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Sept 4, 2017 13:27:00 GMT
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station wagons have this weird brown felt stuck to the roof. it looks a bit like they shredded up old teddy bears then put it through a mangle to make it a flat sheet. not as good as your doddo, but there is proper science in it working. i've done the doors and cab in dodo, its never going to be a bently arnarge but has just about taken the edge off the overdrive sounding like hammer drill  |
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sowen
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Sept 4, 2017 17:20:47 GMT
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Which dodo foam product did you use? The standard one? Interested to see how you find it  Looking to do some on the Rekord at some stage 1/4"/6mm with the silver foil covering. Made an instant difference in the drumming when sticking it to the roof panel, and I can feel the difference in temps which is handy as it's practically bare aluminium on top! I'll be taking the roof panel off at some point and completely covering it inside to the edges, bit hard to do when fitted. How are the brakes holding up ? With all that extra engine have things become a touch marginal ? Nice job btw James Just getting used to the pedal being heavy and a fair amount of travel before they bite. I'm sure they aren't as good as they could be compared to other Land Rover's I've driven, but they do work from speed going downhill which is the biggest test. The power of the engine shouldn't make any difference, legal limit is 70mph, and a 109 pick up isn't as heavy as a station wagon loaded up towing a trailer! I'm still eyeing up my old Stage 1 brakes which have been donated to my dad's Land Rover..... station wagons have this weird brown felt stuck to the roof. it looks a bit like they shredded up old teddy bears then put it through a mangle to make it a flat sheet. not as good as your doddo, but there is proper science in it working. i've done the doors and cab in dodo, its never going to be a bently arnarge but has just about taken the edge off the overdrive sounding like hammer drill Not had a proper station wagon, but there is some evidence of some form of insulation stuck in the top of my dad's series 2a, though could be the same stuff I found in the Rover P6's I've messed about with? I like the rhythm of the big 6, and it's perfectly acceptable for around half an hour of driving, though I wouldn't want to be stuck in stationary traffic for long as that's where it's at it's loudest! Some of the Defender parts I've salvaged over the years to the retrofitted to the fleet of series Landy's I'm surrounded by have had a similar foam stuck on with a heavier foil coating but on the outer side of the cab, inside the tunnel and under the seatbox. If it's good enough for Defender's then I'm sure it'll be good enough for a series! |
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was8v
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Sept 4, 2017 21:23:03 GMT
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looks fantastic!
You can't buy that degree of patina! every coat tells a story/
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sowen
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Oct 29, 2017 16:08:12 GMT
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Here's a little in-cab vid I did earlier today round some local lanes  |
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Oct 29, 2017 20:17:20 GMT
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That noise!!!!!
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sowen
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Oct 29, 2017 21:24:25 GMT
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Yep, it's a hell of a noise Hard pushed to say which sounds better, V8 or OM606? At idle the V8 has a much nicer tone, but the OM606 just has that 'something' that means business. On load the OM606 I think has the edge with the angry turbo scream over the exhaust note, and cruise they're both quite well matched I reckon |
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Oct 30, 2017 14:14:34 GMT
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that engine sounds awesome !
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sowen
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Oct 30, 2017 18:23:21 GMT
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that engine sounds awesome ! Yep I think with some decent engine mounts and the injector pump elements re-balanced that should sort out the rough idle and it'd be even awesomer  |
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sowen
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I'm beginning to rack up the miles again in the 109, and even doing roughly 30mpg it's getting a pain in the backside to fill up the tank every 4 days! On a trip to the Newbury 4x4 jumble earlier this year I picked up a cheap spare lwb rear fuel tank amongst other things, which later turned out to be a rare reduced capacity tank for use with a rear pto!   After much thinking, the plan is to chop the tank up, enlarge it as much as reasonably possible and have a decent range between fill ups. So out with the grinder and chop chop choppy!   At least in 'kit' form it's easier to lift up underneath and size up for dimensions and brackets etc! |
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sowen
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Still racking up the miles in the 109 without any major dramas, and wondering why aren't more people dropping 6 cylinder diesels into old Land Rovers? It's been coping admirably with frosty mornings  The snow we had in December     And even coped with the latest snow storm from the east   I'm still buying up spare parts for it so I can make it better and more refined. Got a spare injector mechanical pump so I can have my homebrew modded pump sent away and balanced, and keep the 109 drivable  Also bought another spare front axle from a 6 cylinder 109 for spares and the matching 3" brakes to refurb and fit   And my latest purchase is an underseat battery box for the passenger side to replace the rotten fuel tank with a hole cut in the top! With this latest deep freeze we're having it's taking forever to warm up the garage enough to prime, seal and paint the battery box  Two coats of 2k epoxy primer and the edges all seam sealed  And a first coat of military green drab  I'm also pondering when funds allow to buy a locking diff for the back axle. The 109 is so handy and nice to drive (for a series Landy), it's probably worth the investment so I'm more willing to drive further off the beaten track and do some mild offroading and maybe snow recovery! A 109 compared to an 88 is a bit of a monster and not so easy to thread between obstacles |
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Love it.... who needs black box technology..
