A site dedicated to my tinkering with my 1972 Series III Land Rover
I have fitted the pioneer tool mountings to the bonnet and left wing top and refurbished the tools. I have loosely followed the configuration used on UK MoD Wolf (TUM) Defenders, with the shovel on the right hand side of the spare wheel (head … [Continue reading]
I have just finished reassembling the 109 after tinkering again with the gearbox. I'm hoping that I have found the cause of the 4th gear jumping out on the over-run. It seems like the position that I had set the selector fork on the shaft was too far … [Continue reading]
The Classic is in for an MoT test tomorrow, so it had a new rear exhaust today. I also fitted new rear discs and pads as the old discs had become very rusted around the edge. That rust was wearing the associated area of the relatively new pads and … [Continue reading]
Having been stone-walled with every attempt since last July at getting leave arranged for this summer's expedition around the Alps, I finally lost patience and went over the company's rostering department's head and spoke directly to the Fight Ops … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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