1969 swb series 2a resto

Well flew through the mot today no advisories, but then went to tax it and the woman tried to charge me saying its private light goods. so i phoned the dvla who said that i have to pay the first tax disck then its free?? am i going mad or does that defeat the point of tax exempt. aparently i now have to change the tax class by going to exeter and changing to historic or something, pain in the ass feckin dvla.

But im on the road thats the main thing.

olz said:

Well flew through the mot today no advisories, but then went to tax it and the woman tried to charge me saying its private light goods. so i phoned the dvla who said that i have to pay the first tax disck then its free?? am i going mad or does that defeat the point of tax exempt. aparently i now have to change the tax class by going to exeter and changing to historic or something, pain in the ass feckin dvla.

But im on the road thats the main thing.

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does it say PLG on yer logbook or historic vehicle

if it says historic vehicle yer shouldnt have had to pay anything

The situation is that as it states PLG on the V5 it has to be taxed, however, when the V5 is taken to the local vehicle licensing office (not Post office) they will change it to Historic, although supporting evidence may be required.It will then be free to tax it.

Just to add to the above, as long as the reg date on the V5 is before 7th Jan 1973, you won't need any more evidence. You'll get your tax disc money refunded too, and not need to pay it in the future.

ideal yeah im off to exeter today to change it from plg to historic, the dynamo gave up again already so upgrading to an alternator today.

i thought 50 top speed was just a joke but turns out this is true and that 40 miles an hour is my new cruising speed.good old land rover i came home from town the other day and had 6 cars behind me then a lorry over took me, very strange.


Might have to look into ways to save fuel, different carb maybe or gas conversion as she's a thirsty girl.

well i have tax so now fully road legal.

The carburetor leak was an o ring between the two body's of the carb so got a gasket in the post, managed to fix the mix screw by re tapping the hole (once old mixer screw was picked out) and using bigger screw.

unfortunatly the alternator swap didn't go quite to plan i tracked down an alternator and bracket but couldn't get the old dyno off. A bolt about 4 inches long that goes through the engine casing is refusing to come out so ive admitted defeat and im taking it to a garage to be removed. did give me a chance to clean up the bracket though.

So on the road but not on the road at the minute hopefully end of next week should be usable. Then got a weekend of off roading planned time to get the thing dirty.

the alternator is on and the indicators now flash at hundred miles an hour, so i can drive at night now. got me spots wired in again next job recovery lights.

unfortunatly on way home the clutch pedal gave up and i have to pump it a couple of times to get pressure but the fluid has not dropped so don't think theres a leak, not really sure what it is yet but ill save that for tomorow, maybe just bleed the slave or replace it as the slave is still original so is probably knackered.

itll be the pressure seal in the master cylinder letting fluid back into the reservoir

johnny curt 1 said:

itll be the pressure seal in the master cylinder letting fluid back into the reservoir

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Hi i bled the clutch today (its a new slave and master) and it worked correctly for a few miles then slowly had to push further and further on pedal to get into gear until had to pump it a few times to work right at bottom of pedal extension.

When you say the pressure seal, does this mean ive just not adjusted where the pedal sits correctly (to form a seal when not pushing on pedal) i had an issue with this before where it would slowly leak all of the fluid out and run down the pedal

........but the level does not change so im not losing fluid. but i am getting air in the master cylinder. so i guess that would make sense that its drawing air back in instead of sealing correctly, think this must be when letting off the pedal as is under pressure when pushing on.

hope this makes some sense cheers for the help

Was a faulty slave cylinder and pipe ,cleaned it all up put a new hose on and works better than ever.
Finally got the tyres muddy today was a good test run gotta check everything's still tight then its time for some proper mud, landy didn't miss a beat today, well impressed. Got to watch people ripping there side steps off and getting stuck then id just drive on through.

Nearly made it to top of the hills last night but ran out of grip just short, then the fog came in pretty heavy which makes it interesting off road with no reverse light, still a good laugh though.

Nasty accident to rip the front wheels off that car, unless someone's had em away!

yeah i think the wheels were nicked rather than ripped off as it had just slid up a bank and fell over wasn't actually smashed to bad, probably stolen as it not been claimed by anyone yet, and if it was your car you'd at least try to put it the right way up.

Well been a busy week rescuing people from the hills but the snow is now well and truly gone, ive pulled out god knows how many cars and cleared loads of fallen trees (got to use the winch, any excuse) so now its time for the floods.

got up to exmoor at the weekend, didnt fancy tarr steps was a bit deep but a good day out. Been at home moving mud and logs this week (and pulling the odd car out of the floods) makes it pretty interesting when its flooded, the landy couldnt get to the top the field loaded or unloaded might have to look into some different tyres when im feeling a little richer.

Been on the road a little while and no problems to date been using it every day uses a little oil but nothing major, so far so good (apart from the fuel, seems to be really thirsty even though properly set up, not sure about gas conversion have heard to many problems with them) next job is to fit a reverse light as has been an issue in the snow.

a new way to advertise a run we organise "the black death" 10k, looks pretty funny and should get peoples attention. is it legal? whats sort of overhang are you allowed out the back of a landrover, any ideas?

If the tailgate is down is it overhang?

What size and type wheels are you running?

as fer the overhang on the back think about the 18 foot pole ladders that used to be piled on top of fred dibnahs 88" series 3

cheers for the replys, yeah its longer than tailgate, but just going to do it and see what happens.

the tyres are old military Goodyear extra grip 7.50 16 on military rims(inch wider than standard) bought them from the local landlord who used to be in the army, good tyres seem pretty capable off road too.

Very nice girl you have there! Where are you based to, I saw a picture of you at the treacle mines (Tragic Mills offroad zone) so you must be fair local. Im just getting started on my 1969 2A, should be fun fun fun!

ah thanks yeah that was me at trago took the missus shopping and had to have a look at the course, im near Taunton so quite close. hope your landy goes ok are you putting a rebuild thread on here ill have to have a look cheers.

Where did you see the picture? i saw a guy there with a camera but not sure where the images ended up.