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Post by dave1800 on Sept 1, 2014 0:46:06 GMT
Hi Tony I've posted this link before some time ago but you may find it a handy reference for using a vacuum gauge. For me anyway it is so much clearer than all the descriptions in the books. Vacuum GaugeVacuum gauges are still useful on finding problems with modern engines before delving into reading fault codes, but I think many people overlook this cheap and handy diagnostic tool nowadays. Have you retained the electric cooling fan inside the wheel arch as well to keep the car from overheating? There was a Kenlowe electric fan conversion sold in the UK for the 1800 back in the sixties /seventies that replaced the mechanical one (pushing air through the radiator) and was claimed to save fuel and keep the engine temperature OK in traffic. regards David David Sorry for the delay. I had a class this Sunday. It was about how to read the figure of a vacuum gauge. Yes. I would say that it does block a little bit. When Morris came here a long time ago, they met the first problem to survive here as of the hot climate. The engine got much hotter than usual. Father did save three of them he met by reducing the diameter size of the pulley on the water pump. Also he didn't say something about the double pulley on the crankshaft. I believe that it was slightly bigger. Therefore the water pump and the belt driven fans would go much fast. With the air conditioning system installed, this solved out the heating problem. I always see the engine normal operating temperature around 12 o'clock of the normal range in the city. When driving faster, it goes lower. Regards Tony |
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Post by tony on Sept 1, 2014 2:49:56 GMT
David
We still have kept the electronic fans inside the left front wheel arch. Since we replaced the front brake fluid hoses last Summer, there has been no need using it.
Yesterday's class, the teacher told us about using it to diagnose the Starter ( such as overload ), vacuum leaks ( intake valve, exhaust valve, pistons and rings, also belt ( chain ) timing... ), ignition timing, and exhaust back pressure on the modern vehicles. He wrote a book about it.
I still keep reading automotive books to improve my basic knowledge, most of them in English.
Many thanks.
Regards
Tony
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Post by indianajones on Sept 1, 2014 10:08:13 GMT
Just finished reading this thread, what an amazing job. You and your father have put in a lot of work!
I hope the car will provide many more years of service.
-Andrew
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Post by tony on Sept 1, 2014 11:25:53 GMT
Andrew I believe that she will. Now I can say that I'm a member of LOCI as I joined the club this morning. Regards Tony Just finished reading this thread, what an amazing job. You and your father have put in a lot of work! I hope the car will provide many more years of service. -Andrew |
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Post by foursquare on Sept 1, 2014 16:42:19 GMT
Legend has it that the CV joints were used on Lotus Formula 1 cars too? This photographic rebuild is fantastic, wish I had 1% of the skills your father has Tony!
By the way, if some Jaguar parts that will fit the Landcrab please do let Tony Wood know. That kind of information is really useful as the old stocks of parts begin to run out.
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Post by tony on Sept 3, 2014 4:45:05 GMT
Hi, foursquare Sorry for the delay. I want to quote something from the thread of crabmaster : "The actual gearbox is no great mystery - it is the same Borg Warner 35 to be found behind the engines of many other cars like Cortina, Capri, other BMC models and even the Daimler 2.5L. The main difference is that in the 1800 it is turned sideways... " landcrabs.proboards.com/thread/573/situ-auto-transmission-removalOurs second hand part is from 1974 Jaguar, XJ-6 --- the think brake band. Anthony Wood is very interested in our alternator with PAS and the air conditioning. I replied him the e-mail last night. I must say that father did all the modifications on Morris about 30 years ago. respect Tony Legend has it that the CV joints were used on Lotus Formula 1 cars too? This photographic rebuild is fantastic, wish I had 1% of the skills your father has Tony! By the way, if some Jaguar parts that will fit the Landcrab please do let Tony Wood know. That kind of information is really useful as the old stocks of parts begin to run out. |
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Post by foursquare on Sept 3, 2014 15:28:04 GMT
Thanks Tony,
much appreciated. The alternator/PAS conversion is so well done. Where on earth did you find the parts to make fit?
Mark
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Post by tony on Sept 4, 2014 2:16:13 GMT
Mark We are mechanics of our garage. There is a big difference between him and me. He started his career at the age of 13. Me, just have about 15 years working experience. He absorbs the theories of automotive to apply. I remember them to use. This is the way he is as there used to be a shortage of parts. He can create a special tool to work on vehicle, sometimes when urgent. For example, if you know SAAB 900 vehicle. Its pulley on the crankshaft faces the firewall of the vehicle with much less room to reach. When the crankshaft pulley was damaged so he created a tool immediately in order to loosen the bolt of pulley and remove the damaged pulley. ---------- LIFE ALWAYS FINDS THE WAY OUT. About the conversion, he created the parts he wanted them to be. He knows the math of automotive well. He also knows how to weld and paint enough he does few. The engine is his best part. This is what he has been trained by himself and the Japanese. Now he is working on the fuel distributor of a RR 1987 Silver Spur. He is trying to get figures of the problem fuel distributor when it is working off car.  Father is testing a fuel distributor. He created some tools. The fuel distributor comes from a RR. This RR got a hot long start. We checked the fuel pressure, damper, regulator, spark plugs... The damper and regulator are new. Fuel injectors were cleaned and checked, fine. I told the car owner to buy two repair kits of fuel distributor online. Then father did the repair on the fuel distributor according the papers I found online. This result got much better, but not enough. This new part is not available now. Father thought there was a abandoned BENZ 600, V8 engine, its part had been well kept and is just slightly different from this RR's. First he checked this second hand BENZ part and then installed it on RR with one fuel pipe modification, which almost solved out the hot long start problem. We have the fuel system diagram to look at before working on RR. This is not the end yet, we want to know why. Did we miss anything during the repair twice? Regards Tony Thanks Tony, much appreciated. The alternator/PAS conversion is so well done. Where on earth did you find the parts to make fit? Mark |
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Post by tony on Sept 4, 2014 2:39:06 GMT
Yesterday afternoon father drove her out to a nearby garage in order to take a look at a front crash of Ford. On the way back our Morris refused to start. There was no spark and he immediately found there was power to the ignition coil, but no signal from the ignition distributor. Morris was towed in. Father took the ignition distributor assembly out. The problem is shown below:  The wire is almost broken.  Mazda parts --- we just use its special soft wire.  The repair. |
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Post by tony on Sept 4, 2014 2:51:53 GMT
How did we know very well the ignition distributor was not working? We did two tests before the repair. First, there was no spark, but there was power at the ignition coil. Then checked there was no signal from the ignition distributor, which was unable to do on the road without any tool. Secondly, we used a resistor meter to check the ignition distributor: one lead to the pin ( Red arrow ), the other lead to the body of the ignition distributor. Then we rotated the shaft and realized there was no signal. Finally we found the almost broken wire.    After the repair, we rechecked the signal and adjusted the gap. Everything was back we had to adjust the timing after engine started to run. She is back on the road now. |
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Post by tony on Sept 4, 2014 3:22:13 GMT
These pictures I'm showing up below are too big. I'm very sorry that I have to attach each of them at a time. These pictures were taken by the painting young guy.  There was no gap and the door seemed too lower than usual. |
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Post by tony on Sept 4, 2014 3:29:30 GMT
  before the repair. |
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Post by tony on Sept 4, 2014 3:41:12 GMT
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Post by tony on Sept 4, 2014 3:44:30 GMT
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Post by tony on Sept 4, 2014 3:48:42 GMT
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