Thomas the Tank Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Well hello. My wife and I recently purchased our first LR. Please meet Thomas. He is a 1974 with 67,000km Left hand drive, ex Norwegian military truck. Im excited to learn. I’m a born pre 1967 Volkswagen enthusiast so this will be much different than my normal. We are from the US but currently live near Oslo, Norway. There will be many questions to follow. First off, what do I need to know about the 24v alternator in this thing? thanks! alex 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Welkom to the MadHouse ! That looks a very nice Series - well done. Had a Hard Top like that (3 doors) for years and they are good camping & sleeping vehicles. 24 volt (petrol or diesel ? ) means usu. a bit less easy to find parts. You can convert to 12 volt if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Welcome to the forum! Any photos of the alternator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Yeah, there's a couple of version of alternator..... I have some experience and generally pretty reliable, but there are a few things to watch for You may have a large box mounted somewhere either under the truck or in the load bay which houses the regulator and some other gubbins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas the Tank Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 Yes she is a petrol car. It has the Weber carb. I’ll get some engine pictures today sometime. I mean so far so good with it. My friend with a defender from Africa was surprised at the lack of rust so that’s good too. From what I’m reading I would have to change many electrical components to convert to 12v so I will leave it 24. I will try to find some spares. Only thing if found not to work is the backlighting in the dash gauges. Can’t be too hard of a fix. Thanks for the welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 The 24V system is pretty reliable, certainly no need to rip it out 'just in case'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Welcome! I would not be in any hurry to convert to 12v, it's a huge pain for no real gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 4 hours ago, Thomas the Tank said: Only thing if found not to work is the backlighting in the dash gauges. The dash gauges have a switch (feed from main light switch) to turn them off, worth a check to see if it's on or failed. Welcome Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas the Tank Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 Well I drove home in the dark from work. I did find the dash light switch purely by accident when fumbling for the fan switch. it seems all electrical in the truck work as advertised, less one tail light bulb. He got a radiator flush and new coolant today. I really need a new accelerator pump diaphragm as this one has issues. I spent some time moving the license plate to the front of the bumper so I can step on the bumper. Then I ruined my new step by mounting some old school lights in the way. The lights were in a spare parts box in the back. also located the front and back bumperettes and mounted them. here is a few pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Yup, 90A generator, very nice, as above charge controller box will be somewhere either in rear tub or under the rear floor, about 10" square, big shielded cable going to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Meant to say, very purposeful looking front end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas the Tank Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 Does anyone know anything about the Weber carbs? when I pull the choke cable the idle does not raise. It’s actually seems to run worse. it was in the 30’s today and could use the help. thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 There's a link from the choke butterfly arm to a floating cam plate on the throttle spindle with an adjustment screw to set fast idle. pic from Britcar site, the rod and adjuster screw can be seen on right of pic. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas the Tank Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 Thanks Steve. Here is a pic of what I’m working with. suppose I’m missing something then ey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Yes - the link rod between the two small holes visible in the pic. One on the choke spindle and one on the throttle spindle. I might be wrong about the fast idle tick over adjuster screw- the one visible on the throttle spindle is tick over. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas the Tank Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 There is a few used carbs local online. I’ll try to crab one for parts this week and sort this out. Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigj66 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 On 10/20/2022 at 9:56 PM, Thomas the Tank said: Want one.😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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