There are many things needed for an engine to run, one of the most important is the Carburettor. Now I dont know much about Carb’s (Not the food type, know lots about those), so this is totally new territory, and a slightly daunting one.
Anyway, it needs to be done, so started by stripping mine down. Land Rover Series 2A’s came with one of two types, A Solex, which was used up until Engine Suffix H inclusive, and a Zenith, used from Suffix J onwards inclusive (dont think suffix I exists). My Engine is a suffix G, so should be a Solex! but its not, its a Zenith, which apparently is a better one, but odd never the less.
That brings me to something else that confused me slightly. The parts manual often refers to Early type Engines and Later type engines, and some parts differ between the two. Mine “seems” to be a bit of a mixture in various places which either means its not totally original, or came out of the factory like it is and is a bit of a cross over from Early to Late.
Anyway, not too much to say about the strip down, other than to say was very careful to document everything with pictures, so rather that me rant on, here is a selection of them, showing it in various states of being taken apart. I did actually buy a Service Kit for my Carb type, which has all sorts of new bits that I’m yet to understand what they are and where they go.
To Finish up, here’s a picture of all the bits and pieces. I do have one issue possibly, there is one bit that I think needs to come out, but seems to be stuck. I need to check i have a replacement in the service kit before I try various methods to get it out.
Now, I dont plan on buying more parts than the service kit, but some of the levers are a bit crusty. I have done some Zinc plating before, with a silver finish but these parts need to be / should be yellow’ish / gold ‘ish / blue’ish. I have the solution to do this, so bought some more Distilled water, and will be spending some time seeing if I can get them back to looking brand new. Will come back to that, if (No WHEN) it works.
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