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Yes, studs are definitely preferable but there isn’t room to turn nuts or bolt heads on my exhausts hence I’m using cap head bolts. However I have a cunning plan to make 16 off 3/8” UNC internally threaded tubes the same O/D as the cap heads and screw a cap head into one end so I can do them up on s...

The box came with the stick and tube so I have to assume the builder used a matching set? It isn’t a RR sump but something shallower for ground clearance and the tube screwed in so I’ve used the level markings on the stick - the 22 and 24 cases are similar so I’d have thought the fluid level would b...

A friend's bought a Rover V8 trike with twin Strombergs and it doesn't run properly because not only has someone filed two huge great flats down each needle but they haven't even made the flats the same on each needle either so we're trying to get the needles out. I don't know if this is relevent to...

Cheers for the replies, I've ordered a 3/8" UNC kit. They look easy enough to use as long as the drill goes in straight so I think I'll knock up a fixture to guide the drill - a thick lump of mild steel with a hole for the drill and a hole to bolt it to the other exhaust port thread should do it.

Is the link to the updated list on page 2 not working? A friend has bought a trike and the engine number & compression ratio stamped on the pad by the dipstick is 26G00008B and 8.13:1, the list on page 1 goes up to 24G for 1983 on LandRover 90/110 cr 8.31:1 and starts again at 27G for 1989 Disco...

I’ve stripped an exhaust manifold thread in the head and am wondering about what’s the best/least worst way of repairing it. I’ve been using cap head bolts because of clearance problems so it looks like a helicoil is needed or is there a better way? The engine is uncovered so access is dead easy if ...

I did wonder about that but can’t think what I might have sucked/blown away and where did it go? The vent bit that sticks up out of the box does go up and down on mine, I don’t know if it’s supposed to but maybe it closes off if it’s stuck up or down?
But as you say, it’s a result!

I pulled the dipstick, put a 1 litre syringe on the vent pipe and heard gurgling from the dipstick tube as I pushed air in and out so the vent doesn’t seem blocked. It was hot weather so I went for a run around town in the traffic (slow speed so the tc didn’t lock) to get the gearbox hot, got back h...

Cheers for the replies Chris, I’ll see about checking the breather tomorrow - I can’t think of another reason why ATF is coming out of the kickdown cable by the carb and not out of the breather. I’ve done some searching and it looks like I’ve been checking the fluid level wrongly too, apparently the...

The simplest way to install the cooler looked to be putting it behind the carb about the same level as the rocker boxes, it keeps the pipes short and with the engine being completely open there’s good airflow too. It didn’t occur to me at the time but being that high up, is fluid in the cooler likel...

I’ve been helping a friend trying to sort the carbs on his new toy, a Rover v8 trike. The engine block number points to it being from an SD1 but on speaking with the guy who built it in 1993, he was fairly certain it came from an old Range Rover. Anyway, we tried the carb adjuster tool, the one with...

I did an 80 mile trip on motorways and fast A roads, keeping the speed to around 65-70mph and all seemed well. When I got back I noticed ATF had been running down the engine side of the bellhousing, the top of the engine was smothered and there were puddles of it between the (Edelbrock) manifold run...

I've put a non-electronic ZF4HP22 with 4HP24 internals and converted to 2WD on my 4.6 Rover and I'm a bit puzzled about the fluid level. Apparently a dry box takes 9½ litres (mine said there was 500ml in the torque converter), I filled the cooler and pipes then started on the gearbox and stopped whe...

I agree, a proper efi setup beats a carb but for me it's about making the best of what I'm going to use rather than picking what'd give the best performance. (I'm not going to get into a carb .v. efi pro's & cons discussion but suffice to say getting stranded before with unfixable efi breakdowns...

Compared to the 50 plus year old 1¾" SU carbs it's replacing, the finish on the internals is pretty agricultural. It won't take long, the top of the carb is off anyway and my time is free but is it worth filing the lumps and ridges away? (and yes, I'd take great care not to alter the overall co...