Hello All,
Not much has changed cosmetically on Batty since he arrived home. However, I have been working away under the hood and have installed new clutch master and slave cylinders. I also swapped over a tested dual circuit brake booster and pedal box. The previous owner said that the diaphragm was leaking and the pedal box and booster looked manky anyway.
I put some fuel in the tank after putting in a replacement tank bung; as the previous owner lost the old one. I then tried to start Batty and was unsuccessful. I pulled the Zenith Stomberg 175 CD carburettor off and I found that the main centre piston was stuck fast. I also checked that there was no sediment in the float tank and that the accelerator needle was moving.
Unfortunately, after reinstalling the carburettor there was still no start. Since I have another CD 175 carby on an engine that I know works I swapped the carburettors over. Still no start.
My next efforts will be spent exploring the ignition-sparks circuits.
In the meantime, I have been spending some time sorting out other interesting electrical things like indicators, head lights, horn reverse lights and the rear work/flood light. Only the reverse lights are not working. I have to lift up the tunnel cover to see all the parts for selecting the reverse lights are still there. It would not be the first Series 3 Land Rover which a previous owner had removed the lever, springs and switch from.
The air fan/blower, windscreen wipers and windscreen washer works too.
Well softly softly catchee monkey!
Kind Regards
Lionel