Gday everyone, Something a bit different this time as we try to get this old girl running again. I purchased this engine for a project that never eventuated and its time to make some room in the shed.
Hey bro you can set the timmlng by putting the timing mark on 8 then turn the key on dont start it or turn it over now take off the dizzy cap an turn the dizzy by hand till it just sparks thats when there about to open tighten dizzy now its set on 8 degrease.
@@HarpersShed yea, they were a relatively easy drop in with a bell housing adapter and much better than the original Land Rover 6 cylinder. No package yet.
That sort of thing we were doing in the late sixties on old PA Vauxhalls, and you know what those English GM iron engines were pretty much identical ohv straight sixes with one tiny downdraught carb with a gigantic oil-bath air-cleaner and super restrictive manifolding all sitting on one side of the head, all in 100% cast iron lol . . they even sounded the same . . quite a good sound . . 'actual' power not so much .. lol ..those were 138 cube engines (2,262cc) very similar in design and appearance to the old Holden 'grey' engine ..75hp at 4,400rpm!
Loving the boat content, but this is welcome too! One day I’ll give it a go… this week alone I did a first start on an 8.1 litre Mercruiser, and first launch of my sons boat… gotta get filming!
Tim bring the piston up close to top dead then stuff the cyl with starter cord or such like while holding the valve up then fit the spring. Yes ta on the Gyro. Eric
Nice had one in the LX Torana backed it with a nice 5 speed floor shift, got the fuel from 12 miles to the gallon up to about 30 miles per gallon after dropping the 3 speed [?] auto. Til it blew up, and some other 'thought he was helping', got a 179 for it. Nice 1 Jack! 😉 Thanks m8!
Would love to see a video about the Gyro Copter, and all about how it is built and how much work has gone into building it and how it works and what all is on the insides of it. Great video thanks for posting. Whatever it takes to get more boat money.
It's the original HQ Kingswood engine by the looks of it (the starter motor isn't original) because my dads old 1972 model HQ Kingswood wagon still ran the pre pollution valve rocker cover & open breather oil filler cap when he first bought it in 1080. They are essentially a stroked 179 cubic inch Holden six. He fiited his brother in laws 173 engine from his HQ Kingswood sedan into it in the mid 1980''s after it lost power,I think that it just needed new piston rings. It had quite a few different engines in it afterwards after getting a 202 engine off a workmate which he bolted the 173 cylinder head onto,it went better with that cylinder head on it but the compression rings burned out due to using cheap supermarket branded oil in it. Another 202 engine he paid $500 AUD for from a wrecker he had nothing but trouble with,the connecting rod snapped on cylinder number 5 after the piston seized up in the cylinder. It was something Holden didn't get right with that engine in carburettored form because that cylinder tended to run lean. He eventually bolted in another "202" engine (it was actually a 208 engine) which was pulled out of an LX Torana,it was recently rebuilt & it ran very smooth & went well for a 202 engine. The previous engine came from a 1975 onwards car (Kingswood or Torana) AC well, they were both rear main rope seal engine blocks which ran the anti pollution valve rocker covers,my dad just vented the crankcase gases into the atmosphere. The red 202 cubic inch Holden six only produced 66 kilowatts of power at the flywheel, the racing HQ Kingswood engines which are fitted with the Wade 933 camshaft produce the same amount of power as the 12 port headed black 202 cubic Holden six which was fitted into the VK Commodores in EFI form. They ran the same spec of camshaft in the EFI engine as the Wade 933 camshaft which is fitted into the race engines, the EFI engine put out 106 kilowatts at the flywheel which is on par with the 130 horsepower 202 cubic inch racing engines. My brother has my late grandfathers 1983 model Holden VH Commodore parked in my dads shed,it runs the blue 173: cubic inch Holden six,it hasn't ran since 2017 which was after my grandfathers funeral. They towed it all of the way from Mullumbimby way to our area near Newcastle which was over 500 kilometres on the back of a car trailer. I pulled the oil filler cap off & it still looked new underneath the valve rocker cover,he had it regularly serviced for 34 years of his ownership. It would need a lot of work doing to it to Fix it up like the engine needs a complete reseal since the rear main seal was pissing oil out of it,it needs rust repair work again,the rear brakes don't work & the odometer stopped working at over 329,000 kilometres so it needs repairing !
@@benthomas8411 lol, I just made a custom exhaust pipe for my big 90cc echo chainsaw it is sounds like a Motorcross bike on steroids, as soon a si fired it up the neighbours came round to see what I have brought now..
@@benthomas8411 lol yeah I'm that person in the street that always has brings home the random stuff on the trailer and all the neighbours come out to see. I have brought some random stuff too
Still a bit small for the boat mate. I also have the 6cyl diesel that I'm rebuilding to go in her eventually. The MerCruiser is running very well now pushes her along at a respectable 8knots so she will stay for now.
Had a few of then back in the day. Solid motors I am more of a small block guy but fuel $ think there done. Saw a vid where they put a LS head on a 4 cyl guess it worked very well. Good luck selling it then you can pour it into the pit known as kiarra. Gyro copter hell yeah. Cheers mate.
Both home built by someone else. One with a Rotax 447 and one with a 2 litre Subaru. I think the regos were G108 and G1500. No idea if they're still around. Greetings from Darwin.
@@marktelford2160 nice man, hopefully we can get dad's up and running soon. Not too many home built units out there anymore. Seems like everyone is buying factory ones for 200k
It will more than likely still appear on my channel at some point, while Kiarra is by far the main project and is more or less my only real focus I do still have so many other projects that I work on and don't think I have the energy for a separate channel to do these. It will have its own playlist though.
Can't beat a good old will it start 😊 but must admit it was the gyro that first caught my eye and if you're up for it would love to see more of it. Question for you, I heard awhile back that that if someone lived out in the sticks that the Toyota 4x4 was favoured instead of a land rover, not that I'm a landy lover as I'd much prefer a old Toyota myself. What's you're thought on this ?? As always great work young man 👍👍 Gary 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thanks Gary, You my friend have stumbled upon a very heated topic of all red bloody Australians. There are only 2 choices for the bush and they are Nissan patrol or Toyota LandCruiser. Like I said a very heated topic and the cause of more than a few pub fights lol. All seriousness though the more predominant vehicle when you head west ( me being on the east coast) is Toyota. There are the Landrover fans but not that many getting around as they just aren't as reliable as the Toyota. Having said that I'm actually a die hard Patrol guy and have owned several. Hopefully this answers your questions mate and take care. 👍🍻
@@HarpersShed that's what I read, Landover can't hack the Australian roads and if you want to get from pub to pub get a Toyota 😀. I hope the world is treating you and the family well. Gary 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Yes technically I could make it fit but not going to happen, less power than the 4cyl that's there and still petrol. The BMW will eventually get built and swapped in.