Thanks Charlsey .... Will try it ........ I may be gone some time!

Thanks but have done that. You can twist it every whichway and still get 12v reading BUt as soon as it meets other metal ( ie solenoid spade) output drops to zero

Can anyone explain this? The white wire from the ignition reads 12volts BUT as soon as you put it on the solenoid spade NOTHING! Also when the wire reads 12 v and you dab the bare end on metal...nothing! WHY? whats happening to the power? What is causing this drop to zero volts? HELP!

Thanks ... will consider whether its worth the risk! Caustic soda can take your eye out at twenty yards!

Hi Question...is it okay to back wash a S3 heater matrix to try and clean it out? Or is there a more cunning way?

Thanks. Hav now fiished the patching and only holes now are the ones in me overalls! Welding underneath is a bugger!

Sean thanks for that. I shall stick to my stick welder :) !

I need to get some mild steel formed up to patch me S111 chassis. What guage was the original chassis metal? Also as I am going to be using an old stick welder what setting would people recommend?

Thanks guys....problem now solved the ex owner rolled up this morning with a fistful of paper "you might want these" Only handed over its whole military history!!!!!!!! Wot a div!

I shall wait ...pay out £25! Currently the whole vehicle worth less than that:)

A Merlin report? Thats a new one on me! What is it ?

Thanks I have used Gaydon for my 1954 S1 you don't get a lot for £20!

Okay data plate infor as follows: Top of plate reads "Truck Utility CL 1/2 ton 4x4 W/Trailer attachments Rover Series 3 (P) Chassis No 90139266A Vehicle No 07GN39 Cont No WV 8765R 2993 Code No 1621.0778 Can anyone decipher all that?

Thanks for the link...are you suggesting they may be a little anoracky :)

Davec thanks for replying Will check tomorrow and let you kow. There is a plate at floor level on the drivers side but no maintainance dates stamped on it. It also has the oil cooler fitted in front of the rad. As it is right hand drive I reckon its of British origin. It has a truck cab now...

Currently messing about with a friends ex military Series 3. We think it came back to Britain in the 1990s from somewhere in N Africa. It was painted white and looked a bit IFOR like. Unlike the earlier landies the serial numbers don't give a build date....Anyone know how to discover the...

Thanks for the info... just to wander off topic as well :) I bet we all liked Monty's crew cab. Tried to convince the missus one would be great buy!!

Currently working on a tatty ex military S3 for a mate. It came into civvy street in the 1990s and he has been told he it is NOT eligible as a tax exempt vehicle as it was first registered in 1990s. But I thought it was the build date that counted.............. What is the real sp on this?

Be nice to see the pics ..... re insurance try Footman James they cover classics.

very tasty!