Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 "Jason Birmingham" Hi everyone out there in "Leyland Land" As a mechanic, owning a mechanical workshop, you get to see lots of strange...
hello little off the P76 topic but if you go into a warranty room of a big new car dealer you find dead engines.Isuzu,i didnt understand there engine woes,the...
From Graham Allum As regards petrol. The lead was put in as a cheap fix for the Pre-IgnitioN Knock (PINK) problems as car manufacturers raised compression...
Hi Jilden Sounds like the main problem with the Jackaroo is the rubbish that they make a lot of motors out of these days.They are not made to last the distance...
Hi Stuart Ah Flashlube, can't help but think that it is the old Upper Cyl Lube additive that we use to buy under the name of REDEX. Which we either put in the...
Fri, 3 Dec 2004 From Stuart Brown Lead had two effects, 1. to lubricate the valve seats and 2. to cheaply raise the octane. The lead actually protects the...
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 22:42:55 +1030 Tetraethyl Lead was a great (and cheap) anti-knock agent which also acted as a lubricant on valve surfaces. When Unleaded...
Hi David People have made countless MILLIONS over the years in Speed Shops selling Carbys to people who know Jack Shite about VE and Air Speed and different...
can someone check the maths for me as im half asleep. 269 cubic inch.[leyland V8] 12X12X12 cubic inches to a cubic feet. 1728 cubic inches per cubic ft. 269/2...
hello lead was used originally to raise the octane rating with the end of the side valve engine design,not that I done many but im told that the valve seat are...
hello lead was used originally to raise the octane rating with the end of the side valve engine design,not that I done many but im told that the valve seat are...
Adrian, Am I missing something here about fuels. Tetrethyl or lead as we know it, was never put in petrol to lubricate valves, It was put in to stop high...
Hi everybody, I wrote to Adrian about fuel catalysts (late Octoberish) manufactured by Prozone. This correspondence is recorded on the Leyland P76 webpage...
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 Nigel at the Carby Shop at Wantirna Sth. is quite correct. The original P76 V8 WW Stromberg carby was the A2, with size 52 main jets. ...
Fellow Travellers; In the next issue of 'leylines' there is an article on using ULP in the six and 8 cylinder P76's. Ask your club editors for a look at the...
Fixing the magna-Playing around. i put a o2 sencor in the extractors and have been tuning.hyway dyno.for a week. I found that the only way I can get mixtures...
Hello David & Fleur Firstly, congratulations on your new infant. I'm sure she will bring you lots of joy and pleasure. I wanted to pick up on your comment...
Barry Sykes
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Dec 1, 2004 12:27 am
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Hello Caltex in this part of the world when i started driving,1980, recomended 92 octane for P76 V8.It puzzelled me in 1986 91 octane would be a no-no due to...
Fleur & David WATERS
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Nov 30, 2004 10:41 pm
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Tuggaflorio@... Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 Mick, Mine was a conection fault, which was shown to me! Mark showed me clocks he was doing for Vic club members and...
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 Re the inlet manifold gasket, we have replacement "papers" for use on the cleaned up metal part of the gasket if thats of any use to the...
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 G'day I have a P76 V8 in my VW Kombi Camper and am in the process of swapping engines as the original is very tired. The newer engine...
... The Premium Unleaded use i agree with.But why would you want to waste money adding an upper cyl lube to it?.I have run LPG for many years in my P76,and if...
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 Re the inlet manifold gasket, we have replacement "papers" for use on the cleaned up metal part of the gasket if thats of any use to the...
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:20:13 +1030 hi it takes about 5 minutes to fix yourself in most cases the points inside get stuck and nedd to be freed i fixed one on...
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:00:23 +1100 Hi Adrian, As lead substitute petrol is being phased out P76 owners need to add a upper cylinder lube of some sort to...
