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The problem was an extra lever that some previous repairer had left inside the box by mistake. It jammed up the works. Thanks for watching.

Oh yeah!

You are correct, it is one of the cube shaped units. I don't recall offhand who the manufacturer is. I have recently been introduced to Hardi electric fuel pumps made in Germany which are quite pricey but well reviewed in British car forums. It's possible another manufacturers pump might have not allowed fuel to siphon, but for now my solution seems to be working quite well.

Thanks. Mine constantly amazes me. It's very peppy with the Judson supercharger installed. Fuel injection is next but there have been some hurdles moving in that direction.

I Don't think it's rotation so much as the transmission hanging off of the bolts. You could probably accomplish the same thing by just very carefully jacking the transmission up slightly as you tighten the bellhousing to backing plate bolts, but the dowels make it a pretty precise fit. All I can tell you is that it made a marvelous difference in the way my clutch operates.

@@GrandadFixit i see, thanks for the extra info! I'm having some issues here after rebuilding the master then replacing the slave, release bearing, fork, fork pin and bushings! I'm going to weld and re-drill the pedal pivot hole next which is sloppy so this extra info is helpful if that doesn't solve it.

Thanks for sharing

Thanks Don. You can reach me at admin@firstlandingautocare.com

Thanks a lot for watching. Makes my effort worthwhile.

And the transmission in the other series two. Oh yeah my Austin has a tooth missing on first gear. And my Morris Minor transmission whines in all but top gear. And second gear synchro is sluggish in my green TR6. and the red TR6 needs u-joints. This LR is a farm utility vehicle. Who's got time?

I removed it. The output of the alternator just goes directly to the battery .

@@GrandadFixit Ah.. rather than use the reg box as a joint box .. I see..

Somewhere in my video playlist it shows that when we pulled the pan off of the bottom of the transfer case a piece of linkage fell out that was not even supposed to be in the transfer case. It was the two-wheel drive lockout lever and pin that apparently had been removed in a previous disassembly and thrown in there, I guess just as a place to keep it. We speculate that it was jamming up the two / four-wheel drive dog and keeping it from disengaging. It's a wonder it didn't destroy the transfer case but I guess it got stuck out of harm's way in the box somehow. I know it doesn't make much sense, but you have to keep in mind that this was a used transmission and transfer case that I acquired from a local Land Rover fanatic years ago.

@@GrandadFixit thanks for getting back to me. Yours was the only video I could find on removing the transfer case in situ as I could not engage 2wd. I nearly did it but have such a good seal on the transfer case sump, didn’t want to break it. In the end I swapped the selector for one from a series 3 for my series 2a and it worked. No idea why, couldn’t find a spare lockout lever like you did. Perhaps spring tension changed but now have 2wd. Keep up the great work, loved you video. I couldn’t touch my phone, EP90 oil was everywhere. 😉

Thanks for looking at my content. Hope it's entertaining or useful or both.

I did not know that. Cool engine. Wish I could find one.

Real SP250 next

@@GrandadFixit I paid $50 for the whole car

Daimler is Mercedes so that would probably be my first guess

It’s out of a mid 60s Daimler sedan. British as it gets.

​@@blaismerchant8582the British Daimler company had no connection to Mercedes. They were owned by Birmingham Small Arms (BSA) when Jaguar bought them.

​@@jimmyj2563the sedan was a Jaguar MK2 that was re-trimmed and re-engined.

Jaguar bought Daimler in the 60s and put this engine in the Jag Mk2 body rebadged as the Daimler V8-250.

@@GrandadFixit cool Thanks

@@GrandadFixit It just looks like one of those proper Jaguar 4 door sedans like Uncle Heathcliff and Aunt Genevieve would take to the opera. Seems more at home in a Lotus Model 7

Damlier Dart in Uk

@@robertsnowden4729 Thank you!

It's a beautiful thing.

I'm partial to the Suzuki samurai unit.

@@GrandadFixit anything, but factory equipment.

Been a long wait...

Parts are readily available.

Daimler

Back in the 60s Jaguar bought the rights to the Daimler brand and this engine from Birmingham Small Arms. They put it in their Jag Mk2 body. Daimler also used this engine in their Dart/SP 250 sports car. Jay Leno has a nice one.

I bet if you strengthened the internals and engineered a cam and crank for it, heads etc... I'd imagine it could Rev pretty damn high, give er the k series treatment.

145 hp actually on leaded petrol

This would make a good gasser engine 😃

Run it on e85, long tube headers, fat cam, forged internals, easy 350hp

There is a community of racers who run this in the Daimler SP250 sports car

Go for it! Sounds like a fun project.

Thanks!

It is fun. Thanks for watching.

Great! Let me know if I can help you learn from my mistakes (ongoing).

What jet sizes are you running on the Holley? I tried a a Solex 32 downdraft which has so many jets it is difficult to fine tune, I may have to go back to the Holley….

Seems to be working pretty reliably now.

Wish I could help, but I never had to get that deep into the operation of the unit. A quick search came up with this: www.foleyengines.com/shop/manuals/hercules-d1700-d2000-d2300-d3000-d3400-manual/

If you have heavy or non-existent steering I would look at the steering relay first. Find a capable mechanic and invest in your car. They are only increasing in value.

This old diesel still holds some mysteries but now it runs and will provide auxiliary power for the farmhouse if the need arises. Thanks for watching.

Great! Thenks!

The traction battery starts the gas engine.

Probably true...

I wish I had an answer, but we have never seen a "bad" Escape battery. What can happen is that they become discharged when left sitting over a long period of time and will no longer start the engine. Prior to 2008 the batteries had built in emergency chargers that would bring the battery back to life, but they eliminated this from later model cars. I don't know if it was a cost-saving measure or they felt nobody was using it. We have the capability to remove the battery from the car and apply a charge to restore proper operation. We have done this successfully to dozens of cars at a cost of about $400. It requires a special high voltage charger. Tell me what your car is doing and I will try and point you in the right direction.

True. It was not meant to be an instructional video. Thanks for watching.

Great 👍

True

That's riveting