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| NormanV:
I used to have a Series IIa 2.6 litre LWB Station Wagon. I had to do a repair on the gearbox. It took me a whole day to get the floor out. Most of the bolts were seized and rounded off when a spanner was applied. I had to weld lumps of steel to the heads and the combination of heat and the extra leverage shifted them. Also, that gearbox is heavy! I removed it in pieces, alone, but there was no way that I could put it back on my own. I had never seen the interior of a gearbox before, I had to replace the layshaft and one of the gears. I spent a long time checking it over before I put it back. Fortunately all was well. I would love to obtain a series II or III to rebuild but find it too much effort to crawl underneath one these days. Good luck with yours. |
| Stilldrillin:
What is it, about Landies, and their owners? :scratch: Herbie. My pal's series 2. Has just recieved this year's Christmas card. From a previous owner...... :thumbup: David. |
| fcheslop:
Unless youve owned one you will never know marra. One cut and youre infected for life just like the wee hot air engines :Doh: cheers |
| awemawson:
Norman, years back I had a 1968 6 pot series 2a LWA Safari. Pulled like a train but the fuel consumption was horrific, I'd get under 10 mpg pulling a small camping trailer. It blew a bit of oil. I bit the bullet, pulled the engine out and did a total rebuild, rebored, new piston and rings, reground cam and crank shaft with all new bearings, rebuilt the twin Zenith carbs (may have been Solex) and put it all back together. .... It then pulled like a train and I got under 10 mpg .... :bang: It was a big lump to work on and a bit of a pain as the head gasket line is at an angle to the axis of the bores, so the head is wedge shaped. |
| NormanV:
Mine was better than yours Andrew, I got 12 mpg :lol: I had my engine rebuilt and then went off on holiday driving around Kenya. On the first day out I discovered that the mechanic had damaged the crankshaft oilseal and the oil was running out. When I got home I had fourteen empty 5 litre oil cans strapped to the roof! I traded them with a Masii lady for some trinkets, so all was not lost. |
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