Series 3 Perkins Engine Swap - Clutch Issues

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Shutts

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Hi Everyone,

I've recently purchased a new project to keep my sanity at bay during this crap time. I ventured through all the usual channels and managed to land myself a seemingly intact 1973 Series 3. The bloke i bought it off didn't have a clue about much, let alone Land Rovers which should have been my first red flag. Any way, long story short, I believe it has a Perkins 4203 in it, no history, but from what I can gather it certainly looks like it is.
When I bought it, the guy told me that it simply needs a new slave cylinder and all will be well, it had a tiny amount of clutch but really didn't want to go into gear.
I got it home and set to work. as I ventured underneath, the slave cylinder was definitely at fault, in fact one bolt was missing and one side of the cylinder housing had sheared off! I believe the gearbox is original, Overdrive, 4 speed etc.
Now for the start of the trouble, I set about installing a new one but it doesn't seat correctly, the body of the cylinder is right up against the bell housing, has anyone come across this when using a Perkins replacement engine, should everything fit as it did before? is there an adaptor plate or different slave cylinder to use?
I changed the master cylinder whilst I was at it but the clutch isn't happy and the pedal is tough and had no feel.
I could go on with the immediate issues but I'll start with the above!

thanks in advance for any help

Shutts
 
Yet need to post in the series sub forum as you'll only get hello and welcome replies in the intro sub forum.
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Hello and welcome from me too:)
 
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