Post pictures and stories about your cars both present and past. Also post up "blogs" on your restoration projects - the more pictures the better! Note: blog-type threads often get few replies, but are often read by many members, and provide interest and motivation to other enthusiasts so don't be disappointed if you don't get many replies.
-
JPB
- Posts: 10319
- Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2011 3:24 pm
#111
Post
by JPB » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:51 am
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
-
3xpendable
- Posts: 812
- Joined: Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:03 am
#112
Post
by 3xpendable » Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:16 pm
Thanks all,
Yeah I've always thought red rocker covers would be nice, the coolant pipes will be blue too, so will add some colour.
2013 Dodge Durango R/T
1965 Ford Anglia 106e Estate (Wagon). LHD.
1964 Ford Anglia 105e Saloon
-
Fatbloke
- Posts: 381
- Joined: Mon Apr 14, 2014 3:50 pm
- Location: Royal Wootton Bassett
#113
Post
by Fatbloke » Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:39 pm
Mike.
A Fatbloke in a Herald
-
rich.
- Posts: 6804
- Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:18 pm
#114
Post
by rich. » Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:54 pm
john i couldnt get the linky to work...im sure it was some good advice
-
tractorman
- Posts: 1399
- Joined: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:22 am
- Location: Wigton, Cumbria
#115
Post
by tractorman » Thu Jul 10, 2014 6:42 pm
rich. wrote:john i couldnt get the linky to work...im sure it was some good advice
Nah, it was some grotty Ford diesel engine!
If I was fitting a diesel, it would be the early TDi Passat engine (from the mid-late 90s) - not a fantastic amount of power, but light and rock solid (or they were). Anything newer needs "computers", so are somewhat more awkward to deal with.
Of course, the Herald should have a British engine and the easiest to fit would be the Perkins Prima! At least it was used in Rover cars - and based on the "O" series petrol engine, as used in the Ital (with modified Triumph gearbox), so should be a simple swap...
And, using a diesel avoids one major problem with a certain 13/60 - no distributor, coil or spark plugs!!
-
kstrutt1
- Posts: 516
- Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:55 pm
- Location: essex
#116
Post
by kstrutt1 » Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:04 pm
It was a vm motori diesel from a 90s granada, also fitted to range rovers, large rover saloons, chryslers and alfas, probably loads more.
A pretty average engine for the time, old idi technology, as said above I would go for a later direct injection engine.
-
SirTainleyBarking
- Posts: 413
- Joined: Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:41 am
- Location: Solihull, where Landrovers come from
#117
Post
by SirTainleyBarking » Sat Jul 12, 2014 4:11 pm
If I was deiselling a small british car, I'd stick the 1.5 TUD / XUD engine in from the Rover 115SLD / wee pugs of the same vintage.
Lightweight, nukeproof, 55mpg when driven balls out in the aforementioned 115SLD.
Landrovers and Welding go together like Bread and Butter. And in the wet they are about as structurally sound
Biting. It's like kissing except there's a winner
-
JPB
- Posts: 10319
- Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2011 3:24 pm
#118
Post
by JPB » Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:04 pm
SirTainleyBarking wrote:nukeproof
Pretty much, apart from the odd tendency it has toward exhaust valve seat recession.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
-
3xpendable
- Posts: 812
- Joined: Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:03 am
#119
Post
by 3xpendable » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:13 am
Spent a good few hours on her this weekend
Access to certain areas was limited, as dad is doing the final prep to respray the pickled rear wing and hence I had to mask surounding areas but he flatted back and T-cut the other rear wing, so before polishing it looked like this:
Up close it has blemishes, and isn't perfect but it's a home job after all, and I'm sure when trims and the like are fitted I wont notice as much.
Finally got the exhausts on! Used some of the BL spacer plates to lift the engine slightly and there is adequate room now to account for any engine movement. I have yet to install all the bolts but they are in place now. Prior to that i sorted out the wiring routes down the bulkhead then played around for the rest of the time with sorting more wiring out. I have to move the fusebox further down the engine bay to get away from the master cylinder/servo. So before I start chopping I need to make up a fuse box plate with space for extra relays I want to fit.
Hopefully next time I'm home she will be finished painted so that weekend will be spent buffing the paint up and fitting trims, along with the myriad of other tasks that need doing!
2013 Dodge Durango R/T
1965 Ford Anglia 106e Estate (Wagon). LHD.
1964 Ford Anglia 105e Saloon
-
3xpendable
- Posts: 812
- Joined: Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:03 am
#120
Post
by 3xpendable » Wed Jan 14, 2015 12:04 pm
Had a very hectic Christmas with inlaws visiting, so planned to spend a few days over the New Year fitting some more bits to the project thought progress was halted by a cold for me. 2015 is the year I want it finished, by September if possible and I'm determined to try and make it happen, I've been without an MG since 2011!
Oil cooler fitted
Oil filter head fitted. Despite making this and mounting it to the exact dimentions in the Roger Williamson book, we still had to make some adjustments to get it to fit!
Now it's just the radiator, water pump & coolant pipes, carburettor and air filter to get and apart from plumbing everything in, she should be ready to fire up, thats my priority at the moment.
2013 Dodge Durango R/T
1965 Ford Anglia 106e Estate (Wagon). LHD.
1964 Ford Anglia 105e Saloon
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 175 guests