Nick's Land Rover - Series III Rebuild

For the benefit of those who suffer gear selection or jumping issues, this is a quick post with some photos of the selector mechanisms.
The gear stick sits in a pivot level with the gearbox tunnel cover. The stick extends a little further through this ball, where it sits in a row of three steel [...]

I noticed a new engine noise on the way home from work the other day, so spent today investigating.  There was an intermittent plastic knocking noise, which emanates from the snorkel top.  I inspected the turbo with the ducting removed, removed the snorkel to check for contamination or damage and checked the filter, but found [...]

We all know special tools are hard to find and expensive, but here’s a tip for locking flywheels on 4 cylinder LR engines:  get hold of a failed (or new if you don’t mind spending a few pounds) LT77 or R380 reverse light switch (Defender, Discovery and Range Rover Classic) and snip the wires off.  [...]

Having rebuilt the Fairey overdrive, this post shows how to fit the overdrive to a standard transmission. It shows the whole procedure except for the installation of the selector lever and bracket, but I’ll try to explain that further on. This guide is applicable to refitting an overdrive or fitting one to a [...]

Annoyingly, the overdrive sprung a leak somewhere, dumping its oil into the transfer box. I suspect it was the smaller seal between the input and output shafts - I didn’t know where to locate it within the output shaft on the initial rebuild at the start of the 109 project as there is no [...]