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What,where, why....
It ain't broken... hold on....
now broken so rip it appart and fix it...
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Absolutely loving this. Top job sir!
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A 109 compared to an 88 is a bit of a monster and not so easy to thread between obstacles A master of the understatement! It's been a few years since I've driven one but I seem to remember the turning circle of a supertanker. |
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braith
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Paddling furiously....
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Like it! Did you buy an adapter kit to the gearbox or was it of your own making? 👍
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'94 OM606 Disco - rolling coal
'89 Astra GTE 16v - Missus' daily c/w cage
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sowen
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Love it.... who needs black box technology.. Thanks, ecu's have their place, just not on this Land Rover Absolutely loving this. Top job sir! Thanks A 109 compared to an 88 is a bit of a monster and not so easy to thread between obstacles A master of the understatement! It's been a few years since I've driven one but I seem to remember the turning circle of a supertanker. The power steering helps immensely, I can spin the wheel with the palm of my hand as I shuffle it back and forth when needed! In reality it isn't too bad, the stops are wound in as far as I can get them, and with the slightly undersize tyres there is no rubbing on lock, just loads more clearance to the chassis. Like it! Did you buy an adapter kit to the gearbox or was it of your own making? 👍 I made everything, cut and shut a Mercedes and Land Rover bellhousing, and re-centred the Mercedes clutch in the dual mass flywheel. Eventually I plan to get a single mass flywheel from a Sprinter van and that should use a standard Land Rover 9.5" clutch plate.   Another little mod/upgrade I have planned is to build a super-heater, by adapting a standard heater box to take a pair of matrix's instead of the single matrix. I'd also like to fit a bigger fan or find another source of air since when driving on the motorway at 70mph it seems like there isn't much airflow coming from the heater, as if the front wing side intake is in a low pressure area? Slower driving and stationary there is a reasonable amount of air being blown out of the vents, enough to keep the cab warm   |
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Rob M
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You are a superb engineer! I could roll in that, without a doubt. |
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I'm so impressed with this build...clearly you do not mind hiding your talents under a patina'd shell.....love the work you have been putting in. Seeing your creative use of fabbing skills is refreshing.
would air better come in from some type of snorkel, might look cool, or could you make a cowl induction pop up type vent?
JP
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I know its spelled Norman Luxury Yacht, but its pronounced Throat Wobbler Mangrove!
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braith
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Fair enough! Did you originally have this in an 88"? I have a 606 in a D1...built it with an auto using a gazfab kit. Am rebuilding with a manual setup and considered the sprinter solid flywheel/tdi plate with the existing V8 gazfab adapter. I'm guessing you cut and faced the two bellhousing parts on a milling machine, aligned them and tigged together? Looks neat and love the ratty stealthing....
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'94 OM606 Disco - rolling coal
'89 Astra GTE 16v - Missus' daily c/w cage
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I drive Transits at work.
And they are all limited.
However on one rather fun occasion I got to drive a brand new sprinter with that engine.
I loved it!
The video brought it all back
That is an excellent machine that you have there, dude.
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sowen
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You are a superb engineer! I could roll in that, without a doubt. Thanks! It helps having a good selection of tools and knowledge around me to draw from. It's a great combo, got a few thousand miles on it now  I'm so impressed with this build...clearly you do not mind hiding your talents under a patina'd shell.....love the work you have been putting in. Seeing your creative use of fabbing skills is refreshing. would air better come in from some type of snorkel, might look cool, or could you make a cowl induction pop up type vent? JP Thanks . Eventually it'll need painting properly in flat green but I won't be filling any dents, maybe replacing the gash steel plate on the passenger wing with an alloy plate, and no more. I have pondered re-purposing one of the old aerial holes in the wing top into an intake, used to have a similar setup on my other Land Rover and that worked great not needing the blower to run most of the time. Fair enough! Did you originally have this in an 88"? I have a 606 in a D1...built it with an auto using a gazfab kit. Am rebuilding with a manual setup and considered the sprinter solid flywheel/tdi plate with the existing V8 gazfab adapter. I'm guessing you cut and faced the two bellhousing parts on a milling machine, aligned them and tigged together? Looks neat and love the ratty stealthing.... Yes it was in my other 88, the bellhousing was all done diy with careful measuring and a vernier, sat upright on it's nose located in the flywheel spigot then mig welded. Not ideal or professional, but did the job and it hasn't broken yet! The combination was too long in the 88 so that's being refitted with a 3.9 efi lump  I drive Transits at work. And they are all limited. However on one rather fun occasion I got to drive a brand new sprinter with that engine. I loved it! The video brought it all back That is an excellent machine that you have there, dude. Thanks, you just can't beat that noise easily! Everyone says they can hear me coming |
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Looking to do some on the Rekord at some stage
