Nick's Land Rover - Series III Rebuild

Welcome to my Series III Restoration Site

This site is dedicated to my eternal fiddling and tweaking of my 1972 Series III 109 inch Land Rover.

I bought it in February 1992 and immediately set about a few repairs and a bit of tidying up and 15 years later I’m still working on it! After years of minor rebuilds, in 2004 the discovery of some major corrosion led to a full ground-up rebuild. As this started, the specification started to creep, and many new features have being incorporated.

Please note, I am not a trader in vehicles or parts, and am not a garage providing repair services. This site is to offer inspiration, technical information and ideas to other Land Rover enthusiasts, helping others learn from my experiences. If you come across any sales of vehicles, parts, tools or even non-LR related items using NicksLandRover as a trading name or web address, and there have been a few, it has nothing to do with me and could be a scam, so be cautious. If you do come across any, please contact me.

Thanks for reading – I hope you find the information on this site useful!

Recent Posts:

Axle Swap – Transfer Box Gear Change.

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

The swap to later axles is raising the diff ratios from 4.71: to 3.54:1.  It would be quite possible to fit the 4.71 crown wheels and pinions from the SIII axles to the new units, but since the Tdi should cope with the 35% gearing increase fairly easily, I have chosen to benefit from the [...]

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Stereo and iPhone

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Helena bought me an iPhone for my birthday last month (my old phone was on its last legs, crackling, freezing up and cutting out).   It’s a great piece of kit (it must be – it’s electronic but I still like it, and that’s no mean feat).   Of its many features, useful ones for [...]

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Heated Fuel Filter

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Several years ago, during the intitial rebuild, I bought a heated fuel filter for a pound at Old Sodbury.  It is made for the Bosch filter units used on Tdi engines and is used by Land Rover on Artctic spec vehicles, and is just a sandwich plate that fits between the standard filter housing and [...]

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