Steve has a 1981, 2 1/4 litre petrol, lightweight. It ages since it was serviced and it up for sale. Steve bought all the bits; plugs, points, condenser, HT leads and a distributor cap. Whilst Steve made a brew I parked Degsy backwards on to the Steve's bonnet. I rigged my basha over the propped up bonnet of Steve's motor and the roof of Degsy. We now had a dryish place to work. We had a test turn over of the motor but it would not fire up, in fact it would hardly crank over. Not a good start. I checked the radiator water, found that it was low so I got Steve to top it before we started.
I took the plugs out then took the distributor off. Steve had not bought a new dissy cap but as it happens it is not in bad shape. The dissy cap was put back on and the HT leads changed for new ones, one at a time. Next was to tackle the points. The screw that holds the points base plate to the dissy base plate was just spinning in its hole. I took the dissy off the engine block to get at the recalcitrant screw. I did want to dismantle the dissy but that is want happened. After much faffing about we got the screw out. I had a rummage in my collection of nuts and bolts. I found the perfect screw to replace the recalcitrant screw. Re-assembling the dissy was a pain. Steve and I did not quite have enough hands to hold the dissy and fit the advance and retard mechanism. It was, however, useful to be able to set the points whilst the dissy was out. 15 minutes of wrestling and it was done. After that it was a fairly straight forward job to re-assemble the dissy. I had been careful to note where everything went. The dissy dropped in, plugs tightened up, HT leads connected.
When cranking the engine, as a test, I saw sparks and smoke coming off the earth strap by the dissy. I took the bolt out and cleaned up the contact area of the strap. With the strap showing bare mettle I refitted the bolt. I made the bolt good and tight. Then the big moment. Steve cranked the engine. The engine turn faster than it ever had before and it fired on the second turn over then it run more or less perfectly. We left the motor running to warm up the engine whilst we tidied up, cleaned the tools and put away the basha. The rain had eased to little by this stage. Steve made another brew and we were done.
Nice landy with lots of extras for sale.
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Sunday, 12 June 2011
Sunday, 25 October 2009
Landy, Landys everwhere
This an entry from my allotment blog about a trip out to see Degsy's relations.
I got up early on Sunday 12th September, which is unusual enough to report. I made a couple of bacon butties and a brew, one of me and one for H. The reason for this madness was a show that was staged at the East of England Showground in Peterborough. I was at the showground about quarter past nine. As I pulled into the vast, well organised and well appointed car park. The content of the car park was a clue to the reason for the event. Nine out of ten vehicles in the car park were Land Rovers of one sort or another. The event was the Land Rover Owners Magazine autumn show.
Having been mugged at the ticket office I went through the showground gates. I was very impressed with the facilities at the Showground. The event was quite small or was it that showground is so vast. In any case there must have been a thousand Land Rovers. I only saw four vehicles that were not an LR or one of the derivatives. There were stalls and clubs in attendance. Some of the stalls were more like an auto-jumble. You really have to know your stuff to identify one piece of grubby metal from another. It was all scrap to me. There were army surplus stalls. Lots of things you never knew you needed and all painted green. Then the specialist stalls, off road suspension and all the individual parts. Others stalls with special stainless steel panels and exhausts. Yet other suppliers of touring tents that fold into roof racks and yet others with storage solutions to fit out the back of the landy.
Then there were all the clubs. One for every marque and interest. Individual clubs; for Series 1, 2 and 3, Defenders, V8s, Forward control 101s, Paris Dakar, Lightweights, ex-military, Freelander, Range Rover, G4 and Camel rally and monster land rovers. Then clubs based on districts or geographical areas, off roading, green laning and over landing.
Later in the day, and on another part of the venue, there was a proper auto-jumble called the Sodbury Sortout. It was a bit of a disappointing turn out. However I did get a wheel brace for less than half price. I had a list of things to buy but it was as if the list was written upside down. The things I really needed, at the top of the list, were not to be had. The low priority items were found, a hasp for the filler cap, spring clips for the trailer and, of course, the wheel brace. I just need a length of scaffold tube to be a extension handle to the wheel brace.
In the main arena there was the usual parades, a bike stunt rider and bird of pray flying display. I went round lots of times, this way and that. Everything got a good coat of looking at......twice. Perhaps the best thing I got was not a Land Rover item. One of the stall sold tools. One of the gadgets was a "finger ratchet". Imagine a the ratchet that you use on sockets then saw off the handle. It is the handiest thing. There are lots of times when the room to swing the ratchet handle is restricted or you just need the spin a nut with a socket. the finger ratchet is just the job and cheap as chips. Coming across the finger ratchet just about clinched the day to justify the cost and getting early on a Sunday.
I got up early on Sunday 12th September, which is unusual enough to report. I made a couple of bacon butties and a brew, one of me and one for H. The reason for this madness was a show that was staged at the East of England Showground in Peterborough. I was at the showground about quarter past nine. As I pulled into the vast, well organised and well appointed car park. The content of the car park was a clue to the reason for the event. Nine out of ten vehicles in the car park were Land Rovers of one sort or another. The event was the Land Rover Owners Magazine autumn show.
Having been mugged at the ticket office I went through the showground gates. I was very impressed with the facilities at the Showground. The event was quite small or was it that showground is so vast. In any case there must have been a thousand Land Rovers. I only saw four vehicles that were not an LR or one of the derivatives. There were stalls and clubs in attendance. Some of the stalls were more like an auto-jumble. You really have to know your stuff to identify one piece of grubby metal from another. It was all scrap to me. There were army surplus stalls. Lots of things you never knew you needed and all painted green. Then the specialist stalls, off road suspension and all the individual parts. Others stalls with special stainless steel panels and exhausts. Yet other suppliers of touring tents that fold into roof racks and yet others with storage solutions to fit out the back of the landy.
Then there were all the clubs. One for every marque and interest. Individual clubs; for Series 1, 2 and 3, Defenders, V8s, Forward control 101s, Paris Dakar, Lightweights, ex-military, Freelander, Range Rover, G4 and Camel rally and monster land rovers. Then clubs based on districts or geographical areas, off roading, green laning and over landing.
Later in the day, and on another part of the venue, there was a proper auto-jumble called the Sodbury Sortout. It was a bit of a disappointing turn out. However I did get a wheel brace for less than half price. I had a list of things to buy but it was as if the list was written upside down. The things I really needed, at the top of the list, were not to be had. The low priority items were found, a hasp for the filler cap, spring clips for the trailer and, of course, the wheel brace. I just need a length of scaffold tube to be a extension handle to the wheel brace.
In the main arena there was the usual parades, a bike stunt rider and bird of pray flying display. I went round lots of times, this way and that. Everything got a good coat of looking at......twice. Perhaps the best thing I got was not a Land Rover item. One of the stall sold tools. One of the gadgets was a "finger ratchet". Imagine a the ratchet that you use on sockets then saw off the handle. It is the handiest thing. There are lots of times when the room to swing the ratchet handle is restricted or you just need the spin a nut with a socket. the finger ratchet is just the job and cheap as chips. Coming across the finger ratchet just about clinched the day to justify the cost and getting early on a Sunday.
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