So mid-way betweenb 1954 and 1984 is .... 1969!
What did you use from a SI? I ask because I thought that there was little in the way of commonality between SI and SII in the way of mechanicals... possibly the gearbox casing.
Pic is very nice indeed.
regards, Graham
The high/low range lever bracket (the bit that the lever goes through and is attached to the transfer box) is the only part from a series 1 that I remember fitting. You can use series 1 gearboxes and/or transfer boxes but I think the bellhousings are different and the internals are not as strong as the later boxes. The casing is more or less the same on all series motors and was based on a pre-war Rover car box, IIRC.
The diffs are 3.54:1 ratio, from an early Range Rover and with those and the overdrive engaged it means some 60% higher gearing over standard. A standard 2 1/4 diesel or petrol would never pull that gearing but the Tdi can. It means the engine is doing less than 2500rpm @ 60mph where the standard set up would have it revving to the limit. So it makes motorway cruising much less stressful on motor and driver.
In 2009 I did over 500 road miles in one day, starting about 40 miles south of Le Mans and ending up at Wakefield. It'll even pull my caravan up Stainmore, on the A66, without dropping out of top gear!
Stuff Warley - I have a mental block about paying a tenner to park and I can't be bothered having to endure the scrum to get near stalls and and peering into the gloom at the layouts. I'll be going to the Hull exhibition this weekend so, hopefully, I'll get a replacement for the Dynamis there.
I think I'll go do some off-roading in the Land Rover on the weekend of Warley instead...