Nick's Land Rover - Series III Rebuild

The 109’s still going well, though a small amount of play has appeared again in the steering. It’s well after the steering box – I was able to check that much single handed. I suspect the steering relay pinch bolts have stretched, allowing a small amount of movement between the relay shaft and [...]

Well, 500 miles have passed since fitting the Roverdrive, so today I drained the oil from the transfer case, fitted the Rock Mountain transfer box bottom plate and replenished the box with fresh oil. The new bottom plate is thicker and won’t buckle and leak, but it also acts as a radiator to keep [...]

A few more little jobs today.
I fixed the leak from the rear screen washer. The rear headlining had to come out for this job, so it wasn’t that quick a fix. Of course, to get the headlining out, I had to remove each of the four setbelt shoulder points, the interior light and [...]

Here are some pictures of the work on the replacement steering box. The rocker shaft was worn out and prompted a strip and rebuild. Thankfully, only the rocker shaft and its bush and o-ring needed replacing. The outer column sleeve was missing, so I re-used the 1982 sleeve. The top [...]

I managed to clean up and fit the ‘72 steering system (except the seized relay). The rods got six new ends and a coat of black enamel. The steering box was cleaned with a wire brush before having the interior washed out with petrol. It was all in pretty good order, the [...]