A Big Thanks

[Gareth]

Landys rock

[Uldis]

You just want to be the prettiest in town...


How about seats first?

Hey, are the Dan bars the steering bars?
I thought these cars just needed a big hammer to unbend things?

[thinfourth]

Landys rock

Sayes the man looking for a practical runabout to do 30miles a week

[Rich H]

I thought these cars just needed a big hammer to unbend things?

That or a sturdy length of rope, a big hook and a large well rooted tree....

[Uldis]

Landys rock

Yes, from side to side...

[thinfourth]

UPDATE

Shrek lives

And has been given the first test drive up and down the driveway

[Dominic]

Great news! Still has the mould? When's it's first competitive outing?

[Uldis]

And the engine seems amazingly smooth for a V8!


Phew!
Been working all day on it, and there's a lot to do.
Will eventually have to change all 6 shocks (yes, 6) because the shaft has rusted from not being driven

But before changing them will remove the rust with sandpaper and see when they start leaking.

Need air filters, and then to time the engine (anybody has one of those strobe timing guns they don't use anymore?). After it's been timed then I'll have to find the way to carburate it, it running kind of lean (my guess).

Fixed some vaccuum leaks, throttle play, travel, cleaned carburators, washed engine, made new brackets for the battery (the Exige battery now lives there) and generally noted a few things that need to be changed (almost always related to rubber, like hoses seals, etc)
There's a couple vent-like hoses in the carbs that I still have no idea what they do.

Ah, and need a new clutch master cyl, as the other one had no cap and it was full of water, mould and slime (and part of this is inside the clutch line)

I wonder how many bleeding nipples are going to break later

Anyway, Paul is off on his cruiser boat next Saturday, but other wise I would have thought the car would be ready to go out as soon as next Saturday!.

Let's see...

[Dicey]

Ah, ha. Don't you just love old Land Rovers...

Mike.

[MRpunchinella]

Glad to hear "its alive"

[thinfourth]

A rather late update

But Shrek has a new home and he is now mine

Its my first V8

Already sorted a few jobs like fix the clutch pedal and had a crack at the overheating problem by chucking the thermostat in the bin

Now just got to find out how to stop it burping and farting back out the carbs, strange these carb things personally i don't believe in them

[meatball]

Pics please......for the n00bie!

[thinfourth]

Pics please......for the n00bie!

You mean apart from the two on the first page of the thread

[meatball]

I will look when I get home......this computer only shows me a grey square!
What is shrek?

[ExigeKen]

It would be nice to have some photos after all the work you have done hopefully without the mould