Series IIa 2.6L 6cyl Parts Sources?

[LRBear]

More pics...

Here's another pic of the car...


-Bear-

[LRBear]

& one more...

& just one more of the rear...

It has a few minor dings and dents here and there, but overall it is pretty solid....



-Bear-

[fruitpunch]

Bear the Euro 6 cylinder is much more common then the NADA 6, as it indeed used the Westlake (spelling ?) head. Parts availibilty for the Euro 6 is much easier then the NADA 6, again you might want to touch base with Robert http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQ...assZrdavisinva for a few spare engines, he might even have a NADA spare if someone is looking. Reminds me that a Rover Salon had the same engine as the NADA 6 except it had 3.0l of displacement. Same pre-WWII engine design. Anyways the Euro 6 is pretty common in Europe some countries like Germany, Switzerland they sold almost 90% of the 109's with the 6 from about 1969 till 1978. The 175 Zenith Stromberg carb is common on other engines and getting them rebuilt isn't difficult. Adjusting the valve clearence is the key and most fun operation on this truck.

[giorgio]

Here is a blurb on Harry Weslake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weslake

As a result of having this head, I am actually supposed to, (and do) burn premium gasoline in my Land Rover.

It is a nice, smooth running, antique engine, and it does have a lot of torque. I am not using it for rigorous off roading, but it does climb the hills in the Ozark Mountains quite well.

The Land Rover is in fairly good original condition. Also a few nicks and dings, but much better than my Series III 88

[Dav1550]

Are there any identifying marks or numbers I should look for??



-Bear-

The engine serial No# is located just forward of the # 1 exhaust port next to the 1" freeze plug. The Suffix letter at the end of the serial no# can be of help when looking for parts.


This is a suffix "C" Euro 2.6 that I rebuilt, pistons, sleeves, valves, bearing, balanced etc, ect, $ $ $.. For the motor it took the better part of a year to gather up the more obscure parts have the machine work done then re-assemble. But it's one sweet running 6 cyl that will relatively run with traffic and is correct for the vehicle.
Our host here supplied the majority of the parts needed in the restoration and continue to do so in maintaining routine up keep..... Though admittedly some parts for the 6 cyl are of short supply or NLA and will take a bit of effort to seek out or fabricated.

Dave

[TSR53]

Nice Land Rover! Excellent job on the restoration .

[giorgio]

I will second that! Nice job, maybe mine will look half that good some day.

Giorgio

[jp-]

Yeah! Pics

[LRBear]

Gotta say WOW!!

WOW Dave!!

SUPER NICE Looking L-R And Spotless Engine & Bay!!

Wanna Trade?!?

Are you sure this isn't just a picture out of a vintage Land Rover Sales Brochure?!?

Thanks for the inspiration! I don't think my L-R will look like this for a very long time, as most of my asthetic efforts go towards maintaining my fleet of Austin-Healeys (4 Sprites: a Classic Bug-Eye, a Vintage Racer, & a Solo2 Racer, & a Rotary Monster). http://www.spritespot.com/gallery/BugEyeBearsSPRITES
This L-R of mine will probably just get cleaned-up, tuned-up, lubed-up, and have liberal quantities of Rustoleum applied at all of the usual nasty spots to keep the "metal-termites" at bay...

I am gonna save a copy of your pics for future reference AND inspiration!!

(Knowing myself as I do, I'll probably "upgrade" to a nicer L-R as time goes by.... So keep me in mind if you ever get tired of your's!!)

"Gosh! I REALLY need to get a bigger garage!!"


THANKS EVERYONE for all of the useful info!! MUCH APPRECIATED!!

L8R!!



-Bear-

[LRBear]

FYI: Other responses...

FYI: Here's some additional helpful responses I got over at the Series2Club forum:

http://nhua.co.uk/smf_1-0-5/index.php?topic=13312.0

Cheers!!

-Bear-