I didn't have locking hubs on mine. Mostly they are aftermarket and often prone to issues or leaking. I never felt as if I needed them. In theory they can offer mpg benefits, but I didn't own the vehicle for mpg. As for what parts. What are you...

@300bhp/ton my inclination is to keep leafs and eventually upgrade to parabolic springs and the appropriate shocks. I keep an open mind in case something just comes along that is clearly better. For parts, I just want to make sure I get what I...

It’s passed its last MOT so still alive Good luck finding it

@300bhp/ton seems I was right to quote you above. Would you mind weighing in on the proper parts, particularly for the front. IIn my case i am jsut making a leafsping defender with a cooler front end. Would it be easier/cheaper to just swap the...

Has to depend on many things. The V8 often sounds like it is revving hard when it isn't. You'd run a 4 pot at the same revs for instance. It is very easy to over gear a vehicle. And how fast do you want to go? I had a 200Tdi S3 88, I did put...

Here is a post i found about this very thing: https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/which-diff-to-upgrade-to.390595/post-5656209 I must have had this idea 10 years ago when I got the 109 because I found a box in my garage from East Coast Gear...

Ultimately there is no single answer here. It will come down to what you want to achieve, what you want to spend and where you are willing to compromise. A brake upgrade is fine, although good order standard brakes should be fine too. A servo...

I am thinking similarly since my 109 is 200tdi powered. The 4.7:1 axles are a bit overkill.

Hi all Wondering if anyone has views on fitting 3.53 diffs to a 109 series that already has an Ashcroft high ratio transfer box fitted to a 3.5v8. I’m planning a super long road trip / expedition and want to be able to cruise at 65 easily for...

you think you're soooo smart :D. I just kinda mushed the whole thing together and I get power to the flashers now. they are just constant instead of blinking. It's a three pronged flasher unit but only two prongs are connected.

On a series 3 the fuse box under the steering wheel is notorious for poor connections.

I am stumped. There is constant 12v at the flasher in and out. I can seem to find the right lead on the stalk switch. After all this work is THIS what I am gonna have to pay someone for?

Ok so far unplugging and plugging it back it didn't fix it, but we all know it is always worth a try. I did get my electric fan to start working by redoing the ground so thats a plus. Getting into the steering column and dash tomorrow. I can...

Check for 12v at the ignition switch.. maybe it's not sending power in the accessory position

I am worried the gages may just be broken. The lights in them still work, but needles aren't going anywhere. I will at least try a hard reset. Can't hurt. The flashers have me a bit more stumped

All my tubes (on the steering column)look good and pass a continuity test. Same for my installed fuses, on the dash. So unless there are fuses someplace else

You jumped in quick before I added the last line lol

I was swapping out a bad battery (i have two) and i had forgotten to to the accessory power off. The wrench sparked once, but otherwise everything went smoothly. However, now my flashers won't come on in any capacity, and the electric tach, and...

720 deg C Max Search web for Bosch VE injection pump article by Peterson well worth a read for some reason annot attach the PDF.

I'm in this camp. If someone is going to break into my car and steal something (around here it would be low-lifes looking for loose change to go toward their next fix), I'd rather they didn't break a window to do it. If I leave something...

"fortunately" this has been such a long project there were never many miles put on the vehicle at all, and it sat for the last 2+. Ot drives (predictably) better than ever now! All new sideframes, floor panels, clutch master and slave, brake...

Here is a story from long ago. In 1983 when the first 110 coil sprung Land Rovers came on the market Land Rover decided to have a 2x4 system option available thinking that many byers would be coming from having Series Land Rovers that had the...

Sorry, it took me so long to catch on. I am rightly embarrassed.

@Grebby man. . . .ok so I KNOW 2-3 years ago when I was driving this I had it in what I thought was 2wd. . .means I must have had the diff locked the whole time. In fact it came to me that way to me, because I know I didn't mess with the TCase. I...

@tottot it is a 1978, but it came with the old NA 2.5 diesel. It is definitely a Frankenbtruck. Thats' why i am happy to bolt it together any way that works. It seems that you and @Grebby are telling me the front hubs should always be locked...

OK I think I had my head wrapped around this. So I have proved my Tcase CAN send power to the rear axle, it just isn't unless the diff is locked, meaning that (since both front wheels are on the ground) something is disconnected in the front...

A normal Lt230 fitted vehicle would never have free wheel hubs fitted. The system being full time 4 wheel drive so there would be no point. The only way it would drive with free wheel hubs not locked is with the center lock engaged, otherwise...

UPDATE: I think my Tcase selector linkage may have been put in wrong/weird. After messing with it a lot, I put it as far back and to the left as it would go. This to me should be High-locked. The rear driveshaft is finally spinning, but when I...

tottot, Thank you for the reply. I am dying over here and the helps means a lot. The vehicle is on the ground in my garage. The only way the vehicle will move is with the front hubs locked. I have tried putting the Tcase is every position i...

OK so first lesson on how the Lt 230 works. It is a permanent four wheel drive system where drive is sent to all four wheels at all times. To allow for different wheel speeds you have the normal differential's in the axles and to allow different...