@@roybrookton7938 thanks for the comment Roy, but these are new and I did full them with oil before fitting. This is a quality problem, you can see in a later video, the fit between the plunger and the tappet body is too much.

@@robinarmstrong8886 couldn't agree more. It would be great to get it on a standalone ECU. But unfortunately I wasn't able to commit to the time to converting everything over to stand alone. So he went down the Tornado ECU route.

@@lozl No worries. Sorry if it sounded like a criticism. Passionate about putting a new lease of life into the humble Rover V8. Love the content, have subscribed. :)

@@robinarmstrong8886 no worries, honestly I would have loved to have put an ECU on it. I have done so with my car, there are massive advantages and its so much fun. But i have so little time to do the work for the guy and wouldn't have wanted to half arse it. This is a pretty good way to go. Next time... :)

Honestly, of all the projects I have done over the last several years, finding good quality parts has always been the biggest challenge

Thank you for sharing the issue you had with the replacement bearing races. I spent hours reassembling the box and each time had that 2-3mm gap. Followed your solution and reused the originals. I did use the new ball bearings. Worked great. Hopefully this saves someone else from wasting their Sunday.

@@simonkorzec9315 Cheers Simon, glad it was of help to you. I wish I could have got the proper kit in time. Ideally it wanted a whole new steering shaft but those are pretty tricky to find. Thanks again for taking the time to comment

I'm afraid I forget exactly what products I used as it was a long while ago. And the bulkhead was a bit of an odd case as it wasn't the best quality.... Also It came to me primed already. So I put stone chip on the parts that were going to be hit with road debris then painted over everything. I think the paint just came from either eBay or paddocks, this was just a generic marine blue. And I was to buy the stone chip again, I would probably use buzzweld, they are a supplier and seem to be pretty good with recent experience. I'd go for a can or two of there stonechip, I'd pick one that comes with a application gun that can be used from a compressor. Then the paint I applied with my old spray gun, its nothing special, just a Clarke or something, I guess I could say that I find the top tank guns a little better as the pain drains in, they are less bulky too and less wasteful. Hope this is of some help.

@@kevimely7410 glad to help

@@pahofilmsnz Thanks for taking to time to comment, much appreciated. Good luck with the project.

@@mkent1213 it took me about 2 years, but this was along side a job and family commitments, and I was rebuilding the discovery V8 engine for 6 to 9 months. So maybe a year to 18 months in total. You could look at it in hours though, it was a little over 400 hours, so technically if you had all the parts and worked on it full time, it could be done in 3 months

@@lozl is that for a full rebuild or just to do bulkhead🥺 damn long time oh man,

@@mkent1213 oh sorry, yeah that was the whole thing. If you're just swapping the bulkhead it would be a lot lot less time. Maybe 50 to 100 hours

@@RoughRestos thabks buddy, you're too kind. I would probably be a lot more "that'll do" if it was for my car only :)

@@calsurflance5598 well they worked very well then :)

@@IbbyB. yeah this sounds like your best bet. I chose it as it was the most powerful one I could find without an engine. It cleared our half acre no problem

@@dizzy_cap_car_show thanks bud! Hard to make a video about ramps.... pleased it has as many views as it has really :)

Oh that's interesting about the ignition. It makes sense though. As you can tell I don't know too much about the working of this very early injection system. As you could see we were reluctant to rev it any more, so I'm pleased we managed to find peak power. I didn't really know what to expect going into the work, I was quite pleased with the result at the time, it certainly feels nice and quick to drive. As I've looked into it though, I have realised that it must be down on power somewhat. Its worth noting though that it has a standard 4.2 camshaft fitted, not the camshaft that would have come in the TVR engine. Big valves, big ports and runners, and the bigger throttle body all give the best effects at high rpm, which is exactly where the standard camshaft will be limiting flow somewhat. That said we have also thought the 4.2 might be a little tired. It will soon be removed and a 4.6 put in its place with the ongoing work on the car. We can then assess the condition of that 4.2.

@@lozl the injection system is a borsch system that Lucas licensed. I don’t believe you can run a mix of components from either manufacturer the system is called L jettronic Standard can shaft. Would think it should be about 220-230hp. With the other tvr bits. a standard 4.6 is 220hp with a restrictive inlet so missing about 20-30hp that 4.3 is

@@That_sd1_vitesse that all sounds plausible. If I had a compression tester might give us a clue as to engine health.

@@vaughanh2905 hahahahahahaha, if I remember correctly it burst into flames shortly after the photos were taken

@@jimburch382 Jim!!!!! I got that completely wrong didn't I. I wonder what made me put it on that way. I have a feeling a labelled it as I came apart, so it knight have been wrong to start with. Or perhaps I'm just a muppet and got it wrong all by self :) Good spot though! Thanks for the comment.

@@lozl Just one of those things, Really enjoyed your videos, and the series looked great when finished. Sure the owner is happy 👍🏻

Thanks Jim. He very quickly fell out of love it with. I've has one as his first work vehicle yesra ago. Rose tinted spectacles played their part, then the reality of driving a vehicle without power steering or brakes quickly set in. It has now been sold. A shame. But the new owner is enjoying it I believe

@@lozl that is a shame, you either love them or hate them I guess. I love mine 😁

@@jimburch382 yeah I fell in love the thing after all that work and the first few drives.

