Riley :: 1954 Land Rover Series 1 86"
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DiscoDavis
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Nice one Ray,
I hoped this would go to a good home.
I hoped this would go to a good home.
Ray_G
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Hmmm, I may be hitting you up. Starting the research about if it is worth/feasible putting in an SIII box with synchros or just running the old school.
UnfrozenCaveman
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Beauty 
meatblanket
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Very nice!
Btw, I always thought 88 and 86 springs were interchangeable.
Btw, I always thought 88 and 86 springs were interchangeable.
Ray,
The fellow who pulled that out of the woods in Maine and took it to the ranch in Colorado is a friend of mine. He'd be happy to tell you all he knows about the truck.
The fellow who pulled that out of the woods in Maine and took it to the ranch in Colorado is a friend of mine. He'd be happy to tell you all he knows about the truck.
xplorutah
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I think the pedal through floor nature of the S1 isn't very friendly to the later hanging pedal design. I would assume you need to change the whole system and change everything over to hanging pedals. Double clutching isn't required, often a simple pause between 1st and 2nd is all it takes, a mental 1 pause, 2 pause, 3 while in neutral might suffice. Good luck!
Ray_G
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Shifting isn't so much the issue, its more the whole it literally pops out of 2nd that is problematic.
Mind you the idea of switching the system to hanging pedals is all part of the longer term insanity; in reality we'll prob just opt to source another transmission and swap it in and retain the ambiance of her as-is.
r-
Ray
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meatblanket
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You can mix and match parts to adapt a SIII gearbox to the mechanical clutch linkage. I have a IIa gearbox in mine, still has pedals going through the floor.
Ray_G
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We did. Will have it at MAR of course.
Ray_G
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MAR
Some shots from MAR.
Nice thing about 2018 is I'm fairly certain I'll be getting my own trailer.
S1 reversed off the trailer just fine, and then refused to go in any gear. Not the most glorious way to go to camp, but hey, it was being towed by a Land Rover right?
The great thing about taking it-broken-to MAR is that you know that you can get a lot of help. Tom S (brother of previous owner), John from Maine, Ollie's dad, and any number of folks jumped in to assist what ended up being a stuck reverse detent. Remove floorboard, unbolt l-bracket that holds the spring into the dentent, ungunk and we're back.
Since it's her truck, she willingly busts her knuckles on it-as this pic of a bunch of dudes standing around while she puts the front drive shaft on illustrates.
Thus she got to tool it around the field first when it got back in the fight.
Purchased on a whim, slightly premature as the PhD completion gift but now with a job lined up and the doctrate almost done the wife'd dream truck will be getting a lot more attention in 2018 than 2017 saw. The good news is there really isn't 'that' much to do. I mean, other than still figuring out the whole transmission thing, rewiring it, and such. I'm looking forward to some fresh canvas on it next year too.
Some shots from MAR.
Nice thing about 2018 is I'm fairly certain I'll be getting my own trailer.
S1 reversed off the trailer just fine, and then refused to go in any gear. Not the most glorious way to go to camp, but hey, it was being towed by a Land Rover right?
The great thing about taking it-broken-to MAR is that you know that you can get a lot of help. Tom S (brother of previous owner), John from Maine, Ollie's dad, and any number of folks jumped in to assist what ended up being a stuck reverse detent. Remove floorboard, unbolt l-bracket that holds the spring into the dentent, ungunk and we're back.
Since it's her truck, she willingly busts her knuckles on it-as this pic of a bunch of dudes standing around while she puts the front drive shaft on illustrates.
Thus she got to tool it around the field first when it got back in the fight.
Purchased on a whim, slightly premature as the PhD completion gift but now with a job lined up and the doctrate almost done the wife'd dream truck will be getting a lot more attention in 2018 than 2017 saw. The good news is there really isn't 'that' much to do. I mean, other than still figuring out the whole transmission thing, rewiring it, and such. I'm looking forward to some fresh canvas on it next year too.
