Success! Thanks to the replies here (and particular thanks to David Leech!) I now have this:- Whilst it might not be an original (I couldn't find one for sale anywhere) I think it's a reasonable facsimile of one and didn't take long to clatter together from bits in the scrap bin. It's now all...

No, no filter inside - there's a cone over which the fuel flows and the crap settles out into the bottom of the housing. To my knowledge these CAV DPA housings for the sedimenter and the fuel filter are the same castings with different drillings. The centres then either accept the filter element...

Guys, this really isn't that complicated :D The engine number IS in the normal place on the plinth at the front of the block under the manifold here:- I'm only interested because I'm curious and it's an anomaly. I'm rebuilding a Series 2a onto a new chassis, I knew the engine in it wasn't...

This is the page from the LR parts manual..... as you can see, the bracket is shown but not clearly - part number 569585. The pictures David Leech posted show it so much better and show where and how it's mounted - again, a big thanks for that :). It's of interest to me because I'm rebuilding...

I did consider that, but there is no evidence of any old numbers or anything being ground off and re-stamped. If you look closely at the picture of the engine number you can see it's been stamped directly into the cast surface, the engine number plinth hasn't been machined in any way and remains...

Using the information above, it looks like a date code is cast into it then - 23rd Jan '3', so probably 1983..... I don't buy the theory that the '9' is an upside down '6' and it should be 366 - there's no way the person stamping the block would stamp a 6, then at the very next number manage to...

Here we go - got some pictures of the engine today..... Engine number.... And this is what is cast into the RH side of the block... These are the casting marks on the LH side of the engine

It's not a Series 2 engine.... it's IN a Series 2 vehicle, but it's a later engine (possibly a late Series 3?) that's been fitted at some point in history. I'll ask over there anyway to see if anyone has any ideas, but it's more a wider question to the Land Rover cognoscenti to see if anyone has...

I was looking at the engine number on my Series 2a rebuild project earlier and figured I'd look it up out of curiosity..... It's had a later Series 3 diesel engine fitted at some stage. Engine number begins 369***** Consult all my data sources, no such number seems to exist...... Plumb the...

It absolutely is factory and not cobbled together! These are even shown in the parts manual and attributed to vehicles post Suffix-K. The desimenter is designed to take the bigger lumps of crap and water out of the fuel before it gets to the fuel pump, which doesn't have a glass bowl in this...

Aha! That's perfect! Thank you so much - that's exactly what I was looking for. I now understand exactly how it mounts and how it protects the sedimenter, which wasn't clear from the parts diagram. Many thanks - that's a GREAT help :)

I think Suffix K onwards had the sedimenter under the floor, or that's what it looks like from the parts manual. You're right that the earlier versions had a glass bowl fuel pump and a double filter / sedimenter arrangement on the bulkhead.... but I think it was amended for the later cars to...

I'm early into the rebuild of an S2a onto a new chassis, into which I'm fitting a late S3 diesel engine.... I'm trying to route the fuel lines and mount the sedimenter, which I think should be fitted under the drivers floor board..... But what does it fit to? The parts manual shows a sort of...

Perfect! Thank you Wireman - that's exactly what I need! So, in '71 they were still using 'The Rover Co Ltd', that's brilliant - I can now pick up the correctly worded replica. Many thanks for you time and effort providing a photo - much appreciated :)

Any pointers guys? or any photos showing an original bulkhead plate on a Series 3 around '72?