I'm a day or two behind schedule but catching up
slowly. I know my right arm is telling me something, LOL (pain)
Today I managed to wash 3 Land Rovers, starting with the 'Bloodbox', the turret was filthy dirty, the engine is not running as good as I would like either, I fitted an electronic ignition some time ago and also stripped the carburetor and replaced all gaskets etc, I know I most likely haven't got it set up right, but hopefully it will do the job on the 25th.
Next on was 113-372, it always comes up nicely after a wash
then 112-587 aka 'Wee-Wullie' coming out of retirement snagged a Salisbury diff on the front bumper which in turn snagged something else which caused this
and to add to the misery, 112-587 just up around the corner and ran out of fuel
After lunch the madness continued, 172-562 refused to start
she would only run with a drink straight down the carburetor, so off with the fuel line to the carb, manipulate the handle on the pump, no action etc, so off with inlet fuel line, remove pump.
The valves were stuck which I knew before I removed the pump, just a light touch with a blunt tool to free them up. The trap for new players here is when you have removed the 8 screws that hold the pump body together, when re-assembling put all 8 screws in loosely , then hold the pump in a vice with soft jaws, then activate the pump arm by pulling the diaphragm down, while holding the arm (to keep the diaphragm down) tighten the screws evenly and firmly, when this is done release the arm, that way you wont tear the diaphragm when the pump starts to work, here is the pump after freeing the valves
It did start and run, moved out of the shed, run around the block, back for a wash, clean the tyres etc, park it up along with the others
anyway that's been part of my day, still more to come, cheers Dennis
