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loiner1965

New Member

• Jul 26, 2008

• #1

had a problem with the side lights on my series 3 as one side worked whilst the other had the brake light lit instead...a bt of head scratching as they worked until i did some body whacking...was told it could be dodgy earths etc so i got a couple of lucas connectors and checked everything....turned out it was the bulb....as i work in a body shop we have access to all bulbs so i replaced every bulb but i did not realised they are 2 types of stop/tail bulbs, we have those where the locating pins are off set to each other where as the landy takes the opposite type pins.....drove me nuts....
now i think the master cylinder may need replacing as i noticed a puddle....i presume its a dual line version with servo but not sure which one to go for as paddocks have them but different prices.....then i road tested it and drives brilliantly but no speedo

 

doobie

Active Member

• Jul 26, 2008

• #2

surely thats the fun of series landy's!! speedo cable is an easy fix, the cable connects to the transfer box under the middle seat and then loops round to the speedo, new ones arn't too expensive.

eletrics are a pain with dirty earths, i had to clean loads last time i did a coupe bulbs! but thats the fun, having a 2 minute job turn into a fookin bastid!! heh

 

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Cabbie

Well-Known Member

Full Member

• Jul 26, 2008

• #3

Headlamps on my '68 2A will only switch on if the ignition is on. Is this the normal way with an old Series?

 

Davec

New Member

• Jul 29, 2008

• #4

no

 

90boy

Well-Known Member

• Jul 29, 2008

• #5

oh come on it would not be the same if they did not **** us off at least once a day

 

Codbasher

New Member

• Jul 29, 2008

• #6

Cabbie said:

Headlamps on my '68 2A will only switch on if the ignition is on. Is this the normal way with an old Series?

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Yeah mines the same

 

yella

New Member

• Jul 29, 2008

• #7

when yer movin coddy

 

Codbasher

New Member

• Jul 30, 2008

• #8

yella said:

when yer movin coddy

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When we sell the house, and the market is bleedin quiet at the mo

 

rustyrhinos

Well-Known Member

• Jul 30, 2008

• #9

Interesting that paddocks have the same part number listed twice but at different prices. You could see what number is stamped on yours and compare?

And yeah, never expect a small job to be a small job. You would think taking a leaf spring off would be easy wouldn't you? No chance, didnt want to budge!

 

Davec

New Member

• Jul 30, 2008

• #10

Do the numbers have a different letter on the end, or even one of them have finish with a full stop? This can signify the origin, Genuine, OEM, pattern etc.

 

rustyrhinos

Well-Known Member

• Jul 30, 2008

• #11

One has a G on it and is 36 pounds more expensive - so could it be the G stands for genuine, hence the price?

 

Davec

New Member

• Jul 30, 2008

• #12

Not sure about Paddocks codes, but I should think so

 

iannotts

New Member

• Jul 30, 2008

• #13

rustyrhinos said:

One has a G on it and is 36 pounds more expensive - so could it be the G stands for genuine, hence the price?

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or about a quid for a seal kit