Lightweight Nat

Yes the wiring diagram in the lightweight handbook for the GS lightweight will be virtually identical. some of the dashboard fittings will be different, due to the lightweight effectively having a 2A dash. AFAIK those should be the only differences, as everything else is the same, just the 109 has longer wires for the rear loom.

Ooh, funky... cheers chaps btw hello poptopshed :wink: nice to see you over here.

i take it your talking about the three 100" defneder prototypes built for the swiss army? V8 engines, 24v electrics, one was a hard top, one a truck cab and one a rag top. I've seen one in the flesh at Dunsfold, and it is indeed very nice. I wont be using that as a base idea though to be honest, i've got plenty of knowledge of hybrids in all shapes and sizes, and i'll draw on lots of different inspirations to hopefully come up with something truly unique! trouble is every time i come up with a new idea, someone else has done it already. It's so hard to come up with something truly orginal. :lol:

Yep, i was fine, it was quite a slow thing really, but you don't have to hit those bloody things very hard! I skidded on some mud left over the road by tractors. Good news however, i've just agreed the rent of a fully equipped workshop (and i do mean, FULLY, PROFESSIONALLY equipped. mig set, spray booth, chain hoist engine crane, metal lathe, full panel beating/dent pulling eqpt, 3 phase compressor etc etc) for several months. i have exclusive use of it, so the landy is going in next weekend and i'll begin stripping her down and selling off the bits i don't need. i'll probably buy another buggered lightweight for the front end, and then i plan to build a 100" lightweight, based on a cut down 109 chassis (with leaf springs 8) ) and probably a big V8, decent gearbox, and rangey axles modded to take leafs. I'll get the chassis galvo'd once i'm happy with it and work from there, and hopefully the whole truck will be built to a very high standard. (it'll need to be, it'll be SVA'd at the end.) I've had friends do a mock up of a 100" lightweight using photoshop, and we think it looks really good, so that's my winter/next year project sorted. Hope i haven't upset too many of you by suggesting this, but, my V5, my truck, so my project. I'd be interested to hear peoples views on the subject. Cheers, Nat

Not for sale.

Well, unfortunately Nat's Excellent Series 3 Lightweight is not as excellent as it once was, after i accidentally drove it into a world war 2 concrete pillbox last week. :cry: And it's TEMPORARY replacement is neither sexy, nor cool, nor particurlarly in theme: However, i can now utter the immortal line :Adolf Hitler F***ed my Land Rover" The chassis is buggered so it's either new galvo chassis time or it'll be rebuilt as some form of hybrid. At worst it'll be broken for spares. Not sent down the scrappy, which for some god unknown reason mum expected me to do with it. Nat[/img]

been a bit quiet for a couple of days as far as i've noticed, figured it was just the mid week blip. I start a new job on monday tho, with better hours, meaning i'll have more time to waste post meaningful contributions on here :lol:

Hello everyone! Didn't notice this bit so some of you have laready met me in the british vehicles section and other places. I'm from Suffolk, I'm Head-Barman in Snape Maltings Concert Hall (If your a classical music buff, which i'm not, that name may mean summat to you) I'm 20 years old and run a lightweight as my daily drive. I'm a very keen amateur mechanic which i plan to turn into a career in some form or other eventually. I can fix a 2.25 petrol with a flat blade screwdriver and a hammer, a couple of spanners and a bit od old rag, so if oyu've got any problems with one, fire any questions my way i'm pretty good at diagnosing faults, i bought a nail and have learnt the hard way what happens when pretty much every component fails at some stage. :? I'm a keen member of http://www.orrp.com and we meet up two or three times a year, otherwise i'm not very involved in any local clubs. at the moment my manin interest is Land Rovers, but i do have an pervers fascination with military wrecker trucks and MBT based ARVs 8) I'd love a big scammel wrecker, a Stalwart REME fitters vehicle or any heavy tracked ARV. I'd also like a Bedford MJ with a HIAB lift/Atlas crane to turn into my team vehicle so i can go compete in the landy further afield. thats a way off yet, but is defintiely on the cards, reckon i'll get one from Witham SV. Last year i very nearly bought a 3.5 ton Reo from the sadly now defunct (i think, unless anyone knows different?) Marltrax of Gt. Yarmouth Norfolk, i was planning on converting it into a large camper to live in, but alas a house came up for rent pretty cheap near where i was working. the house turned out to be a shithole and i moved out and lost some money, wish i'd bought the reo now!!! I also fancied a Gamma Goat, due to the sheer ugliness of the beast, they're so ugly they're cool, and function over form in the extreme. Glad to be here, seems a good friendly place, not overly-anal which is refreshing. I got directed here by Militant Graham, if that gets him brownie points cheers all, Nat

Jangro do a really nice heavy duty hand cleaner called Tufanega which is the modern day non carcinogenic or whatever Swarfega. it rocks, dirt just falls off, even deals with the grease and muck that gets in the rough skin on the sides of your fingers and where the callouses are and that, and it's got little scrubby bits in so it works better. another good idea, although it's quite gay, is to use girly type hand cream first, so the grease and muck cant stick. it makes washing up after easier, but if your hands are low friction you'll get more skinned knuckles than normal when dealing with rusty feelings and worn spanners :lol:

Cool, 101's rock. They need rangey ratio diffs though, then you get a bit of speed and economy back instead of just barnstorming acceleration 8) got a mate, He's just bought a coiled 101. I know its a bit of a heinous thing to do, but it wasn't him that did it. It was built on a scratchbuilt new chassis anyway, so it wasn't like a perfectly good 101 was chopped to make it. Its basically a rangey underneath, same 4spd manual gearbox, although the gear change is even fucking worse as the whole engine and transmission has been shunted back 10 inches to improve weight distribution. Full cage as well. about as much iron and steel on that motor as went down with the titanic. the radius arm and trailing arm chassis mounts are so massive that not even god could break them :lol: not exactly lightweight though :? rambling thread on it here: http://www.orrp.com/smf/index.php?topic=12311.0

I like Gunk, but i prefer the aerosol version for ease of use, and laziness, all though it is more expensive. the new foaming version looks like shaving foam but is particurlarly effective. There's some other stuff called Tertoclean that is available in aerosol form. it does the same job but with a different, equally pungent smell, and is very effective. I think its a bit cheaper too. It's also good for cleaning K&N filters that have become clogged with engine oil, although its very harsh and can only be done two or three times in the life of the filter.

