Nick's Land Rover - Series III Rebuild

The engine still seems to be weeping oil at the back end, probably through the flywheel housing gasket. The fact that it’s still appearing suggests it’s actually a small leak, not pooled oil from refilling after all, but it’s still a bit early to be sure either way. The amount is small, at [...]

I took the 109 out on a few miles’ test run again yesterday to check the work undertaken before refitting the whole floor – the driver’s side floor panel was laid in loose, but the tunnel cover and passenger floor were left out just in case there was still a fault. It’s amazing how [...]

When I replaced the damaged timing sprocket and lightly contaminated belt a few weeks ago, I wasn’t able to reset the injection pump timing accurately because the flywheel housing is too close to the SIII bell housing cross member to allow fitting of the flywheel locking tool – I had to wait until the gearbox [...]

I managed to refit the oil pump and sump this afternoon, making best use of the fair weather (laying on your back in puddles of rain water is not condusive to a high standard of workmanship). I also took a close look at the bottom end of the dipstick before fitting the sump, and [...]

The oil leaks from the engine appear to have been from the lader frame joints, either from it’s face with the sump, or, more likely, from its joint with the block. With the gearbox off, access to the four horizontal bolts into the rear of the ladder frame allowed the removal of the ladder [...]