Snowgoose - thanks for the tip regarding Aspen 4. I did try to get some, but it was unavailable around here. Where do you get your from? What kind of place stocks it? Our local commercial lawnmower outfit was our local stockist, but they won't do it because of the volume they have to buy in at one go. Availability for me means about a 80 mile drive - each way....makes my £30 a year for camping fuel seem cheap in comparison. 40 per gallon? That is very good. Which model Defender does that? I can't believe you would stoop so low to run a Disco.
I get mine from a place in Forres that sells and maintains chainsaws, leaf blowers, lawnmowers etc. It is a round trip of 70 miles for me but I combine the trip with something else. Nothing wrong with a Disco they are great vehicles! Don't have a Defender I bought a new Freelander 2 which will do anything a Defender will do at half the price of a new Disco. Both my wife and I have off roaded for years and when you buy a new Landrover/Rangerover/Disco/Freelander they throw in a course at one of their off roading centres. I took mine in the autumn and my wife took hers with 2 feet of snow on the ground and had no difficulty going up and down 2 foot snow cladded hills in Perthshire in it. I will take my Freelander anywhere I used to take my conventional Landrovers. Cheers, Rob
I have to agree 'enry. No one is going to tell me i can't show my Landy in full bloom with all her bits exposed. And if i find parts on the street, depending on what parts they may be, i'm not likely to be in dutch with the local sheriff. Still running strong after all these years. Think i'll get the Antique plates for it next year. Truth be she is running better now than when this picture was taken lance
You got her running OK then Lance. I seem to remember you had a bit of trouble when you first got it.
Aye lad, she's hitting on all 8 now. Seems there was a bit of problem with the timing as well as the intake manifold gasket being blown from some miscarent using ether for starting it. Replaced two injectors and reset the valves and she's doing fine. The timing is still off a bit but it's better than when it was off by near to 90 degrees. Some real dunderhead was under the hood and his ability to reason auto electrics is akin to my understanding of nuclear phyicis. Had her pulling a trailer with near to a ton of wood behind and not even straining the gears. Still have not run her in low range and am wondering what it's for. lance
Aha, Land Rover/Range Rover buffs. Do you know, 90% of all the Land/Range Rovers ever made are still on the road? The other 10% made it home. Can you run them on Coleman/Aspen/Panel wipe?
I’m trying to find pure naptha for something not for meth synthesis. Do you know where or what avenues to find it?
I see that you're in the US. Not sure how pure your naphtha needs to be, but Coleman fuel and Crown fuel would generally be good bets. Crown fuel doesn't have a dye, so it's water clear. Another possibility is VM&P (Varnish Makers and Painters) naphtha, but I don't know what they do to reduce its volatility. It works fine in Coleman lanterns and stoves, but takes a bit more to get it initially lit.
Of course they make it home just as long as they dont have to drive at night. I had the chance to see this famous landrover a few weeks back
The most pure fuel as such is n-heptane, AKA Bestine rubber cement thinner. Unfortunatly, they went out of business several years ago.
Hi, my 49cc Honda C100 cub has travelled through time since 1964, although its fuel tank only holds about 3 litres, when the bike was new it could do about 150 miles to a gallon, wear and tear of the original carburettor has brought this figure down somewhat. It's not a machine which should be ridden on motorways, it was illegal then and probably is still now so journeys are restricted to A and B roads provided you don't mind the time it takes to get there. I bought the bike in 1991.
@Vintagetwinshock I'll trump you with my BSA D1 Bantam, a 1950 model, which still does 120 to the gallon. And 30 uphill, 40 downhill. Hard to beat as a runabout, and it has done some seriously epic journeys on the backroads too. Utterly reliable too, a modern resin impregnatd ignition coil and resin potted condenser mean ignition trouble is a thing of the past, better fuels and two stroke oils mean plug fouling and decoking are history, and a low current warm white LED headlamp bulb gives perfectly safe and practical night riding on the original 6v flywheel generator. It's nice to be able to pick and choose the best bits of all eras.
