Series III Recovery, been stood for 10 years.

You can get to the transmission brake from above through the centre seat. There's a 1/4 a/f square adjuster you can back off and give the drum a tap or two.

Williams_27 said:

It's not in the Glossop area, its north Manchester. I dont quite know how to respond to Bobsticle, all of my fears summed up in one . Although having a look underneath it, the chassis looks quite sound compared to some others I've seen for sale, or at least im hoping it is. Col, in regards to the handbrake being siezed, if this is the case, does it complicate matters significantly? Trolley jack, 27mm socket, breaker bar, penertrating oil, large mallet and axle stands all ready to go, soon as I get home from work tomorrow I'll go up and have a go at getting it rolling. Thanks for everyones help up to now, I'll get some pictures and upload soon.

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I am in North Mancunia, around the environs of Bury. If you need a lift I am available from Thursday right through the weekend. I have a breaker bar with the relevant socket and a gallon of petrol if it needs torching. Feel free to ask for help but I do charge by the hobnob and take two teabags in mi cuppa. Some take offence to me being rather expensive to keep.

Hey. If we get the brakes working my Henry could tow you home.

My advice is still to have a go at starting it. You might be surprised. The best way of responding to Bobsticle is to divert his attention with a) a question about home made log burners or b) a criticism of Londonerers.

Col

Also, take a camera with you, we love pictures of old landies starting a new life.

Col

I'm actually 3/4 of the way through making a log burner at work, another project im yet to finish! I nipped up after work last night, upon further investigation it appears last time it was on the road was Nov 99 (last tax disk). Transmission brake is free, my breaker bar wasnt long enough to undo all wheel nuts, a few came undone relatively easily but as i couldnt get them all off I couldnt get to the brakes, a length of scaffold on the breaker bar should do the trick. Im actually in Heywood Bobsticle, you're not from around Greenmount are you? And thats a very kind offer, I've booked Friday off work and arranged with the bloke to go up and spend the day trying to get it rolling, I would always apprecitate someones help and knowledge. My next dilemma is the steering lock is stuck on, and with no key do i have any other options than drilling the barrel or trying to shear the locking pins? In regards to trying to start it, the 70ish quid outlay for a battery is putting me off, once its back at my house I shall look at that then. Will upload pictures in a short while.

Sorry for the lack of good photos, i was trying to make the most of the daylight i had left and only quickly snapped a few.

Looks better than some defenders driving around with mots.

Bulk head might need a small amount of work though

Colthebrummie said:

Stick a battery on it and a gallon of juice and it might fire up

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I would not do that on a petrol engine that has stood idle for so long. Stale petrol to flush out of the tank, carb to strip and clean + fit new gaskets first. Otherwise have a fire extinguisher to hand.

Bobsticle said:

It’ll be solid. You won’t be able to get a wheel nut off without a 12 foot bar and the biggest socket you have will be 10 mill too small. There won’t be any oil in it as this will be in the ground underneath it and the chassis will be ready to snap in two. Just as the truck arrives the heavens will open and you’ll be bursting for the loo. And while burning out the drivers winch whilst you try and stem the bleeding from your knuckles the wife will be constantly phoning you to see if you’ve come to your senses and given up.
As the seized steering needs you to jack up the front and reposition the tow truck every six inches it’ll dawn on you that you’ve pulled the blokes car port off the wall and are desperately short of woodwork tools to bolt it back together before he comes out of the house again with that sickly grin one can only nurture when someone has paid you money to tidy your garden.
After picking up the parts that have dropped off during the rescue and stuffing them in your boot the realisation starts to manifest that perhaps she was right and you begin the process of rationalising the excuses you are about to give your family for the cancelled holidays and cut backs necessary to rebuild a wreck.

Don’t be dismayed though. In six years they will still be taking unfinished projects on eBay and if lucky you will get half of it’s asking price before you started.

Lucky git.

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Funniest post I have read all day. Thank-you @Bobsticle

Wimblowdriver said:

I would not do that on a petrol engine that has stood idle for so long. Stale petrol to flush out of the tank, carb to strip and clean + fit new gaskets first. Otherwise have a fire extinguisher to hand.

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That is why diesel is sooo much better. As long as there is something vaguely flamable and liquid getting to the pump it will splutter into life

Looks fairly tidy from the photos. Definitly seen worse although it depends what the chassis is like underneath when you get chance for a proper inspection.

Having seen the pics I would try to start it, the engine bay looks good. Check the oil and water, take the plugs out, motor it for a couple of minutes on jump leads and check the oil light goes out, then new petrol in the carb and squirt down the inlet and give it a go. Worst job that's visible looks to be the door pillars.

Drill the heads of the steering lock bolts then bash a screw driver into the hole to loosen they are generally not to tight.

The wheels look pretty straight as they are - shouldn't be a problem if you can get recovery vehicle/trailer lined up in front of it!
Otherwise : if the brakes are seized then the vehicle should slide in whatever direction the winch pulls from.
: if brakes not seized then stand on them hard to prevent wheels rolling, and again winch will pull in desired direction.
: Use slippery jims if you can get hold of them - or pieces of wood/plastic/rubber under the wheels to act as skates.
: use snatch blocks.

Have fun!

We’ve had fun by the ruddy great dollop I can tell ya. It’s a cracking beast and all ready for the tow truck tomorrow.
It’s at 90 degrees to the exit gate in a tight rough surfaced corner of the garden about five foot above the road so it needed to be steerable.
With no key and not wanting to damage anything it’s new owner drilled out the shear bolts and removed the assembly from the steering column. The front hubs have been removed and poked about with and are in surprisingly good shape although the rubber dust covers on the slave cylinders are showing signs of age. As the vehicle is in someone else’s garden it was wise not to risk fluid leaks so they stayed untested and the adjusters left fully open so nothing would bind when moved.
The rear wheels rotate freely and weren’t messed with.
It steers and rolls so can be removed to its new home where the big hammers can come out to beat it into submition.

It’s a belting Landy. It’s been tinkered with over its life and good signs of genuine Land Rover parts boxes about its person.
Heavy rust on axles and springs but very serviceable. Bits beyond paint are front near side chassis leg between dumb irons. Rear off side outrigger and a couple of chassis to wing bars.
The front panel has lost its lower few inches to rot and the offside door pillar is in little brown bits on the floor along with the passenger door and both door tops.

This aside the engine turns freely on the fan belt and everything else looks very serviceable.

It’s a cracking project and could be on the road very quickly.

Very good luck to its new daddy and a pleasure to spend a few hours getting durdy and having the craik.
Don’t hesitate asking for a lift with anything in the future it’s always a pleasure with such nice company.

Good job it was not dragged with a winch with wheels locked it would have likely snapped front end off.

Blackburn said:

Good job it was not dragged with a winch with wheels locked it would have likely snapped front end off.

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I never tow one I don’t know well by it’s extremities. I’d much rather throw a strap through a PTO hole or two. You never know what will fall off.
The rear end looks good for a change. The rear crossmember is solid apart from one little corner.

I was going to post a photo of the cat flap tailgate but the thought of the members on here rushing off to the toilet with their lap tops just ain’t right.

So after a fun day with Bobsticle yesterday, today was time for the recovery truck. It winched on to the truck no problem at all and came off at the other end equally as easily! So its now sat on the driveway waiting for me to make a start.

Thank you to everyone who gave advice, getting it back home was the part worrying me. And a huge thank you to Bobsticle for all his help yesterday, top bloke!!