Time for the camel cut, I basically marked 4.5 cm on the
bottom of the rear panel and cut as nicely as I could with a dremel, doesn’t
look too bad, if I must say so:
Also, the old tires look good on the old truck:
Then the first mayor “procedure” on the Series, valves
adjustment, coolant replacement, temp sensor replacement, air cleaner, belts
and so on, basically the top of the engine maintenance. Of course with a truck like this things are *never* easy.
To start with, once I had everything apart, I realized that
Paddock had sent me the wrong gasket, I sourced one locally but they were nice enough
to acknowledge their mistake and reimburse me.
Then, when I got everything back together and put some water
for an extra rinse (take a look at what it got out of this engine and how dirty
the pipes are) I realized that the temp sensor wasn’t a match, instead of the
typical 560794 this truck has a 484307 (Veglia Bressel) I’ll see if I can
source one locally.
The good news is that the truck runs OK, better than before,
less smoke, revs up nicely.
Also, to make things extra fun the bottom drain screw on the
radiator got loose, well, not the screw, but the thing it screws into, so it
leaks now… great, I’ll have to figure that one out too. Stay tuned…
Fun never ends with Land Rovers does it?
