Blimey, a 62 IIa 88" rebuild

[64osby]

Trip in to town today. Filled up the petrol tanks. First time filling the aux. tank under the driver's seat. The gauge works and will test the valve some time soon.

I have developed a chirp / clatter type noise that happens at idle and while driving. At idle if the drive shaft brake is engaged the noise stops. Will have to start poking around underneath.

[64osby]

Did a little more brake adjustment and they are still soft. Thinking of bleeding again to see if that gets the pedal firm.

Drove a few more miles and everything seems pretty good. The steering is loose, but not terrible. It has been ten years since driven so maybe just getting used to it again. It's not like I'm doing 70 down the road.

Took the time to install the sills today. Seems like it should be simple. Thirteen bolts per side. Seemed like it took forever to get them in. It was 88 today so that didn't help.

Put the spare on the bonnet so it looks like a true Land Rover now.

The big Brown truck came late in the afternoon with a few things I need. Hoping to get the front diff seal and flange sorted with the new parts. Hoping the fourth time is a charm. I've been test driving it without the front prop shaft

Truly very happy to have this back together and driving. A HUGE Thank You to all who have helped along the way.

I raise my glass filled with a dark brown liquid and a little ice to toast the members of Guns and Rovers.

[Xplitive]

Congratulations!

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[64osby]

I went to the SoS/DMV today to get my Rover legal.

It took 30 minutes with the clerk and the manager to make it happen. It has not been registered for 11 years and their computer system didn't like that.

They probably didn't make much money off me. Total cost for a personalized plate, State Park sticker, and the Registration was $68. The plate cost $15, the Park Pass is $10. That leaves $43 for registration. My pickup cost $200 a year for registration.

Happy to be legal and insured.

[64osby]

WOOT! Woot! You must be feeling chuffed! ....

Had to lookup the meaning of chuffed. Yes, I am chuffed! So is my son.

It felt so good to go down the driveway and pull onto a road. Some call it a perma-smile.. Still happening today.

Looking forward to attending the Mad Dogs & Englishman car show on July 9th. There will be several hundred English cars on display.

It is at a fantastic auto museum, the Gilmore Car Museum. Reputed to be the largest in the country. It is truly a fantastic museum. It is about an hour drive in the Rover.

[rover03]

Fantastic!

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WOOT! Woot! You must be feeling chuffed! Check the steering for looseness by having someone wiggle the steering wheel back and forth while you follow the linkage to the wheels. Find something loose, fix it and go from there down the line as it could be more than 1 thing.

[64osby]

With the help of my son, we jacked up the carport 8" and drove Blimey out from under it.

Told my son to hop in and off we went. Drove about 2.5 miles. Clutch works great. Made it up to about 45 MPH. Transmission and OD all are working. Brakes are very soft. Drive shaft brake is great.

It needs an alignment and a little steering work. There is a drifting kind of feeling.

It has been 10 or 11 years since I have driven Blimey. Woohoo

[64osby]

The second Facet pump arrived this week. Picked up some fittings yesterday. Installed it today.





Fired right up and test ran for over thirty minutes with no issues. Might save the cheap pump for a mower or go cart, might also just pitch it because it is so cheap.

Still have not solved the front diff seal issue. Will be ordering a new flange to see if that solves the issue.

I'm tempted to start shake down runs with the front prop shaft removed. That front seal is the last thing needed that I know of. Shake down runs will probably prove me wrong.

[64osby]

Pulled the prop shaft off today.

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To my knowledge we have never had any mail stolen. Our box is one of 8 all together at the road. It may have been put in the wrong box.

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Has other mail been stolen? We had a thief coming around, after 2 weeks I caught him on a trail cam in broad daylight. He spent 8 months in jail.

[64osby]

So my fuel pump was "delivered" 3 days after it was ordered. USPS says it made it to my mailbox. It never made it to my house. Will have to order another as USPS is not taking any responsibility. It has been over a month.

Replaced the front output seal from the transfer case in testing it seems to be good.

The front differential seal failed after 3 miles of test running, vehicle is still on stands. It seemed to be worse than the last seal.

I noticed that the drivers side wheel has no play. The passenger has way too much play in it. It was not like that when it was assembled. The other thing I think I saw when putting the last seal, (the 3 seal) is it appears that the output shaft looks to be offset about 1/16 to 1/8" to the passenger side within the diff. Is that somehow possible?

I have more seals and am thinking of starting from scratch on the assembly of the front axle to try and get it correct.

Anybody have any great ideas?

[64osby]

Front prop seals are back in and the mating surface was cleaned up. Hopefully it does the trick.

I ordered a new electric fuel pump on April 24th, still have not received it.

I'm having strange issues with test running the engine. Sometimes it won't start. Other times if I turn off the current electric fuel pump it will start, turn the pump on and it will run for three to five minutes then it stops, like a switch was turned off.

Then it will be hard to restart, or will fire but not run.

Part of me thinks it may be old gas, as it sat for 4 months over the winter. Part of me wonders it it is the fuel pump causing carb issues, as there is not currently a by pass. Part of me wonders if the might be an issue with spark that is newly popped up.

New gas and a much needed new battery are my first steps as I wait for the new bypass fuel pump.