AnswerID: 118888 Submitted: Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 00:52
Gerhardp1
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The last Pommie creation that existed in my family was a 1958 Hillman Minx which required regular complete engine rebuilds, caused primarily by the elbow which fed oil from the pump to the rockers had a little hole in it, which allowed the oil to pump directly back down the nearest pushrod hole and starve the rockers of oil. The hole in the elbow also caused a lower oil pressure throughout the rest of the engine. Hence many burned valves, run bearings, worn out rings and cracked pistons.
However, the rest of the running gear was OK.
Sounds like the oil feed elbow design engineer still has a job - now at LR, and they have allowed him to design componets for the rest of the car as well........
So, since 1962 members of my family have owned numerous cars including the legendary Fiats (1100D, 1300, 1500, 124, 124s, 125), then Mazda, Torana, Jackaroo, Daihatsu.
The most soulful were the Fiats, the most reliable the Japanese models. None of the Japanese vehicles over the last 15 years have required anything other than a clutch, and Mum's Mazda 626 needed rear shockers at 145,000k.
The Jackaroo has 105,000k and hasn't even needed brake pads yet. I did change the shockers at 80,000k to allow the lifted coils, but they were still good, just not long enough.
Why do people buy Pommie bleep when they can buy Japanese? I'll never know.
I know that the Japanese vehicles have their moments - the Nissans with engines, Toyotas have flimsy diffs now, the Isuzus have had some transmission issues, and so on, but the wise buyer would still have to avoid the Pommie stuff or accept with pleasure the consequences....
My 2c worth
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FollowupID: 374091 Submitted:
Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 12:51
Gerhardp1 posted:
Hi Garrycol, heard the term Garrycol bleep
Your comment that LandRover is some sort of innovator anf the Japs are merely copycats shows that you have no knowledge of Landrover, and haven't stooped to my level at all 'cause you weren't at it in the first place.
Landrover is a Jeep with a Pommy engine........
Here is part of an article you can read here http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~lloyd/tildeLand-Rover/S1/1993.ajm.html
Land-Rover: The First Seven Years.
Anthony Maeder
22/10/1993
"The first steps towards building the Land-Rover were taken when three ex-WWII Willys Jeeps were acquired by the Rover Company and dissembled for inspection. Using some parts from these (including chassis and axles) together with a customised body and Rover power train, a prototype vehicle was constructed early in 1947. Following this experiment, the detailed design for the new vehicle was completed and 50 full sets of parts produced. From these, 48 pre-production units (of which at least 15 still exist) were built to be used for testing, evaluation, trial modifications and final adjustments to the design."
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