Land Rover Project: Sexy Back: Love is in the Eye of the beholder.

[sawtooth4x4]

Alright, alternator wiring is finished, just need to figure out which wire in the engine bay is for the idiot light. I'm not sure if I care about that or not.

 

[Pile of parts]

Ok....Run it already! We're all excited to see this thing go.

As are you, I'm sure.

 

[sawtooth4x4]

My fuel pump (brand new-one) is dead. so I can't do anything until the replacement shows up Thursday!

 

[bryson]

So I'm starting to think that there is something going on with you and all these dead fuel pumps...

 

[sawtooth4x4]

I don't know. Bad luck. I just hook them up. Tank is clean. And all fuel goes through a filter before it hits the pump


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[sawtooth4x4]

brand new filter

 

[sawtooth4x4]

I met Mike from the forum. We traded power steering pumps. So now I can finally measure for belts and finish that up. Thanks Mike!

 

[Gravy]

Just curious why you chose v belt? I've had nothing but problems with vbelts in any offroad vehicle. They slip, they break, etc..

 

[sawtooth4x4]

It's what came in the motor. And in haven't bothered trying to find any serpentine stuff off a 6.5. It's cold out. I'm to lazy to freeze in a junkyard right now.

Luckily all the parts I have can easily be converted to serpentine should I have issues.

But I've never had major issues with v-belts. I've had them on lots of land rovers. They aren't an issue usually.


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[sawtooth4x4]

Had to relocate the heater lines. I didn't want rubber hose all over the engine bay. So I don't know. It'll work for now.

Just finished soldering all the pipe joints. This is it. Looks kind of funny. Need to do a build some brackets to hold it in place. Getting closer.

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[mombobuggy]

The copper lines are neat we used to run them on sand cars because they chromed up so well. You should consider splicing in one of those 110 convection coolant heaters into the lower one for quick defrosting on cold mornings.

 

[sawtooth4x4]

I got some more done. Installed the radiator, fuel pump is plumbed, and started getting some other odd and ends tied up.

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[JK2NV]

I dig the old school range rovers

 

[Tonkaman]

I like the dryer vent custom snorkel

 

[sawtooth4x4]

Dry vent it going away. I found some other stuff.


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[sawtooth4x4]

I finally got the thing running good. It idles and it revs. Now I know it runs. I'll finish it up.

I had an air leak in my fuel line. I finally found it and fixed it. I also am using a really good fuel pump that can suck out of the tank, and I'm using a fuel pressure regulator to keep the injection pump happy with 6 psi of fuel.

Now I just need to finish everything.


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[sawtooth4x4]

https://vimeo.com/200432333


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[crosbike]

Badass. Gotta love the first start up!

 

[Greg]

Congratulations, that's huge and has been a long time coming!

 

[Rot Box]

Very cool. Looks like a tight fit but it looks like it belongs in there.