Land Rover Series 1

My Landy First Start up 28 06 2009

i'll give you a quick rundown on the engine as It doesnt have the origional 2litre motor i left it with the Holden 186 as this was a common conversion done to these Land Rovers in the 70's & 80's. The 6 cylinder Holden engine is attached to the stock LR gearbox with a cast iron adaptor plate made by Johnsons. The holden flywheel is re drilled and balanced to adapt the land rover clutch components mounted in a Ferguson TEA20 Clutch housing. (same housing from a Vanguard) this motor is a nice fit and adds more than enough power to the vehicle. Sounds good too.

This is the first attempt to start it after spending a couple of days preparing the engine prior.
I had to fix a leak after filling the coolant and set the ignition timing it took a few goes to get it right.
also had a problem trying to get the fuel pressure as there was air in the lines but that was an easy fix.
All is needed now is to adjust the timing with the timing light and adjust the carbie as im assuming the backfiring through the carb means its running to Lean. ill have a fiddle with it next week and ill post another video soon.

Its my first resto project everything is quite new to me especially with the engine so i read all the books and manuals to guide me through im learning slowly and enjoying it along the way!

hope you like the Video, cheers!

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• Land Rover Series One
• Land Rover
• Series 1 Land Rover

[aces7no]

Nice LR S1, are you willing to sell it. or is there any website or address I can look for one. I am after LR series I, IIA or III.

[todesign4life]

nah sorry buddy not for sale! some pop up on ebay running & not running, also try Trading post, Car Sales also get a monthly issue of Just 4x4's Mag at ur local Newsagent, theres always Landy's advertised in there.

[bowwow9501]

pretty cool landy my dad had a 1973 landy with a 202 in it but we changed it over to a recondition 186 good trucks

[todesign4life]

thanks, yeah they are great vehicles love these GM engines they just keep on going!

[Dauntless244]

Nice Land Rover. I really dislike the Holden engine conversions though.

[todesign4life]

thanks. I like both Holden powered and original powered Landies, however quite a few Series Land Rovers wouldn't have survived without the Holden conversion back in the day. The previous owner never kept the original engine. so i kept it as is as it was part of our history !

[starmanskye]

Just a tip for next time, or anyone else reading this with a similiar situation -- Without a timing-light handy, you can always do a quick-n-easy hit-n-miss set-up on the distributor advance by hand a few cm at a time until you get desireable start-up and throttle blip response to eliminate that nasty carb backfire. Just make sure to mark your initial position & don't loosen the distributor holding-nut too much. See which way to turn it by noting the firing-order.

Great job -- Nice Landy!

[Johnnytotal]

Well done, thank you so very much. I have an 1955 86" soft top, in running shape, but not like yours by far.

[amigodexela]

NICE RIDE¡¡ love old LR's

[landrmonty]

yeah I was almost yelling why arent you doing that with a timing light attached. Got a type 3 myself with less than 20k on the motor. Have thought about the Holden conversion. Had some tight rings there too

[pinfolder]

@starmanskye well said i know what you mean

[mnzgp]

Hi, very nice Landy. Mine was a '59 series 2a and I also used  the 4.1 straight 6 Chev engine. Lots of torque. Since then I have rebuilt it completely with lots of mods. Maybe you have seen the video clip of my Landy. Cheers Mate

[landroversrs1]

Either cold or timing retarded!