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Got a chuffing noise, sounds like the manifold gasket maybe head gasket but wanted to see if anything else could be an issue. It stops when lead to plug 4 is removed

After 13 months owning it and 3500 miles. It let me down for the first time. Started miss firing , popping and losing power, pulled over to check things and took the distributor cap off and the sprung loaded contact to the rotor arm fell out. Guess I know what the issue was. Luckily only 10...

Little problem with the headlights, side lights work, full beam works, dipped headlights don't. Going to look at it tonight but thought we could have a game of guess the fault and I'll let you all know what the issue is. I'm going with either the headlights are low on oil or it's upset that I...

Anyone fitted the stirrup type steps on a series, Mrs struggles to get in and I don't want to spend 80quid on the folding ones just to stop shortarse moaning. These are the ones I mean

Fitted new pads, all working very nicely apart from the front brakes are squeaking loud enough to scare passing pedestrians. Any suggestions or do they need to just wear in?

A little lesson for all of us - before working on car look in mirror and remind yourself your an idiot. Serviced the engine, new points, new condenser, sparkplugs oil change etc. Tried to start it - turned over wouldn't start - maybe i should have connected the wires to the contacts properly...

Ive posted my thoughts after 6 weeks and 1 month so thought id do the same after 4months So far no breakdowns or major issues, Parts required - rocker cover gasket Things maintained - ep90'd everything (im trying to do a different maintenance job each month so im not in the garage for a whole...

Decided to spend an afternoon changing oil in gear box etc. Probably been recommended before but I treated myself to a hilka oil suction gun, made filling much easier and slightly less messy, 10 quid in screwfix or slightly cheaper on amazon if you've got prime for the free delivery. Now my...

So here's a pic of my bonnet, a rather sexy one, apart from 2 things, the 2 rubber grommets in the middle. Obviously previous owner didn't put the wheel mount back on when it was repainted and welded the rivet holes and put those grommets on the bolt holes which really annoys me. I see there...

I love my series 3 but it has caused me a problem. Our "normal car", as my wife likes to call it, has all the modern stuff on it and I used to really like it. Recently though this stuff has started to get on my nerves. I put it in reverse and the wing mirrors dip so you can better, now I can't...

Had the landy about 3 months now, only issues i have is my passengers in this weather ask me to turn heater off (mine actually does push out a reasonable amount of heat) even when heater is off. I think the cause is just heat from the exhaust warming up the passenger side footwell. I don't have...

Had a search and cant find anything related to this so maybe some of the experts on here could help. Horn and flash full beam stopped working, before paying out on new stalk sprayed with contact cleaner and horn and flash works again , happy days. But now when i put headlights on and then put...

Summary of my first 6 weeks of owning a landy The boss likes land rovers, specifically lwb later defender hard tops, so of course I bought a 1974 swb soft top series 3. She is beginning to like it especially after I took her to the seaside topless (the car was topless, not the mrs) Miles...

Hi, 3 weeks into land rover ownership, finally got my dream car a 1974 series 3 swb petrol. (okay no2 dream car after an aston martin -but i can't fit the dog in an aston martin so had to buy a land rover - nothing to do with not being able to afford an aston martin) Looking forward to asking...