A site dedicated to my tinkering with my 1972 Series III Land Rover
I have been spending the odd day here and there stripping down the body work on the Range Rover. So far, I have removed the boot space interior, lower tail gate, all lighting, bonnet, rear corners and wings, scuttle panel (under the windscreen), … [Continue reading]
There hasn't been much going on recently - I've been working too much and other things have been taking up the money anyway. The rebuilt head has cut down enormously on the oil loss suffered since I built up the Tdi engine in 2008. It's hard to … [Continue reading]
It never rains, but it pours. Â After just a week of driving about with the gear box behaving nicely, the engine coolant started pressurising. Â Even after allowing the engine to cool or having left it several days unused, the coolant expansion tank … [Continue reading]
The combination of the 200Tdi engine on Defender mountings and the axle upgrade lead to an unforeseen clash, literally. Â Under heavy braking, the front UJ of the front prop shaft was hitting the right hand side engine mounting. Â This came about … [Continue reading]
The Range Rover was taken off the road and installed in the garage witht he plan to start its rebuild, but that start has been deferred because of "reality" - other more pressing issues keep getting in the way. Â The long term plan is to have it back … [Continue reading]
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