Some advice for a newbie please

Hi all,

For someone with only rudimentary maintenance experience (but who has an uncle with loads), how easy is it to maintain a series 3 (I heard someone say that if you can build a DIY wardrobe, you should be able to tackle most jobs, but is that right)?

Or is a series 2 a better bet?

Cheers,

Paul

mate ever done mecano or played with lego if so any landy pre td5/puma its a b c search the threads is all bolt on bolt off until the newer models.Common sence and patience do you good also get a blank cheque of a friend lol

I haven't got a bloody clue, but with the help of this place I'm learning a bit (slowly), and i'm managing so far with my 1998 110.

No real difference in the skills needed to maintain a Series 3 over a Series 2. Unless previous owners have "upgraded" by fitting aTD5 engine then all you need are spanners; screwdrivers; feeler guages if petrol; and a selection of hammers. Also copious boxes of elastoplast.

More parts available for Series 3.


Tazz

Tazz070299 said:

No real difference in the skills needed to maintain a Series 3 over a Series 2. Unless previous owners have "upgraded" by fitting aTD5 engine then all you need are spanners; screwdrivers; feeler guages if petrol; and a selection of hammers. Also copious boxes of elastoplast.

More parts available for Series 3.


Tazz

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ramps
engine hoists
full set of spanner
wench (tea making)
manuals
time
money
patience
knowledge

i could go on for ages, don't make it sound so easy

dont forget, busters photo guides on this site, get a haynes manual off ebay, theres probablyy a free download electronic one aswell ....

...and don't assume the nuts and bolts are metric. They will be Whitworth, AF, BA and all sorts, possibly different sizes on the same component. Loose-fitting spanners or sockets have rounded off thousands of Landy bolt heads over the decades.
Well, following this thought, add a nut splitter to the list of tools on previous posts, just as a last resort!

and a radio to keep you company and a case of your favourite to celebrate the completion of each job!

Seriously - choose what you buy carefully in terms of condition/having been loved, get the workshop manuals and get stuck in.

Loads of help on here - just don't start by asking about tyres or oil

Thanks for the advice and encouragement chaps. I don't want to take on a restoration project, I was hoping could find one that had been restored to a good standard that would just need regular routine maintenance. Or is that naive, and are these beasts just guaranteed to keep you busy? P

Fair to say you can always find soemthing to be doing on a Landy - more about always having a 'to do' list rather than catastrophic 'must do' works every weekend!

hi mate,

got a series 3 myself, slowly learning thanks to the leg-ends on 'ere.

Nothin too dificult tho (YET)