You're saying a Land Rover frame & suspension isn't reliable? Or do you mean the 3.9 Liter buick block in the '94-95 and the 4.0 liter in the '96+ isn't reliable? Or the transmission?Originally Posted by Total_Blender
The transmissions aren't the best but I never said what power & drivetrain I want. I'm willing to bet you can't find a frame more solid than a Disco/Defender though...other than maybe a Unimog or H1 hummer.
The Fireball 215 is a great engine in a '61 Buick, but I'd be skeptical of the British management and such, Lucas electronics... guhhhhh. Most LR's I have seen spend more time in the shop than on the road. (True for just about any Euro vehicle really)
The Scout has all common as dirt American hardware... AMC engines, GM or Borg-Warner transmissions, Dana axles, etc etc. If it breaks in the woods you don't have to go to a Buckhead dealership to order parts.
As for the OP, I'm sure you have an alternator on there as a replacement for the original generator. Anything with an AMPS gauge had a generator. Alternators didn't catch on until about 1964, and they switched to volt gauges (or just warning lights) when they switched to alternators. Also, don't assume that just because its a Delco its originally from a GM vehicle... Delco components were used on lots of different vehicles back in the day, including some Ford and AMC applications.
And from what I have read about year of manufacture plates, you can go ahead and register the vehicle for a normal plate. When you get the YOM plate, you display it and keep the normal plate in the vehicle. If you get stopped they will ask to see the normal plate when they ask for registration. I don't think you have to actually register the YOM plate with the DDS.
I think you need to have the signed affadaivt on file with the dmv cross referencing the tag though.And from what I have read about year of manufacture plates, you can go ahead and register the vehicle for a normal plate. When you get the YOM plate, you display it and keep the normal plate in the vehicle. If you get stopped they will ask to see the normal plate when they ask for registration. I don't think you have to actually register the YOM plate with the DDS.
This is correct. It also has to be the same year as the vehicle and from the state you are registering it in (VW guys would run around with Cali tags) otherwise they won't let you use the tag. Once you've registered it you have to carry around the normal tag and the paper work for the year matched one. I've got a '71 tag on my '71 Beetle.
Good info. I like you. No homo.The Fireball 215 is a great engine in a '61 Buick, but I'd be skeptical of the British management and such, Lucas electronics... guhhhhh. Most LR's I have seen spend more time in the shop than on the road. (True for just about any Euro vehicle really)
The Scout has all common as dirt American hardware... AMC engines, GM or Borg-Warner transmissions, Dana axles, etc etc. If it breaks in the woods you don't have to go to a Buckhead dealership to order parts.
As for the OP, I'm sure you have an alternator on there as a replacement for the original generator. Anything with an AMPS gauge had a generator. Alternators didn't catch on until about 1964, and they switched to volt gauges (or just warning lights) when they switched to alternators. Also, don't assume that just because its a Delco its originally from a GM vehicle... Delco components were used on lots of different vehicles back in the day, including some Ford and AMC applications.
Lucas - The Prince of Darkness.
I always bought used or made something else work for my Disco. Power steering hose: $60 at the dealership. Napa custom made, higher pressure than OEM: $8. Used alternator from a junk yard $80 shipped vs. $400. Drove back and forth to work for 4 days on an optima battery charging it each time...could get 55 miles on a charge before it would start cutting out lol! Had to put another transfer case in it...$800 shipped from a junkyard and installed.
What happens if they didn't make a plate in that year? The Georgia plate was made in '83 then again in '90. Are all cars in between screwed? Can I use a '83 plate that has an '84 sticker on it?
Sucks the '76-'82 were red and white. I want a red plate to match the car lol!
It has to "represent the same model year as the vehicle". If you start using different years and stickers it kinda loses the point. Also, this is kind of a moot point, because the cutoff for YOM plates is 1970. It would still be cool to run one on the front. I had the blue Cali plate on the front of my '79 Civic.
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2...text/sb117.htm
My '61 ford is blue and the '61 plate was white and red. So it will clash a little but that doesn't bother me much.
There were really only a couple of AMC engines availble at different times.
Engine produced by International Harvester:
IH 4-152** (See note below on this engine)
IH 4-196** (See note below on this engine)
IH V-266
IH V-304 (Note: This is NOT the same engine as the AMC 304 V8)
IH V-345
IH V-392 (Note: Based on the same block as the 304 and 345)
IH V400 (some 73/74 pickups and travelalls had the AMC 401 installed as there was a shortage of the V-392 engines.
To ID the AMC engine look at the thermostat housing. AMC is round. IH is rectangular. There are other differences but this is the quickest.
built by American Motors Corporation
AMC 6-232
AMC 6-258
built by Nissan
Nissan 6-33 (diesel) (naturally aspirated)
Nissan 6-33T (turbo diesel—1980 only)
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