Major surgery

Hi All,

just had a chap look at all the oil lashing out of the Heap and give me a diagnosis. Basically its an engine out job as the back crankshaft oil seal and gasket need replacing, as does the front timing cover oil seal, rocker gasket and breather pipe stuff. Clutch is also pretty much on its last legs, and the oil leaking onto it apparently won't have helped the situation.

Been looking thru the haines bible and am getting a bit edgy as it seems that there are a whole load of other things that may need renewing while I'm at it, such as the seal on the fly wheel (if i read it right) - but just not knowledgable enough to know how far to take it or decide what does and does not need renewing. Don't want to order stuff and find i should have gotten others bits and pieces as well.

Can anyone think of anything else connected with the list of stuff i've listed that i should also be looking at?

Also read somewhere (and can't find the info now) that there are variations on the clutch on a series III - is this the case? Mines an 83 model. What bits do i need to get to renew the whole thing?

Wheres the best place to pick up the bits i need?

Loads of questions i know, and some probably a bit daft to the experts, but, as always, i appreciate any help and words of wisdom.

that sounds like it just needs a complete rebuild, which, unless you DIY is going to cost you more than the vehicle is worth

better to look out for a good used engine and simply drop it in ? - I had a 2.25 out of a 84 S3 the other week off ebay for just under £60 inc a near new alternator, weber, clutch and recent big money spent on it

I agree.

I have a spare engine in the garage - c/w starter motor and carb. No obvious defects and is there as a standby for when the leak on my current runner gets too bad.

REBUILD IT yourself, gain the experiance just hope the bores arnt ****ed otherwise that could make it a bigger hassel than it is allready. Most of the enginge can be rebuilt in car.

Getting decent spares, let alone engines is a bit hit and miss over here - unfortunately the old series landrovers aren't as common as they are in the uk - good few slowly falling to pieces in fields though!!! One just down the road being used, to all intents and purposes, as a chicken coup and cow scratcher.

Friend with more years working on landrovers than i have had hot dinners is gonna do/oversee the work, with me as assistant so that i can learn a few things. problem is he is dead busy (mobile mechanic) and only had time the other night to scan over the job and give the list of parts i gave in original post. Just want to make sure that as I'm going to go to the expense and hassel of getting/doing this job that i cover all the bases parts wise.

Going to treat the whole thing as a one-to-one intensive and, no doubt expensive, course on landrover spanner twirling.