My first Landy

Mike · Jun 7, 2006

Hi All,

I've just bought my first Landrover "project"

1972 Series 3 109 Carawagon 2625cc six pot... Serial No: 00145 good original
condition.

A couple of questions to start with...

I just took the battery off to charge it up and found out it's a 60 leisure
battery !! - That must have been put on at some point to test the electrics
cause surely that wouldn't turn it over ? ... What rating battery would you
suggest for the 2.6 petrol ?

Fuel...Will this be ok running on current normal unleaded petrol or should I
fit hardened valve seats (if I can find any for this engine) ? what do you
other series owners run them on ?

Cheers,

Mike.

Srtgray · Jun 7, 2006

Mike wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've just bought my first Landrover "project"
>
> 1972 Series 3 109 Carawagon 2625cc six pot... Serial No: 00145 good original
> condition.
>
> A couple of questions to start with...
>
> I just took the battery off to charge it up and found out it's a 60 leisure
> battery !! - That must have been put on at some point to test the electrics
> cause surely that wouldn't turn it over ? ... What rating battery would you
> suggest for the 2.6 petrol ?
>
> Fuel...Will this be ok running on current normal unleaded petrol or should I
> fit hardened valve seats (if I can find any for this engine) ? what do you
> other series owners run them on ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike.
>
>
ISTR that the six-valve was already hardened (although I never had one,
so can't confirm or deny) and could run unleaded unmodified. There was
something in LRO years ago about, I'm sure.

Stuart

Larry · Jun 7, 2006

I run mine on standard unleaded, put it this way it wasn't the valve seats
that caused the last engine to die, and probably won't be on the
replacement either.

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believe in the laws of mathematics"

"Srtgray" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mike wrote:
> >
> ISTR that the six-valve was already hardened (although I never had one,
> so can't confirm or deny) and could run unleaded unmodified. There was
> something in LRO years ago about, I'm sure.
>
> Stuart

JD · Jun 7, 2006

Mike wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've just bought my first Landrover "project"
>
> 1972 Series 3 109 Carawagon 2625cc six pot... Serial No: 00145 good
> original condition.
>
> A couple of questions to start with...
>
> I just took the battery off to charge it up and found out it's a 60
> leisure battery !! - That must have been put on at some point to test the
> electrics cause surely that wouldn't turn it over ? ... What rating
> battery would you suggest for the 2.6 petrol ?
>
> Fuel...Will this be ok running on current normal unleaded petrol or should
> I fit hardened valve seats (if I can find any for this engine) ? what do
> you other series owners run them on ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike.

That engine already has hardened valve seats. Should run fine on unleaded.
JD

beamendsltd · Jun 8, 2006

In message <[email protected]>
"Mike" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've just bought my first Landrover "project"
>
> 1972 Series 3 109 Carawagon 2625cc six pot... Serial No: 00145 good original
> condition.
>
> A couple of questions to start with...
>
> I just took the battery off to charge it up and found out it's a 60 leisure
> battery !! - That must have been put on at some point to test the electrics
> cause surely that wouldn't turn it over ? ... What rating battery would you
> suggest for the 2.6 petrol ?

A 643 (as fitted to 2¼ Diesels) shuld do the job - the 6-cylinder is
a good starter when set up nicely.

>
> Fuel...Will this be ok running on current normal unleaded petrol or should I
> fit hardened valve seats (if I can find any for this engine) ? what do you
> other series owners run them on ?

The 6-cylinder has exhaust valves in the block - changing the is
going to be difficult! It really depends on what usage you have in
mind for the vehicle - if it's only occasional then using unleaded
will take a long time to do any real harm. If it's every weekend then
an addative may be the best way, but for daily use an occasional
tank of real 4* or LRP say every 3rd or 4th fill will perhaps be
sufficient.

>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike.
>
>

Richard
--
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Austin Shackles · Jun 8, 2006

On or around Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:04:52 +0100, beamendsltd
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>The 6-cylinder has exhaust valves in the block - changing the is
>going to be difficult! It really depends on what usage you have in
>mind for the vehicle - if it's only occasional then using unleaded
>will take a long time to do any real harm. If it's every weekend then
>an addative may be the best way, but for daily use an occasional
>tank of real 4* or LRP say every 3rd or 4th fill will perhaps be
>sufficient.

'cept that it's getting increasingly difficult to get 4* leaded or LRP. I
did see a garage in the sarfeast selling it, but round here it's all
vanished, so additive is the only answer.
--
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"For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then
something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk." Pink Floyd (1994)

Srtgray · Jun 8, 2006

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:04:52 +0100, beamendsltd
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>
>>The 6-cylinder has exhaust valves in the block - changing the is
>>going to be difficult! It really depends on what usage you have in
>>mind for the vehicle - if it's only occasional then using unleaded
>>will take a long time to do any real harm. If it's every weekend then
>>an addative may be the best way, but for daily use an occasional
>>tank of real 4* or LRP say every 3rd or 4th fill will perhaps be
>>sufficient.
>
>
> 'cept that it's getting increasingly difficult to get 4* leaded or LRP. I
> did see a garage in the sarfeast selling it, but round here it's all
> vanished, so additive is the only answer.

There's one in Nottingham

Stuart

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