My transmission packed it in on my 88 when the lay
shaft broke. Had a spare transmission sitting around
so no big thing, a day out and a day in at the pace
that I work. Oops!! a slight, minuscule bit of oil in
the bell housing. Just thought I's R&R the rear main
seal. Oh hell, since the engine was out and the crank
loose, might as well R&R the rings. That meant
pulling the head and, since I'm pulling the head,
might as well convert it to unleaded. Oops, the
cylinders are a bit oval but still within tolerance.
To be safe better might as well have the engine bored
out and fit new pistons. Anyway, you get the idea. 2
years later the old girl was once again back on the
road with new parabolics, new old transmiassion, new
clutch, shocks, front drive shaft and a completely
rebuilt drive train.
Hell, since that was so easy and quick, might as well
pull the transmission on the 109 as it's slipping out
of 3rd on over run. The 88 is back up and running so
no sweat. Out comes the transmission only to discover
that the output shaft nut was only finger tight. The
PO must not have tightened this nut up after they took
off the PTO. Since the transmission is out might want
to look at the engine, etc., etc., etc., 10 years and
a completely POR'd frame, new rear bed, rebuilt engine
with a cam, two barrel Weber and port job, completely
rebuilt hydraulics for the second time necessitated by
sitting so long, new parabolics, OME shocks and etc.
Just a little minor fixup on a truck with only 36,000
miles on the clock.
So you can see, doing simple repairs is an insidious
addiction. Under no circumstances, fix anything on a
Rover that ain't been broke for at least six months.
Before starting any fixes, destroy all your
catalogues, lock yourself out of the parts suppliers
web sites, cut up your charge cards and sign over
control of the family exchequer to SWMBO. There just
doesn't seem to be a little fix on a Rover.
Having said that, the 3 main engine will take most any
modification you want to make to it. Most British 4's
were 3 main engines until well into the '60s including
the relatively high revving MGs. These engines
managed to get around places like LeMans for the
occasional day long outing. 5 mains are a wee bit
stronger but nothing that I've been able to notice.
I've milled the head, added a 2.5 cam, bored it .030
over, and stuck on a 32/36 carb to one of my 3 main
engines. The mod's have significantly improved the
performance with no reduction in reliability.
There is only so much you can ring out of a 2 1/4, be
it 3 or 5 main. If you really want horsepower, stick
in an RDavis engine, though. It's supposedly a bolt
in so the truck would only be down for a day, yeah
right!!!!.
Aloha
Peter O.
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