my landrover series 3 restoration project

90truckcab said:

easy bleaders are ok, iv used mine twice today, stick 40 psi in a spare, get a lid that fits and away yer go, just be ready with lots of water and rags if yer blow the top off

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40psi! Ok if you want to risk a brake fluid shower, I suppose.

Doesn't the packet say 10-15psi max?

SpringDon said:

40psi! Ok if you want to risk a brake fluid shower, I suppose.

Doesn't the packet say 10-15psi max?

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yes hahaa

can you not bleed it with a tow start

best way ive found to bleed the injector pump on a 10j engine is


1 remove the injectors so yer not fighting against the compression and while theyre out soak the tips in thinners as itll decoke the buggers good n proppa

2 slacken the 2 bleed nuts off on the injector cav pump and use the manual lever on the lift pump to prime it up to them till only diesel comes out of them and no bubbles

3 after tightning the buggers put the hand crank handle in set the hand throttle at half way then proceed to crank the bugger over by hand till yer see derv coming out of the pipes for the injectors

4 replace the injectors and connect the pipes then turn the engine over for a few seconds before attatching the rubber overflow pipes on the tops then turn the engine over a little more making sure the remaining air is forced out of there then reconnect the return pipe to the back injector

5 slacken off injectors 2-3-4 where the pipe goes onto the injector 16mm spanner then turn the engine over with the key till yer see puffs of smoke from the exhaust

6 tighten injector number 3 and set yer hand throttle to 1 notch from the bottom so it keeps going when it fires then turn the engine over with the key the engine should start trying to start coughing and spluttering running on 2 cylinders sounding like a bag of nails

7 if its not trying tighten number 4 then retry soon as its running rocky get in there with yer 16mm spanner and tighten cylinder 2 up if its still ropey hold a little power on with the rev lever on the pump and crack cylinder number 1 off till it starts squirting fuel out not little spits then tighten it back up

8 now its just a case of slackening off injectors in the order 1 then 4 then 1 again then if need be number 3 then 2 she should be fully bled and air purged at this point

slowed down abit on the wiring, still not wired up though hopfully someone is coming to do it and get it done then, only need the front end and all that back on and paint it :rofl:

You're still alive then?

Are you making your own loom or have you bought one from autosparks? Be thankful its a series ad nothing more complicated I'll be making the loom for mine from scratch

samc88 said:

You're still alive then?

Are you making your own loom or have you bought one from autosparks? Be thankful its a series ad nothing more complicated I'll be making the loom for mine from scratch

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making it from scratch, ive got 2 weeks off school after next week so should have it all painted and start to put the wings and seat box and stuff like that in happy days

Harri Edwards said:

making it from scratch, ive got 2 weeks off school after next week so should have it all painted and start to put the wings and seat box and stuff like that in happy days

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Its good to see body panels going back on isn't it

Next week we'll start to run wires We're making the loom first and then putting it in the vehicle (we've got a 2.5 diesel on ours so the loom is a little diferent plus the extra stuff we'll be adding. We've got to do as much as possible before my granddad gets back from spain and starts interfering too much

samc88 said:

Its good to see body panels going back on isn't it

Next week we'll start to run wires We're making the loom first and then putting it in the vehicle (we've got a 2.5 diesel on ours so the loom is a little diferent plus the extra stuff we'll be adding. We've got to do as much as possible before my granddad gets back from spain and starts interfering too much

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ah ye i am sanding down my body panels ready for painting

does anyone reckon i should make this series 3 into a truck cab? :your_wrong::your_wrong::your_wrong::welcome::welcome::welcome::behindsofa::behindsofa::behindsofa::director::director:

You can get more stuff in if its a van body, I'm only putting a truck cab on mine to make it easier to build the rollcage

Truck Cab
Dog, Fish Bait, Rubbish, Kids etc and anything else that smells doesnt have to be in the cab with you

I don't think you get as much space with a truck cab and they look a bit cramped IMO. You could always king cab it like dr.evil plans to do on his

im going to leave it how it is, ive done loads to it over these last 2 weeks as i have been off from school, its all wired up now, lights are all working and everything! just need a new starter and alternator then it will start, ive only got the handbrake return spring, bleed the clutch, bleed the brakes, and unseize the throttle and put my throttle cable on then paint it, i need it ready by may and unfortunatly i have smashed my vitara up on sunday so i want to get the landy done il upload some pictures later on for you guys.....

Harri Edwards said:

im going to leave it how it is, ive done loads to it over these last 2 weeks as i have been off from school, its all wired up now, lights are all working and everything! just need a new starter and alternator then it will start, ive only got the handbrake return spring, bleed the clutch, bleed the brakes, and unseize the throttle and put my throttle cable on then paint it, i need it ready by may and unfortunatly i have smashed my vitara up on sunday so i want to get the landy done il upload some pictures later on for you guys.....

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can't wait to see it finished, how many different landys have donated parts to it?

urm, a 109, swb s3, some series 2 parts and others haha

my landrover is nearly there now, just got to spray the body bronze green and hard top limestone and paint the winch bumper, put my light bar on, my rock sliders on, i need to get it out the shed soon to give it a good run down the road il get some pictures this weekend coming for you lot

Are the headlights the original type bulbs? I'm thinking of upgrading mine to halogens as they need replacing anyway. Get a bit more light out of them

Its looking really good, will look great in green/ limestone