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interesting how everyone wants "at or above shoulder" when child seats read " at or below"

I did mine up with some "roadster" style seatbelts. Shored up the top with a couple feet of 1"x1/8" steel. http://www.landroversonly.com/gallery/file.php?n=491&w=o

this may have been said.. But... back when I was toyotaing.. And its been a while The idea was.. and it was hotly argued, that it would give you better stability under braking and rough roads. being as your springs were now less inclined to be pushed back on hard impacts. I never did it. But I remember threads and garage discussions about it with everyone claiming the other was missing something.

AS no one else has answered.. I'm not familiar with the 2A ambulance (series 3 88 owner) but I've disassembled mine down to the frame rails.. and though I've a different solenoid for my key switched starter.. I've found that ALMOST (clip nuts aside) everything can be accessed from "the other side" Most of the time its not even hard to get. If I can't get something apart easily, i've found its because I'm going at it wrong. ONLY thing I've found to be a problem was a seized door hinge nut. It was a clip nut and I managed to twist off the clip. So I had to drill it. Find the revrse side and get it out. It's doable. .. maybe this is the one thing that's a bitch on the IIA.. but I doubt it.

I can hear the tappets with my yard stick against the rocker. No noise from the bottom or sides of the engine. It was not as loud prior to the valve adjustment. I did just put on an exhaust manifold and all that that entails. BUT.. it doesn't seem to be leaking

I am using .010 and .012 inches. rather than .025 and .030 mm as per the manual. Regardless.. all feeler gauges are marked in sae and mm. I didn't check if the mm=the inches. Do you use different inches in cars than in america? I'll check my measurements again today. also do my best to check the condition of the rockers. I am not talking about sitting in the drivers seat with the hood closed noise. I would imagine that with the hood closed it would be the car equivalent of silent. I've heard as many engines as I can find on Youtube and the like. None of them ticked over silently. But the sound was so horrible.. Couldn't tell what they sounded like.. they were just very loud.

Yea.. sorry its the 2.25 petrol series III.. not very common to find anything else out here.. I found some posts elsewhere that said "if it doesn't make noise, the tappets are too close" It does have "solid" non hydraulic lifters.. roller or not, there's a tenth of an inch at the top.. I guess that'll clatter. Seems to be what some others say. I hope mine weren't too tight for too long. I normally drive newer cars of course. Its been a while since I've had anything old that wasn't a mercedes or something relatively refined. On that note, I will double check my clearances though. Maybe put my borescope in a cylinder to see if I can see a valve. Like I said though.. its running smooth now.

I've had a misfire ever since purchasing my land rover. As I heard no suspicious valve noise I thought it was some sort of carburetion or ignition problem. Well, I've sorted those things out, and it wasnt. So i adjusted my valves. They were adjusted very close. Like perhaps the PO adjusted it cold or using the wrong specifications. I adjusted them to spec and now the engine is rather "valvey" Clatters away like a sewing machine. The miss at idle and at speed is gone completely .. smooth as glass, but a bit noisy-Clakety clackety clackety. My new cars clatter not. I am running 20w-50. I'm not in the UK or australia so Land rovers aren't everywhere. I have no idea if they're supposed to be as clattery as an old toyota or new GM LS2 engine. Did I adjust too loose? I think its right on, but I may need to give it another go. Are they relatively loud idling engines? It looks like solid lifters in there.. I don't think i've ever owned a car with solid lifters.. maybe thats it? Thanks for any input to put me at ease or help me diagnose..

Windows are for people who are too cheap for coats and goggles. I may not have it rough now.. but I did live on the canadian border with a jeep wrangler and an fj-40.. I don't think the UK's balmy winters can compare. Nor the drizzle with living in a rain forest climate as I do now.. Sans windows. That being said.. i was being sarcastic.. to an extent. Its hardly a reasonable vehicle.. don't drive it reasonably. And .. that being said.. I am in the market for a hard top. But more from a locking and resale point of view. British steel.. well european steel.. asian steel. Just not as sturdy as american steel. Its softer and certainly in my anecdotal experience rusts away quite quickly. Definitely has the reputation anyway. On topic.. again.. One can get some Por-15 in there.. can potentially clog things. But definitely wont rust. Not a fan of that messy waxoyl nonsense. however inside doors would be the best place for it.

trying to come up with any kind of why. Putting that much engine in something so unsuited for it... I guess its one man's dream.

Its your land rover trying to tell you that door tops are for sissies. They do rot out horribly. snapped a bolt on one of mine. Badly damaged the other trying to get them off.. ironically, for repair. Drilled and hammered.. hammered and drilled.. finally got it out. but man.. what a horrible design. British steel at its finest. As for replacements. If you're in the UK.. I believe they sell them at the corner market. In the US they are even easy to come by at any LR parts dealer.

I know i've said it before. But.. I would get my spring shackles in front of the "from". People love to type extraneous words the end of their sentences at. That being said. they're an easy fab for any metal shop. get exactly what you need. I've used flat stock in the past. I have not checked out the LR shackles.. might not be the thing for them. But still Take yours to a machine shop or welder.. you can get what you need.

Well its the top on the shoulder belts that is the problem. Mine are attached to the hood poles. Which I believe to be made of galvanized butter.

I get my wheels in front of the preposition.

my shocks are useless.. the 500 leaf mega rated stock springs don't flex enough to bother having shocks. Maybe the leaves are stuck together.