Land Rover 109

[rejeep]

Ever since I bought the Series truck my wife has been giving me a hard time that I don’t have a snorkel on it.
Having seen several fine examples of Rovers in Nantucket every summer she always points out that a snorkel is the one thing my Rover does not have..

Issue is to do the raised air intake properly and not be a cob job of backyard engineering you need 1 very rare part..

I didn’t want something that looked like this..



Or this…



More like this….



And it became mine yesterday for a small mortgage payment….
I dont know, for some reason originality points seem to get me with this truck…
Collecting the rest of the bits as we speak..
Maybe if it ever cools down a bit I might feel like driving it…

[etk300ex]

Is that a shop vac

[rejeep]

thats what I always thought it looked like..

[rejeep]

Finally got all the parts to the raised air intake together in one place at one time..

Had to order the pipe and fittings from overseas..
Busted open the box and did a little math to convert the MM to Inches and started drilling...  of course measuring twice...




Only problem was... the math I did was correct, the conversion factor I used was wrong...  shouldn’t have mattered all that much, but the bend in the snorkel pipe hit the windshield hinge at just the right angle...  Had to open the hole a bit..



now I was left with this...



the body man in me came out for a short time...  since its a RHD and finding a wing here would be close to impossible I decided to act in good old land rover fashion and cob it together using aluminum and rivets...




Little flexible filler, sanding, primer and paint...








Finally good to go... just need to trim down the intake tube a bit and hook it up.. waiting on some European sealant to come in for the final assembly...  there was no direct cross to what they suggest to use.. prob not EPA or environmentally friendly and might cause headache or nausea when I use it... 

[Nick]

Got a little rustolium starting in that door hinge screw

[rejeep]

not just there... wherever there are leaks and water pools

[M4wdFab]

 

[rejeep]

you didn’t notice anything when you were working on it?  maybe it’s just there and I’m oversensitive because I see it every time I get in or out..

easy fix.. just always want to do other things first..

it’s part of the design though…

water leaks in to rinse the oil that leaks out…

[M4wdFab]

no my    was at the hole saw adventure haha



i was super panic about working on this thing and didnt even let anyone in the shop while it was here lol

[rejeep]

ohh I was so pissed at myself....  really got depressed over it...

I’m looking for another wing... still have lots of paint left over and they come off as easy as a jeep fender.. plus there is nothing bolted to it...
Problem is on the RHD the heater hole is on the left side…
On a LHD the heater hole is on the right side.. I have to find a RHD wing… (kinda hard over here)

but it’s ok for now... looks perfect from 7-10 feet, the molding helps break it up..

just makes me remember its only a machine, made of metal, and nothing is irreversible...

[rejeep]

this beast is out on the road for the year....

had a bit of a vibration when I took the truck out for the first time...
now I’m at the point where I want to figure this out for good and I have a feeling its related to something I thought was normal..
driving on the hwy I noticed a vibration when I take my foot off the gas. It goes away the second I get back on it. It’s not noticeable at lower speeds, just hwy.
another vibration occurs when I shift into 3rd (city driving) at a lower RPM and goes away by the time I’m ready to shift to 4th..

any thoughts on where to start?

I am going to check that everything is tight when I get home tonight for starters... but after that is it just typical Ujoint, DS, etc.?

[M4wdFab]

the ubolts / nuts / whatever is there on the rear shaft rear joint were loose last i worked on it.  i tightened them.  might deserve some thread lock if they are loose again. 

[rejeep]

was the rear DS right?

I think im going to pull the front for a rebuild and I have a spare rear one thats balanced...
Nylock nuts too...

I also thing the rear pinion is leaking again... thats after I put a new flang in last year...

[rejeep]

might just pull the shaft tonight.. worn splines are possible..

[M4wdFab]

ya rear pinion yoke things were loose, i cant remember if it was a flange, straps, or ubolts.


Nylocks are junk with anything near heat, or really anywhere haha- get top locks win!