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Rocker Arms For The Dauntless V6 - New Ones To Be Had!

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by John Gedde, Aug 5, 2020.

  1. Aug 5, 2020
    John Gedde

    John Gedde Been around the block once or twice...

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    Just sharing info:
    I've found that rocker arms from a Land Rover V8 are an exact fit for the Dauntless V6 engine. After all they both share the same Buick roots.

    The part numbers are 602153 and 602154 for the left and right rockers. You can get cheapos for about 11 bucks each, but I've already had one break, so I'd recommend genuine Land Rover parts (which are about $40 each).

    Rocker shafts from a Rover V8 can also be used on the Dauntless, but they need to be cut down to length and, if I remember correctly, re-counterbored for the end plug. Easy work if you have a lathe. That's what I did. The replacements are nowhere near as hard as the stock ones.

    Cheers,
    John
     
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    colojeepguy

    colojeepguy Colorado Springs

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    Good info!
     
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    Jeepenstein

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    Wow, nice find!!!
     
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    Mcruff

    Mcruff Earlycj5 Machinist

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    Hardness could be changed by having them titanium nitrided. Wouldn’t cost to much.
     
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    Keys5a

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    I've posted up this interchange mulitiple times. I believe the last Land Rover to use the Buick-derived engine was either 2003 or 2004 Discovery.
    -Donny
     
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    Admiral Cray

    Admiral Cray I want to do this again.. Staff Member

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    My '95 Discovery has a Buick 3.9 V8...
     
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    Keys5a

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    My '80 Triumph TR8 has the 3.5 L (215 cu in) original displacement. I have a 4.2 L version for another sports car.
    -Donny
     
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    rejeep

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    The Rover V8 is exactly a dauntless minus 2 cyl.

    Rover was suppose to acquire the V6 back when the bought the aluminum V8 but didn’t have the funding. if Rover would have gotten their hands on this and it made its way into the Series trucks we could have had a different history of Land Rover North America...
     
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    Steve's 70-5

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    I talked to a company in California and got rockers and push rods from them that had the oil passage in the push rod.

    Look up. Rocker Arms Unlimited
     
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  10. Aug 7, 2020
    Keys5a

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    Not exactly, but a reletive. The 215 Buick and all the Rover engines share a unique bellhousing bolt pattern, as does the Buick 198. The 225 has the BOP GM bellhousing pattern, and the lifter galley is sealed with the intake manifold, where the 215/Rover uses a valley pan to seal the lifter galley. The two engines do share to same timing cover and oil pump (but with different filter housing directions), and the rocker gear. The internal rotating mass is not the same between them either (bore, stroke, rod length, etc). The '64 Buick 300 heads (and rocker gear) and crank can be used on the 215, though the 300 had an iron block and the BOP bellhousing pattern.
    -Donny
     
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    rejeep

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    So is the 198 a 215 minus 2?

    I saw the 2 side by side in a far off land a long time ago and I couldn’t tell the difference
     
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    Keys5a

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    As far as the history of Land Rover and the GM acquired engines, Rover had all they needed with the 215/3.5, but didn't make use of it until the early '70s for Land Rover's Forward Control, about 5 years after they acquired it. Around 1979, they finally created a Series known as a Series Stage 1 that got the 3.5 alloy V8, and this continued to about 1984, but was never officially imported to the US. This was the interum model that bridged from the Series 3 to the Defenders, by borrowing/sustituting the Forward Control's V8 for the anemic 2.25 4 cyl. or rare 2.6. This V8 model had no effect on the North American market except to be a stepping stone for the Defender, which eventually came 10 years later to North America in 1994.
    The first application of the alloy V8 in England was the Morgan +8 and the Rover 3500, both in 1968, a year after acquiring the right to the engine. Neither of these cars made a significant opening in the North American market either.
    -Donny
     
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    Keys5a

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    Not quite either. The 198 has a bore of 3.625"vs the 215 bore is 3.5", and the 198 stroke is 3.1875" vs the 215 is 2.8". I had to look up the 198 specs, but I knew they weren't the same. The obvious difference is the iron block vs the alloy block.
    -Donny
     
  14. Feb 16, 2023
    33chifox

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    Would this mean that those rocker arms are also direct fits onto a Buick 215/300/340? I see Eurospare sells them and combined with rover shafts the full assembly would be significantly cheaper than a rebuilt Buick pair.
     
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    Keys5a

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    I can’t speak on the 340, but the 215 and 300 rocker shaft assemblies interchange with the Rover rocker shaft assemblies. The biggest difference between the 215/225 Buick engines and the Rover 3.5 through 4.6 engines is the Rovers oil the rockers throught the pushrods vs Buick oil through the rocker stands. The pushrod oiling is superior and all that is required is the hollow pushrods.
    -Donny
     
  16. Feb 17, 2023
    33chifox

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    I know for a fact the 215, 300 and 340 assemblies are actually the same, so if the 215 and 300 interchange then the 340 will as well. Good to know about the oiling through the pushrods, I didn't know that. Would using stock Buick stands with the rest of the assembly from a Rover be most beneficial? Of course using correct length pushrods, although with the oiling hole.
     
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