Nick's Land Rover - Series III Rebuild

I have fitted the repainted tools to the tail gate and the refurbished antenna box to the right wing.  I’m still waiting for the second antenna and the rubber strip for the tailgate, but the strip is a 60 second job to fit and the antenna is only going to be wanted for the next [...]

The Lightweight managed to attend Billing, displayed on the Lightweight Club stand on the Friday.  The engine worked well enough, though it didn’t seem terribly powerful, struggling to maintain 50 mph on some of the hills, but maybe that’s normal – I have become so used to Tdi performance from the 109 and RRC that [...]

… well, with us, anyway.
The engine is still not perfect, but fitting a standard 12V ignition system has made it entirely usable.  I thought the slight cough when pressing the throttle down hard and the mild poppling on the over-run were a combination of only rudimentary static timing from the book figures, a lack of [...]

Having grown tired of trying to get the Lightweight’s ignition system running properly, having replaced the plugs, points condenser and coil, plus overhauling everything else, I bit the bullet and fitted a new 12V ignition system.  It’s disappointing to have to do it, but it’s better the have a slightly altered functional vehicle than a [...]

We still haven’t got the Lightweight running properly yet, though it is much improved.  The engine starts easily and now runs smoothly at idle at all speeds, and pulls pretty well – we can now get 60mph out of it – but still misfires on the over-run and at steady high rpm.
The fuel system certainly [...]