Morph's depressed.

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Austin Shackles

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• Oct 21, 2005

• #41

On or around Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:55:25 +0100, Lee_D
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>10. Exhaust manifold locking tabs , 8 off, 101 parts number 90613659

those are a *complete* pain in the arse. Personally, I'd either not bother
or fit plain plus spring washers. I never bothered re-locking any of mine,
and they didn't come loose.
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a great lie than to a small one" Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
from Mein Kampf, Ch 10

 

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Mother

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• Oct 21, 2005

• #42

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:19:15 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>>Manifold gaskets - the purpose of of the gaskets is, in addition to
>>being gas-tight, to allow for any irregularities in the mating surfaces,
>>that's why the V8 ones are that funny "crushable" material. The designers
>>didn't select the material out of a lucky dip box!
>
>doesn't explain why they mostly didn't have them when new.

They did - or were s'posed to, but weren't fitted very often, as the
army thought it was alright to wait for the engine (and exhaust
manifold) to heat up and meet!

On a 101 it is common for the manifolds to be untrue (I have one pair
of true, which I had machined). The easiest way to ensure a fit is to
use the gaskets - bugger though they are to fit on a 101.

I also have an old (now u/s) manifold which demonstrates just how bad
the casting can be - i.e. nearly 1/4inch out on 3rd.


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"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Paul S. Brown

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• Oct 22, 2005

• #43

Austin Shackles wrote:

>
> still fancy a 5-litre straight-8 made out of 2xTDi... I'm sure the
> fuelling issues can be sorted... if only by getting an 8-cylinder
> injection pump and fitting that instead.
>

One of these days all of your plans are going to come to fruit Austin.

So, that'll be a 6 wheel drive 201" minibus with a seriously stretched
Sherpa body and a 5l inline-8 diesel engine then?

P.

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Oct 22, 2005

• #44

On or around Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:53:08 +0100, "Paul S. Brown"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>
>>
>> still fancy a 5-litre straight-8 made out of 2xTDi... I'm sure the
>> fuelling issues can be sorted... if only by getting an 8-cylinder
>> injection pump and fitting that instead.
>>
>
>One of these days all of your plans are going to come to fruit Austin.
>
>So, that'll be a 6 wheel drive 201" minibus with a seriously stretched
>Sherpa body and a 5l inline-8 diesel engine then?

silly arse...

actually, I've no real desire to do a 6-wheel 101. The 6-wheeler was always
going to be a coiler, with either a defender or disco body; having done a
photoshop mockup of a 6-wheeler disco it looks quite convincing, but it'd be
more work to get the body looking tidy than a defender body.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero" (sieze today, and put
as little trust as you can in tomorrow) Horace (65 - 8 BC) Odes, I.xi.8

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Oct 22, 2005

• #45

On or around Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:42:26 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:19:15 +0100, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>Manifold gaskets - the purpose of of the gaskets is, in addition to
>>>being gas-tight, to allow for any irregularities in the mating surfaces,
>>>that's why the V8 ones are that funny "crushable" material. The designers
>>>didn't select the material out of a lucky dip box!
>>
>>doesn't explain why they mostly didn't have them when new.
>
>They did - or were s'posed to, but weren't fitted very often, as the
>army thought it was alright to wait for the engine (and exhaust
>manifold) to heat up and meet!
>

'snot only the army, though - most of the V8s didn't have exhaust gaskets.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
Robert Frost (1874-1963) from Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

 

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beamendsltd

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• Oct 22, 2005

• #46

In message <[email protected]>
Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:

> During stardate Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:34:15 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
> <[email protected]> uttered the imortal words:
>
> >> Can you fix me up with these?
> >>
> >
> >Certainly!
>
> Smashing. ASAP is cool, I will get the heads cleaned up over the
> weekend then hope to drop them off at a machine shop next week if I
> can get the bits soon enough.
>
> Half term so I'll be entertaining the kids and Mrs D and trying to
> resist all landrover jobs for a week at least. That would work in nice
> with the refurb work then... thats plans a anyway :0)
>
> Lee D
> --

All that free labour going to waste.......... ;-)

Richard

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Mother

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• Oct 22, 2005

• #47

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 08:35:46 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>'snot only the army, though - most of the V8s didn't have exhaust gaskets.

More an issue for the (unique) 101 exhaust manifold though, which ISTR
was caused by casting errors or somesuch.


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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beamendsltd

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• Oct 26, 2005

• #48

In message <[email protected]>
Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:

> During stardate Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:34:15 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
> <[email protected]> uttered the imortal words:
>
> >> Can you fix me up with these?
> >>
> >
> >Certainly!
>
> Smashing. ASAP is cool, I will get the heads cleaned up over the
> weekend then hope to drop them off at a machine shop next week if I
> can get the bits soon enough.
>
> Half term so I'll be entertaining the kids and Mrs D and trying to
> resist all landrover jobs for a week at least. That would work in nice
> with the refurb work then... thats plans a anyway :0)
>
> Lee D

Large(ish) pile of bits awaiting your pleasure , Sir.


Richard


> --
> "I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters."
> - Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)
>
> www.lrproject.com
> '76 101 Camper
> '64 88" IIa V8 Auto
> '97 Disco ES Auto LPG'd
> '01 Laguna

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Lee_D

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• Oct 26, 2005

• #49

During stardate Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:57:04 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
<[email protected]> uttered the imortal words:


>Large(ish) pile of bits awaiting your pleasure , Sir.
>
>
>Richard

:0)

Morph will be pleased, he's feeling a tad homesick!

What time do you shut the shutters and sit in the shop?

I can probably (pending disaster, catastrophy or man made nightmares)
pop around tomorrow after work.

Lee D
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"I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters."
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)

www.lrproject.com
'76 101 Camper
'64 88" IIa V8 Auto
'97 Disco ES Auto LPG'd
'01 Laguna