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

[sawtooth4x4]

I'll just leave this here. I'm about 95% done. Just need to tune the injection pump better and adjust the transmission linkage better.

Here are some sound clips. Enjoy.

[video]https://www.facebook.com/getlost4x4/videos/10154806767990028/[/video]

 

[sawtooth4x4]

I'll just leave this here. I'm about 95% done. Just need to tune the injection pump better and adjust the transmission linkage better.

Here are some sound clips. Enjoy.

[video=youtube_share;LV2PpT4cJ5Y]https://youtu.be/LV2PpT4cJ5Y[/video]

 

[Greg]

Awesome, congrats!! What do you think about the power of the N/A 6.2? It'll be very interesting to see what kind of MPG you get after a few tanks of diesel.

 

[sawtooth4x4]

The 6.2 is an interesting motor. Pretty good power. Has a great sound from the exhaust. Super easy to work on as well. The mileage seems good. But I'm not sure yet on what I'm getting. Still need to play with the timing and lift pump pressure.

All in all I like it. It's a totally different animal compared to a Cummins. But works great for what I want out of this Range Rover


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[Bart]

I pulled a 10,000 lb boat to Powell with a Chev dually sporting that motor. It did pretty well and seemed like a work horse. It's not a 7.3 or a Cummins, but not bad.

 

[sawtooth4x4]

Broke the rear driveshaft. Well just the u-joint connected to the transfercase. So I think i need to go to the cv joint.


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[Troop92]

Broke the rear driveshaft. Well just the u-joint connected to the transfercase. So I think i need to go to the cv joint.

Then how are you supposed to go up to Farmington Flats this weekend or early next?

 

[sawtooth4x4]

I have a truck


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[sawtooth4x4]

I just got done building a new rear driveshaft. I killed the first one I built. This time I used a 2005 Ram Cummins front CV shaft as a starting point. I rebuilt it with new ujoint sat the top. And I just ordered a new one for the axle end. To fit my Range Rover flange.

I also bought a JB Covnersions CV flange for the back of my transfercase. It's already installed.

Then I took a trip down to SLC this afternoon for some 2.25" x .25 wall tubing to build the other side of my shaft.

With everything cleaned up. I measured 10 times and cut once. Then cooked it together.

Here she is. Still need to swap the front u joint when that shows up. And the. Clean and paint it.

Welded up.

I also installed my glow plug button a few days ago. Mounted it pretty clean in the dash. Where the old subwoofer control used to be.

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[Greg]

Dang, that's a beefy shaft!

 

[sawtooth4x4]

That's what she said.

Umm yeah. I don't think I'll be able to snap this one. 1 ton unjointed at the top. I'll figure out how to upgrade the lower ujoint to something bigger later on when I can find something better.

Dang, that's a beefy shaft!

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[sawtooth4x4]

Ok, I finally gave in and ordered a transfercase shifter kit and a transmission shifter kit. This stock stuff, just isn't working. Its always popping out of gear. I don't have the time to screw around with it anymore. I figured $400 worth of parts is better than spending hours trying to figure it out.

 

[sawtooth4x4]

Next up? Dana 60's? Front and rear? Maybe, we shall see, I miss having a parking brake. Maybe some portal axles. LOL:greg:

 

[Greg]

Next up? Dana 60's? Front and rear? Maybe, we shall see, I miss having a parking brake. Maybe some portal axles. LOL:greg:

Volvo portals are neat... harder to find than 'Mog's for sure. Or just figure out a way to adapt Hummer portal boxes to your stock axles! :freak:

 

[sawtooth4x4]

You know, that's a good idea, especially since hummers used the 6.2 diesel as well. ha ha

Volvo portals are neat... harder to find than 'Mog's for sure. Or just figure out a way to adapt Hummer portal boxes to your stock axles! :freak:

 

[sawtooth4x4]

My shifting parts have shown up. They are pretty awesome.

Transfercase shifter

Transmission B&M shifter

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[sawtooth4x4]

Shifters are now mocked up. I still need to rivet the plate that holds them to the body and seal it up. Then build a new center console around them.

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[RogueJeepr]

I have that same shifter for my rat rod. The only thing I dont like is no reverse lockout or back up lights.
I'll be searching the junkyard for something else.
Looks taller in your ride.

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[sawtooth4x4]

The transmission tunnel sits pretty high in this thing. It helps it have a pretty flat belly. Nothing sits below the frame other than suspension stuff.

The transmission shifter is a little tall, but oh well, lol. I'll live with it as long as I can grab all the gears.

I have that same shifter for my rat rod. The only thing I dont like is no reverse lockout or back up lights.
I'll be searching the junkyard for something else.
Looks taller in your ride.

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[sawtooth4x4]

Ok getting closer. I have all the shifter parts installed. I need to adjust the transfercase cable a bit more. But everything is working pretty good.

This is the transfercase bracket. It's working pretty good.

Just needs some fine adjustments.

This is the center console for now. I'm going to rebuild it using some of the stock parts. I just need to go get some fiberglass stuff so I can redo it.

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