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doggydoo
Posts: 6
Joined: Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:05 pm
Location: Bawtry, Doncaster
Full Name: Jim Cameron

Postby doggydoo » Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:28 am

Well, after 7 months, 4 mechanics & loads of £££ the 1964 Series 2a is running real nice. (I can't believe how this simple v8 proved so difficult for so many!!!)

Removal of the efi, adding carbs, new head gasket & skim, fuel pump, timing, poke prod, poke some more plus lots of heartache

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juDeY8ze ... ata_player


& in the end it was valve clearances & the distributor. Ahh well, all the work will have helped keep it fit.

Now to see how it goes off road - hopefully see you at the next trial!

doggydoo
Posts: 6
Joined: Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:05 pm
Location: Bawtry, Doncaster
Full Name: Jim Cameron

Postby doggydoo » Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:49 pm

Well, 2 days after that post the ruddy gearbox went

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Bo
Posts: 682
Joined: Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:35 pm
Location: WF10
Full Name: Scot Chegg

Postby Bo » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:33 pm

Gearboxes are pretty basic items on series motors, in my experience, it's usually the a bearing that has gone. The trick is to catch it early before it starts destroying the rest of the internals. What are the symptoms?


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