A site dedicated to my tinkering with my 1972 Series III Land Rover
The 109 has a very slight pull to the left, so slight that it can easily be mistaken for simple following of the road camber. In fact, if I drive on a right hand side slope (like overtaking - yes it can be done in a SIII), then the vehicle will … [Continue reading]
The main gearbox was loosing oil into the transfer box, so I spent Saturday fitting a new main shaft rear seal. This meant removing the prop shaft, hand brake assembly, overdrive, speedo cable, transfer case bottom, transfer box intermediate cluster … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
The 109 is still running well, and I have been running it on vegoil for the drive to work. It doesn't seem to consume any noticeably larger quantity than it did diesel. There is still no detectable performance difference, and the engine is still … [Continue reading]
I just thought you might like to see what 75L of vegoil looks like before dropping it in the fuel tanks! I got this from Tesco, and it woks out at slightly less than half the price of diesel. I still intend to use waste vegoil, but my garage is … [Continue reading]
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