The Lightweight managed to attend Billing, displayed on the Lightweight Club stand on the Friday. The engine worked well enough, though it didn’t seem terribly powerful, struggling to maintain 50 mph on some of the hills, but maybe that’s normal – I have become so used to Tdi performance from the 109 and RRC that […]
Front Axle Conversion Fixings
I have just bought a set of 109 diesel front U-bolts for the axle conversion. These are the longest U bolts and the three plain ones fit the 3-leaf parabolics (thinner than standard diesel multi-leaf springs) and taller spring saddles perfectly. The taller slightly squared bolt is too short and was the wrong shape to […]
Window Meshes
I have just received a pair of window meshes for Defender side windows that allow the windows to be left locked in their first open latch position whilst keeping the car secure. They sit inside the window frames’ channels and overlap the sliding glass panes’ front edges to make them secure and to prevent wind […]
Lightweight’s First MoT
… well, with us, anyway. The engine is still not perfect, but fitting a standard 12V ignition system has made it entirely usable. I thought the slight cough when pressing the throttle down hard and the mild poppling on the over-run were a combination of only rudimentary static timing from the book figures, a lack […]
New Ignition
Having grown tired of trying to get the Lightweight’s ignition system running properly, having replaced the plugs, points condenser and coil, plus overhauling everything else, I bit the bullet and fitted a new 12V ignition system. It’s disappointing to have to do it, but it’s better the have a slightly altered functional vehicle than a […]
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