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I have found a good machanic in Kenya.
He is great and only works on 109’s, which has nearly been doing for 50 years.
The loss of power I was suffering was coming from a wrongly adjusted master cylinder.( so the brakes sticking)
Not good in a 109 as they are not quick anyway.
I am now on my 8th machanic and he has worked wonders.
The engine had not been
re-built very well.
Which he rectified,the top half of the engine.
So I know have:
A new head
Valves and valves seats
Cam
Water pump
And the correct timing chain
The points and condenser have been replaced with a magnet.
The car runs so well now and is very reliable.
I have also had a Gear Box rebuild main and transfer.
Removed the front shocks that someone had managed to weld on to the back!
And fitted new ones.
So much work has been done on the 109 I have the inteerer done front and bench seats in the back.
There is quite an oil leak from the back of the engine close to the Gear Box.
I expect a seal, I hope not the lack of one as silicon was only used on the front before redone.
I do quite a bit of work on it myself which I really enjoy.
It has had a new fuel
Pump fitted on it now, it has twin tanks.
I got a new fuel valve from a marine yard in Southampton which works beautifully.
I took it on a trip across Kenya with all the family and got close to the Ugandan border.
Around trip of 1200 km and it did not falter.
It has a range of about 350km
Which is really useful.
My 8 month year old son loves the landrover until you change from fourth:
He believes it was invented for him to rest his foot on !
A Much improved landrover !
I have found a good machanic in Kenya.
He is great and only works on 109’s, which has nearly been doing for 50 years.
The loss of power I was suffering was coming from a wrongly adjusted master cylinder.( so the brakes sticking)
Not good in a 109 as they are not quick anyway.
I am now on my 8th machanic and he has worked wonders.
The engine had not been
re-built very well.
Which he rectified,the top half of the engine.
So I know have:
A new head
Valves and valves seats
Cam
Water pump
And the correct timing chain
The points and condenser have been replaced with a magnet.
The car runs so well now and is very reliable.
I have also had a Gear Box rebuild main and transfer.
Removed the front shocks that someone had managed to weld on to the back!
And fitted new ones.
So much work has been done on the 109 I have the inteerer done front and bench seats in the back.
There is quite an oil leak from the back of the engine close to the Gear Box.
I expect a seal, I hope not the lack of one as silicon was only used on the front before redone.
I do quite a bit of work on it myself which I really enjoy.
It has had a new fuel
Pump fitted on it now, it has twin tanks.
I got a new fuel valve from a marine yard in Southampton which works beautifully.
I took it on a trip across Kenya with all the family and got close to the Ugandan border.
Around trip of 1200 km and it did not falter.
It has a range of about 350km
Which is really useful.
My 8 month year old son loves the landrover until you change from fourth:
He believes it was invented for him to rest his foot on !
A Much improved landrover !
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