Nick's Land Rover - Series III Rebuild

The Roverdrive has been rebuilt with the new front casing.  Changing the casing over required the use of a hydraulic press, but was a simple enough procedure. The job has highlighted that the front bearing is actually alright – it felt a little rough by hand, but that was because the bearing was dry after [...]

I have spent the day working on the transfer box.
The Roverdrive has been removed to fit a new version of the front casing, which is designed to improve oil flow through the unit as a whole but especially the front bearings, helping to reduce running temperatures.  I think the 75W90 semi synthetic oil may have [...]

I thought I’d make a small update on how the vehicle is running generally, since most posts are detailed modification or repair issues.
Fuel consumption on a “combined cycle” commute to work (26 miles each way with 23 roundabouts, numerous cross roads and T-junctions, several long, steep hills and an even split between town and A-road [...]

Since getting back from our French camping holiday, the 109 has been laid up for work.
The bulk of it centred around curing an oil leak from a failed gasket between the gear box and transfer box, which was not an inconsiderable amount of work.  It’s not interesting, though, and is only a rerun of work [...]

I have completed the rebuild of the engine.  The coking was very significant, but no lasting damage seems to have occurred.   Two new oil control rings were fitted on pistons 2 and 3, a new head gasket of the latest composite type was used, and new head bolts and breather unit were fitted.
I wanted to [...]