Evening, took the land rover to get the rims swapped over (Had SWB rims on front temporarily) so after removing 4 extra grip tyres that has not been off for over 15 years by hand:wow:
I took the four rims down to the local place to get changed, on the way i noticed that the land rover felt well like it was choked??
Those of you old enough to remember the old 2 stroke motocross bikes (Maico's,KTM,Husqvarnas etc) remember when the mixture was out, even slightly it would feel choked up like it would rev eventually but it was slow process that is what it felt like going tonight.
Now i use this for my work and load the back up with a lot of weight so four piddly LWB rims shouldnt make that much difference but it just felt like hard work getting to 40+ which is out of character with this truck.
Had many knackered old 2.25 petrols and diesels over the years but this is 13000 mile engine that about 500 miles ago had new plugs points and rotor arms and the carb adjusting with a gas analyser.
I last used it monday and as always it pulls like a dream and revs up quickly, checked compression couple of weeks ago as a matter of interest and i cant recall the exact ratio but according to the handbook they was either dead on or above what they were from the factory specs.
Any ideas, not overly concerned just intrigued.