revealed that I must have overtightened an already worn out heater hose.




That blasted leak completely drained the entire system (plus 2 litres of water I added to it) on the drive home.

... and I have to ask!!! Why did Nigel and Liam design and build the stoopid Land Rover with heater hoses that plug into 3/4" pipes on one end and 1/2" pipes on the other? This makes it so you can not easliy put an auto parts store standard piece of heater hose in its place.

Argghh!

[scott]

You did all this before you had your first beer ?!?! I woulda been crackin' one open after the first two jack stands!! Must of started early in the morning.

stace you didn't read carefully...i said had some more beer. 1st beer was open before jack was moved into place

[greenmeanie]

... and I have to ask!!! Why did Nigel and Liam design and build the stoopid Land Rover with heater hoses that plug into 3/4" pipes on one end and 1/2" pipes on the other? This makes it so you can not easliy put an auto parts store standard piece of heater hose in its place.

Argghh!

Its a british sense of humour thing. You can easily get round this by buying two adapters from your local hardware store. You want a 3/4" male hose with female NPT adapter plus a 1/2" male hose to matching male NPT adapter. Screw the two together and install. You won't have to buy any more fancy hoses in the future.

[masonater]

steam cleaned the entire rolling chassis along with the motor and it came out nice and oil free. Finally saw the original paint color on the engine...that was cool

[scott]

drank a beer, pulled the rest of the drums and inspected the brakes. they look good. figure about $800 will get me some new tires and a battery.

[scott]

dropped the rt fuel tank. cleaned the pick up tube, changed pt, condenser, coil, rotor, cap and still no spark.