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[Peter Holden]

Andy, not bad for a Series 3

Peter

[andyjb]

Andy, not bad for a Series 3

Peter

Don't tell them that Peter I was hoping to enter "wheel of the month"
Actually they are not perfect took me weeks because i can only do one at once, put the spare on and kept rotating round. So the passenger front was originally passenger rear. I'm happy with them and whilst off and on ramps or axle stands i've also been wire brushing the underside and painting with some old oil and black paint. And given all the inside a wash down too.

[Herald1360]

Went to the 4X4 Spares day at Three Counties. Came back with an assortment of bits I didn't know I wanted and a couple I did. Also sold my roof rack to the nice chap who parked next to me 

[gregbuck1974]

Started taking my first ever engine apart, slowly.
Keeping an eye on what goes where with plenty of photos.
It's seized so needs to come apart to be checked.

[martinrh]

Changed the engine oil, greased and checked levels in preparation for camping next weekend (which I’m very much looking forwards to)
About 1500 miles since I last checked and the transfer box needed 200ml and the gearbox 100ml
Then when I checked the overdrive it was overfull (by about 300ml I guess)
So I assume my oils are migrating to the overdrive somehow?
Also looked at fitting an adjustable drop plate but decided to leave it until after I’ve checked out what other people have fitted next weekend. Did I mention I’m looking forward to it ?

[diffwhine]

Took the track rods off to clean them up and get ready for new ball joints. Found two joints were the later type in the earlier tubes...

Looked at my steering relay and the leaking bottom seal. Decided to see if it might come out to do on the bench. I've never had much success with steering relays - they always seem to weld themselves into the chassis. Undid the two cross bolts having removed the arms. Undid the bottom four retaining fixings for the plate. Got out my copper mallet and gave it a tap... It came straight out! First time I've had one in 30 years which hasn't fought me all the way! Not sure if I actually believe that it came out so smoothly.
Might be worth pointing out that whoever fitted it, put a light smear of grease round the body which saved the day. I'll be forever grateful although I note that they had fitted it back to front...

[GHOBHW]

Took the track rods off to clean them up and get ready for new ball joints. Found two joints were the later type in the earlier tubes...

Looked at my steering relay and the leaking bottom seal. Decided to see if it might come out to do on the bench. I've never had much success with steering relays - they always seem to weld themselves into the chassis. Undid the two cross bolts having removed the arms. Undid the bottom four retaining fixings for the plate. Got out my copper mallet and gave it a tap... It came straight out! First time I've had one in 30 years which hasn't fought me all the way! Not sure if I actually believe that it came out so smoothly.
Might be worth pointing out that whoever fitted it, put a light smear of grease round the body which saved the day. I'll be forever grateful although I note that they had fitted it back to front...

I know that feeling, my steering relay practically dropped out after i removed all bolts, even after 40 years of sitting in a bush rotting away, luckily the post office mechanics greased it up when they rebuilt the front end in the 70s, all for a little bit of grease.

[BettyWhite]

The relay being seized in the boss was the thing that tipped me over the edge and saw me buy a new chassis from Richards.
My original chassis was pretty rough with plenty of repairs over the years but if I could have got the relay out I would have tried to salvage it, so it's probably just as well that the relay was seized in.

When the new one goes in it will definitely have a grease on it.

As my old foreman used to say, "with a landrover, if it is supposed to move grease it, if not paint it"

BW

[Malcolm R]

Currently at the scrapyard stripping bits off a series 3

[Alan Drover]

You're lucky Malcolm.  No one down south seems to break Land Rovers any more. I don't know of any breakers in my area.

[Simon1959]

Not quite today, but picked up my restored bulkhead from Tony Wood over the weekend. He has done a fine job of it, at least to my untrained eye. Certainly more work than originally envisaged. The PO was certainly a dab hand with the body filler. Do we think a trial fitting of the bulkhead is necessary given that it was all jigged during the re-work? I suspect the answer is yes, especially given the cost of painting.

My vent control parts arrived back from tin plating today and look good. A small niggle over the coating thickness over the more heavily pitted area. Doesn't seemed to have taken quite as well there as the rust free areas. In dialogue with the supply about that.

[Malcolm R]

Managed to get a radiator, diff, alpine windows, stub axles and a few other bits off the land rover. It's now pretty much stripped of everything useful. Unfortunately the only other series land rover they had has been reduced to a bulkhead. Next time I'm there I might think about getting some range rover 3.54:1 diffs

[diffwhine]

You're lucky Malcolm.  No one down south seems to break Land Rovers any more. I don't know of any breakers in my area.

Unfortunately all the good ones have either died off or been legislated away...

[Genem]

Lucky though, the last I saw in a breakers had once been a very nice vehicle, the gorillas in the yard had done more damage than the accident that sent it there :-(

I still managed to get some useful parts though, including the dash ( fine bar a broken glass) and a smiths heater. I took the bulkhead but it had been mangled by whoever robbed the engine and gearbox.

[Genem]

A little recovery job, helping the National Park Rangers out of a ditch.... they had pulled over to let a vehicle past and not spotted the very deep ditch.  Low 2nd and pull away gently, no drama at all.