Cheers for the quick reply. Admittedly I am a bit lazy with the routine stuff... fair point. The burning smell I can understand but would the binding handbrake cause the rattling too?

Hi everyone, I took my S3 lightweight for a longer than usual drive at the weekend and on the way home I started finding that there was a weird clunky noise when I changed gear, and I could also feel it rattling up through the gearstick. Around the same time I started getting a bit of a burning...

Did you ever treat it with anything? My current tilt is rotten too (4 years of sitting outside covered in leaves, compost forming on it etc) but I scrubbed it down and gave it a coat or two of fabsil and it's mostly waterproof again. There are just a few bits where it's worn so thin that you...

Cheers JMartin, sounds promising. I do some work for an upholsterer too so any basic repairs won't be a problem. Here's a link to the Paddock page, and a link to what Britpart have to say. 331113AG | 88in Full length khaki hood with windows Latest Products - Britpart - The Quality Parts for...

Hi everyone, I'm shopping round for a new tilt for my lightweight, and found that Paddock have them in stock for around £100 less than other places (which all seem to have Exmoor trim ones). I just rang Paddock up and the guy said are made by Britpart, which obviously sent a shudder down my...

Hate to resurrect an old post but I've only just got round to getting the starter motor off. So I take it the bendix gear is basically the cog attached to a spring that slides up and down the shaft. The cog was sticking at one end so I cleaned it up and put some new grease on it so now it slides...

(although I may well be back for more...)

Ok well that sounds like a unanimous verdict, cheers for your help everybody.

Cheers for the quick reply mate, yes it is petrol. Do you mean as in turning it over with with the crank handle?

Hi everyone, just found out my s3 won't start, having been sitting for a week or two. It sounds like the starter motor is turning ok, and just not engaging the engine. As usual the haynes manual offers me a simple solution, but doesn't explain anything in detail. It says something about ensuring...

Ok thanks guys. Haven't looked at anything yet because the electrical side of landies is a bit of a grey area for me, thought I'd just ask on here first. Thanks for your help, I'll go out and have a look if it ever stops raining...

Hi all, someone's just pointed out that the brake lights on my S3 lightweight have stopped working, so ruling out faulty bulbs I'm guessing I should first have a look at the brake light switch. It's one of those things that they missed out of the Hayne's manual... Can someone tell me where to...

Ok cheers. It's still at the garage at the mo so I'll have to wait a couple of days before I can have a look. I'll let you know how I get on.

Ok thanks for that. I don't know much about gearboxes etc so this'll be a bit of a learning curve... Is it easy to access? Do you go from above or below?

Also meant to mention that was the first time the landy's driven more than twenty metres in about four years, so I'm wondering if a decent drive has made something in the gearbox give up the ghost

Hi everyone, the other day I was taking my s3 for its MOT, and I took a little detour just for fun. Eventually i had to turn around, but after being in reverse it suddenly refused to go into any forward gears. It was only after ten minutes of persistance, with rain dripping through the soft top...

Actually just remembered they wouldn't have the fittings for the oil and main beam lights etc anyway so not a lot of point. Sorry, forget I said anything...

Hi everyone, I really need a new speedo for my s3, and I've found a place near me that has several good value defender speedos for sale. Does anyone know if the cable fittings are the same, and also whether there's any chance of it fitting the dash panel of my s3? Cheers.

Thanks Barleywine, that video is brilliant. Mystery solved!

Yeah that did the trick, obviously nothing wrong, I'm just being a bit simple... Cheers.