Stage 1 V8

Nice wee vid's mate, they sure do sound nice when there burbling like that

Cheer's Basil

Don't know if this is any help to you, but fairey used some of the gear's and bearing's from the triumph 2000 gearbox in the overdrive that fit's an LT95, if you could correspond the the part's, you could probally order them new from someone like rimmer brother's or another triumph specalist nearer ...

bigjohn734 wrote:Is there a place that can give written confirmation of these detaill which is required for a SVA

You could try the heritage centre, I think they might do it for you for a small charge.

Cheer's Baz

Hi Basil, that's what I thought, but apparantly not. I don't know if it exits in exactly the right place, but I don't think it would be too far out. I think you can interchange the remotes, but if you have to do that then I guess it would make more sense to source a Defender 'box from the off. Mayb...

Bad luck mate, nice scenery though, as for your cv joint they are easy to change, might be harder getting the joint than doing the job itself as they are specific to the the stage 1.

Cheer's Baz

Raggylad wrote:Problem solved. The petrol tap/solenoid in the LPG system had stopped working.

Glad you got it sorted mate

Cheer's Baz

Hi Matthew, welcome to the forum mate , stupid question but has your truck got a befender windscreen and roof on it? look's the dog's by the way.

Cheer's Baz

Try taking the petrol cap off the tank and try starting it, that will check if it's air locked, then pull off the return pipe and turn the ignition on and see if the petrol is actually flowing, it sound's to me like fuel starvation mate.

Hope this help's Baz

From what I've heard, when Solihull had the V8s in production, there weren't quite enough carbs to go round, so they interchanged. My '79 Rangie came with Strombergs from the factory, and I thought all the Stage 1s did, but I must be wrong there. No i think your right, your stage 1 should have left...

You must be reading my mind... I am planning to do the same myself, and I sought advice from a friend of mine who is more knowledgeable than I - he said an LT77 from a V8 Disco would go straight in. It would be great if we could keep a dialogue on this open, as I'm sure we'll both run into differen...

At least you got it sorted mate, one for you r mate's to rib you over for a few year's in the pub

Cheer's Baz

Hi Chaz,

Welcome to the forum mate from Bonny Scotland , smashing looking truck you have there, alway's think they look good with a tray back on, a lot neater than the origanal land rover tub imho

Cheer's Baz

Hi mate use the water based paint, you can get most color's it's not expensive, it's easy to use and you can spray it without an airfed mask.

Cheer's Basil

Hi there mate and welcome to the v8 mad house, sound's like you have quite a collection there, upset me now and tell us how much petrol is a gallon in Mississipi in the good ole USA.

Cheer's Basil

Tbh mate i don't know if they fit on the same manifold, as mine came complete, I would have thought so as i can't see rover changing it, the best bit about getting it complete though mate is you will get all the linkages that you need and they are different between the two types of carb. Cheer's Basil