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Re: Biggles, the lightweight
By: parksy64 Date: February 5, 2015, 11:37 am
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They are pretty bullet proof! Keep the dirt out but otherwise
there are no mines inside.
The gasket will need changing, the oil breather (if it has one?
Might just have the orange screw instead as we haven't seen
under the bonnet) can be cleaned in petrol. You might as well
get the 3 rubber "washers" that fit under the caps, under the
nuts that tighten the rocker cover back on, as they are lily to
need replacing now or next time!
The Big gay book of Land Rover stuff / or haynes is fine to
follow for valve clearance- there are no hidden surprises.
have fun- lovely looking truck
:thumbs:
You could try blanchards (but they are expensive for the other
bits you mentioned or Anchor supplies...
#Post#: 95990--------------------------------------------------
Re: Biggles, the lightweight
By: Just A Number Date: February 5, 2015, 2:17 pm
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Thank you for the info. I'll get the gasket and bits winging
their way to me this evening and get a picture of the engine bay
for the experts to eyeball. I've never so much as thought about
removing any bits of an engine so it's a bit daunting.
#Post#: 95996--------------------------------------------------
Re: Biggles, the lightweight
By: Snailer Date: February 5, 2015, 4:43 pm
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You can of course take off the cover now. The worst would be a
small oil leak. Go ahead, take a peek. Have your feeler gauges
ready and a couple of spanners. The job will be done before you
know it.
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Re: Biggles, the lightweight
By: Just A Number Date: February 5, 2015, 5:01 pm
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#Post#: 96022--------------------------------------------------
Re: Biggles, the lightweight
By: blenky Date: February 6, 2015, 4:38 pm
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Looking good. I like it.
#Post#: 96046--------------------------------------------------
Re: Biggles, the lightweight
By: parksy64 Date: February 8, 2015, 3:24 pm
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Looks like a 5 bearing engine.
The black mushroom (the breather) on the rover cover can be
removed and cleaned with petrol.
The orange one is just for filling.
It does look incredibly clean for a Landy engine!
#Post#: 96051--------------------------------------------------
Re: Biggles, the lightweight
By: Just A Number Date: February 9, 2015, 6:48 am
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Well I've been cleaning it up to try to spot where things leak.
:)
I took off the rocker cover and followed the big book o'Land
Rover stuff instructions on checking the spacing, now it's
clattering like spare change in a dryer. I'm lacking a basic
understanding of just how the measurement with the feelers are
done apparently. I checked the first one with the gauge and
there was slight contact from both sides. So I replicated that
if I found one very tight. Since that was demonstrably a failed
method what is the accepted method. Would I be better off
tightening each of the valves down until I can just get the
feeler out of the gap thus ensuring it's as close as possible to
size?
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Re: Biggles, the lightweight
By: Just A Number Date: February 9, 2015, 8:40 am
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Think I found a reasonably good explanation on the ever useful
youtube:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kUxplaR3pI
#Post#: 96055--------------------------------------------------
Re: Biggles, the lightweight
By: blenky Date: February 9, 2015, 9:55 am
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You need to put each piston to top dead centre then do valve gap
on an other piston i cant remember the order off the top of my
head. I will try and find it in the book.
#Post#: 96059--------------------------------------------------
Re: Biggles, the lightweight
By: Just A Number Date: February 9, 2015, 11:35 am
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I've got the check order from the book but I was not tightening
the gap enough (based on that video). I'm going to have another
go at it this evening and hopefully I'll have success. When I
read all the threads on it the term "slight friction" was so
subjective that I was just guessing. That video shows a much
tighter fit that I was going for. Though I suppose I could have
saved myself some effort by thinking of looking on youtube
first...it just never occurred to me that vehicle how to's would
be on there.
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