Intro and question

[chris roop]

Hi all,
I accidentally became a Land Rover owner; a neighbor asked where I got my Brit parts from, and I told him I wholesale them. He had a 88 Series IIA that he wanted to sell. My son has wanted one and this was a deal so I bought it. Cassady wants one with the longer wheel base though. This one has 24k miles on it and has been stored in a cow barn for most of it's life. Runs great, but before I sell it, I'd like to change the oil filter and don't know which cartridge to get; is it the same as a MGA? MGB? TR-3? 20/50 oil in the engine? Other fluid weights would also be helpful. What is the white buttoned rod on the trans tunnel? I'm guessing the red one is 4x4.
TIA

[pickuprover]

The oil fitler is available through any of the Rover parts places... or you can cross reference to this part number... Fram CH-834PL1 (assuming it is the short, not long filter...) Most of the other oil is a 90W (including tranny, transfercase, swivel balls, and diffs... but is is speced at gl-4 not gl-5...) I use 80w90 castrol hypo-c. I assume that the white button is the 4 wheel (usually yellow, but has been known to fade to white....) It sticks vertiacallly out of the tunnel between the gear shift and the red lever. It has a spring around the shaft that goes from tunnel to the the knob. Pushing it down engages 4 wheel drive. To dissengage, pull red lever back (4 wheel low range) and the button should pop back up, then push the red lever back forward (2 wheel high range...) You can download a manual and parts list from www.tukojack.com

[onslow]

Originally Posted by chris roop

Hi all,
I accidentally became a Land Rover owner; a neighbor asked where I got my Brit parts from, and I told him I wholesale them. He had a 88 Series IIA that he wanted to sell. My son has wanted one and this was a deal so I bought it. Cassady wants one with the longer wheel base though. This one has 24k miles on it and has been stored in a cow barn for most of it's life. Runs great, but before I sell it, I'd like to change the oil filter and don't know which cartridge to get; is it the same as a MGA? MGB? TR-3? 20/50 oil in the engine? Other fluid weights would also be helpful. What is the white buttoned rod on the trans tunnel? I'm guessing the red one is 4x4.
TIA

Cheapo 20/50 is the one to use dont go for a high spec oil go for the most primitive you can find the engine is a 50's design and it like me does not like modern stuff.

[Bostonian1976]

sounds like a great truck!! do you have pictures of it? I love old "finds" like this

[MPi-KMS-72]

Originally Posted by onslow

Cheapo 20/50 is the one to use dont go for a high spec oil go for the most primitive you can find the engine is a 50's design and it like me does not like modern stuff.

I don't think the cheapest oil is the way to go- at least here in the States. You can get some pretty dreadful non API graded non detergent crap. It might be cheap but it would be penny wise and pound foolish- especially considering the cost of spares here in the US...

True the engines were not designed to use modern oils but it doesn't mean they don't benefit from that use.

I think I'd advocate a middling oil myself- one that at least receives a decent API rating, perhaps even a decent diesel oil like Shell Rotella 15w-40- They are reasonably cheap and still offer protection exceeding that of the 1960's oils. You can get a decent oil and still pay less thatn $20 US for the supplies- perhaps things are different int he UK?

Using a high $ synthetic might be wasting $- that I'd agree with especially if your engine is prone to leaks.