I cant say for sure. The paint was partly to blame I think, it was very sensitive to contamination. The of course the othe problem was probably bad prep and contamination. I scratched the surface and tried again and all was well the second time round.

@@lozl I did think surface contamination but thought....no you look like your doing a thorough job. What did you do about the missing radius. Can I ask where you got your repair section. I have seen a guy on Facebook...Welding Wood...he does them.

@@nickaxe771 Nick, you're too kind! But yeah I think I just hadn't preped it well enough. I left the gard Edge, I didn't make it match the radius of the original as it was all covered by the grill. I'm afraid I'm not sure where that came from.... I got a lot of bits from paddocks. If they have one on there then I believe that's likely where I got it from.

@@lozl Great stuff.

@@simonlj1 many thanks Simon, you're too kind.

@@classic_britain its good. I love it :) glad you enjoyed the video

Agreed. It always makes me smile when he pulls up :) the headers make quite a difference I think

Cheers buddy. Not the greatest video from an entertainment point of view but hopefully it inspires confidence, maybe?

@@lozl it’s good man, nice chatter about what you’re up to etc 👍 good shots of the car revving up on the dyno! 👌

@@dizzy_cap_car_showCheers dude. We shall see what interest it gets. First video since the RR restoration series. Be interesting to see if it gets more views

Thanks buddy, there is one more build video to come then some.more action videos hopefully. Yeah man I would love to have you engine on there just gotta sort the car first:)

Thanks Jonathan, you're very kind 😀

@@dizzy_cap_car_show thanks bud

Thanks buddy

Pump is mounted into the engine block side of the timing cover, there is a spare blanked off hole here on the 3600 and all the 3000 and 4000 3 cylinder engines. I guess the 2000 is the same. This is where the PAS pump goes if it was fitted from the factory. The reservoir, I mounted up inside the bonnet on the exhaust side. It seems to be happy enough there. Hope this helps

@@joemason8812 you're too kind :)

Frustrating! But you just can't live it not being right.

@@lozl I hear you, currently doing my series 3 109, I use your vids and a few others as reference, great attention to detail. Good luck with the dyno, I’m sure you’ll get a ton of work for it. Thanks for the great content btw. Cheers from Tasmania

@@timmillikan1155 Tim, thanks for your kind comments. That's great that videos help. I looked at a few of 'croker vs rover' video before tackling some parts. Just finished the rolling a few months back, had a show yesterday, just getting ready to leave for a car meet today :) Thanks again

Thanks Stu. An amazing feeling, as I'm sure you know

I cant wait to show you! I'm sorry I can't bring it up there man :( we're only going to castle combe tomorrow, an hour away and we're going to struggle not to make a loss....

@@lozl don’t apologise. We will get the toys on there soon 😁😁😁😁

I couldn't agree more. I love it

I am excited!

Thanks buddy. If you're on Instagram look me up @wotpower1000 I have a couple.of events this weekend

You're too kind. But I often think that when I'm watching your vids. Particularly when it comes to paint

Sorry to hear that. That wasn't the experience I had. It was useless with the correct wire. The auto feed worked well but it got thorough the entire reel in the head in just a few minutes. My garden started to look orange from all the Strimmer wire :)

I hope you're wrong :)

@@lozl 😆

Vaughan it'll make at least 115!

@@joemason8812 steady on fella!! 😁

The results are in folks.... after removing the exhaust silencing plugs and a little altering to the fuel map we have around 235hp.

Many thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video

You're welcome. Timing belt is due again now. I might actually being looking back at this video for help.... from me... hahaha

Many thanks, glad you enjoyed the vid

Thats a great idea. I will do a how it works video at some point. Cheers dude. I was meaning to find yoy and send you my Instagram @wotpower1000 If you wanted to see where the machine is at now....

Good plan! Stainless should do a great.job. thanks for taking the time comment. Good luck with the work

Tim, you're too kind. Thanks for taking the time to comment. It's more about the welder than the operator, the R-tech is a fantastic bit of kit. I'm not sure how kuchen footage I have of the calibration but I plan to do a video entirely on calibration on the new channel at some point. I will of course put details of the new channel on here when I get it up and running. Thanks again. With so few views these comments keep me making the videos.

Thanks for comment Adrian, and thanks for watching. They only really rot at the out riggers, the rest was all perfect (well the steel was maybe not the paint). And it would have been a much more substantial project, trying to keep everything straight after welding is very challenging. It would have been cool to have a SS chassis though :) Good luck with your purchase.

Thanks buddy. I have a mountain to climb to get the rest of the footage onto YT. There's a lot!

Hahahahaha, thanks man.

That sounds very cool indeed! God knows the Thor had its problems but in many ways its the best of them, the plenum is much better arrangement than the older engines. That sounds like an excellent conversion, I bet that's fantastic. I had an SD1 on my Rolling Road the other day, a 4.3 with TVR heads, inlet and throttle body. Sounds ded lovely with the exhaust headers too. Is your SD1 online anywhere??

I'm afraid the landrover has been gone for some time now, but if memory serves..... With everything switched off there shouldn't be any power in the rear loom at all. So I think you have a fault at the front end somewhere, perhaps a switch issue? Its very difficult to offer help without spending some time with the car and a multimeter though. I hope.you get.to the bottom of it.

Thanks for your kind comments :) that moment, or the anticipation of that moment can provide months or even years of motivation. We clearly share the same mental problems :)

Many thanks! Glad to help