Wow! :shock: I live on the edge of Metfield Aerodrome, I go blasting round it in the lightweight when i need to set the engine up and things, I know all about the story of the bomb dump being blown up and all that! how weird. Where are you based? our house is less than 1/2 a mile away from where the blast occured, yet didn't suffer any damage. Due to the strong winds on the day, Houses 7 miles away in Halesworth had their windows blown out by the blast!!! I also have excellent views of the site, as the Big Black water tower that served the aerodrome during the war is in our field! someone wanted to demolish it and build a bungalow on the site, so we bought the water tower. If you ever want to come over I'll be happy to take you up the tower and you can get amazing views of the Aerodrome and surrounding countryside. You'd better do it quick mind, as the tower will probably fall down in the next 5 years or so :? I'm still amazed, I don't think i've ever heard metfield been mentioned on the internet before :lol: technically i live in linstead, as i'm on the other side of the aerodrome to metfield village, but the other side of the road we live on is the edge of the aerodrome. 8)

i'm hoping that a 24v V8 would have waterproofed/shielded ignition, and a stonking great alternator 8) I'm still undecided, i know i shouldn't fit a V8 as it means cutting the bulkhead amongst other things, but it would be bloody fun wouldn't it??? To be honest, having talked it over with some mates, if i was to fit a V8, i'd run a fairly standard 12v alternator and battery to deal with the ignition and starter, and a 24v boat alternator (designed for harsh environments) to deal with winches etc and the lights and other items on the truck which are already happily 24v. two discrete systems. one reason is that you can then fit performance ignition which can make a big difference to performance. (also performance ignition spares, and 24v ignition spares would be comparable in cost anyway, if not the 24v stuff would prolly be more expensive!)

I shouldn't worry too much about slagging me, or my truck, i'm prety thick skinned, i'm from http://www.ORRP.com , I'm used to it! mine seems to run well on the weber. it had a knackered weber before, when i bought it, so i just replaced like for like. going from weber to zentih seemed like a step backwards so i went weber. and they were on special offer from paddocks at the time! :lol: I'm thinking about dropping a 2.5 petrol in mine, with a stage 2 head from Turners, and tubular manifolds. then building the block up with 24v ancilliaries so i can keep it looking original and retain me 24v system, but have a nice go faster engine 8) It's either that or drop a V8 in it, but i'd have to find one/build one to FFR spec, like the 101's used to have, and i suspect parts will be like petrol. disgustingly overpriced! :evil: Hi Jack, nice forum!!!

Not at all, I have replaced more condensors in my time for mis-firing problems than non starting ones. fair do's, I stand corrected! I've done 2 condensors and both times it wouldn't even cough or splutter, just spin over on the starter totally dead.

ooh, nowt in the tank is there? just wonder wether theres some crap getting trapped against the gauze on the pick up, which drops off when the fuel pump stops allowing you to start up again, then gets picked up when the fuel pump provides suction.

if it was the condensor it probably wouldn't start or fire at all. don't rule it out though, if you can get hold of one, see what difference it makes. are you 12v or 24v? if you can find a source for sensibly priced 24v condensors let me know!!! craddocks wanted £30 odd last time i rang them :evil: money grabbing t***ers! running rough as it heats up and you let off the choke suggests fuel starvation, either by blocked jets or knackered lift pump, or a sticking float perhaps? or over leaning because air is getting in. although with the list of things you've done, i would have thought these bases would have been covered... hmmm... :?

My fantastic (read shite and rusty) series 3 lightweight is my daily driver. i've had it for about 4 years and its the only vehicle i've ever owned. I've rebuilt most of the major components sine buying it, as i accidentally bought a nail this includes a full engine out rebuild, new clutch, new hydraulics, steering, radiator, fuel pump and various other bits. It's a 1974 FFR, and when i bought it it had been bastardized with a hideous 12v/24v ignition mix. i junked this and went back to full 24v, which rocks! I'm afraid i'm not keeping it standard or restoring to concours military spec, but slowly building it into an amateur challenge truck. somepics will follow, when i can find them , and they should tell the story better than words, especially at this time of night! These are the most recent pics, i'll try and dig out some older ones with the full tilt and the rank 205 tyres that it had when i bought it. I've just put a truck cab and new door bottoms on it (bought new tops too, but not fitted) and painted it gloss black. It's running on Fedima Xtreme 235/85 R16 tyres which are the absolute dog's danglies, i can't rate them highly enough! If you were at billing this year, you may have seen it as it was one of the Marshall's vehicles on the Offroad course this year, as I was a Marshall. It was also at Peterborough Land Rover Show last week. Cheers all, Nat[/img]

If it's still doing it, might be worth swapping over to a Weber carb? They're quite cheap from paddocks, and are a: dead easy to set up and fiddle the settings, and b: more economical. I don't know anyone still trying to run a Solex... I know it's nice to keep things original, but Solexes are a bit pants. Put a nice shiny new weber on and it should run like a sewing machine at tickover, if the engines in good nick 8)