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    Series 3 rebuild

    today was bit of a slow and tricky one but i did get the tub off and the seat box and floors are either out or ready to come out so tommorow the plan is to get the axles out the new chassis is now in the garage and waiting for the axles few pics:
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    Series 3 rebuild

    right well just won this bulkhead which i hope to get galvanised, so that is a big step forward in the project LANDROVER BULKHEAD | eBay
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    Series 3 rebuild

    right well i cracked on with getting it into bits this afternoon and had a very good afternoon some pics: my aim is that tommorow i will have it totally stripped and ready to put the axles...
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    Series 3 rebuild

    all of the parts that ive ordered have turned up now exept for one door hinge which paddocks didnt have in stock so half term is coming up and i have friday off aswell and i will be doing the landy every day that im not working to earn money to spend on the landy, so a lot is going to be...
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    Series 3 rebuild

    i had to take my viscous fan off anyway it wont fit between the series rad either just unscrew the fan from the pulley, even then theres only about 1 inch of room but it does go in ive fitted an electric fan as you said in between the grill and the rad, it almost looks like its supposed to...
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    Series 3 rebuild

    the power isnt massively improved, glenconye says that it gives out about 80-85 bhp which isnt massive but is and improvement on 2.25, its the low down torque, fast starting and good mpg which is the improvement mine gets used mainly on the farm towing so there is a massive improvement with...
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    Series 3 rebuild

    i would love to put the turbo on mine but as im going to be 17 and it being my first car i think it would be totally impossible to insure, unless i lie and say it still has a 2.25 diesel in it, which is probably what ill do anyway but the turbo is a bit more obvious i think somewere my dad has...
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    Series 3 rebuild

    not sure how you do it with the turbo, but minus the turbo was easy, without its turbo you can leave the series rad in, bolt the series engine mounts onto the tdi block, add a few studs to the flywheel housing and drop it in, wasnt actually as hard as i thought it was going to be i used this...
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    Land Rover 110 rebuild

    my dads triumph trophy 650, its his pride and joy other than the other 4 land rovers :)
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    Series 3 rebuild

    i got my series 3 for my 13th birthday after spending years playing with my parents landies. it was totally dead and we had to replace the rings and enjector pump to get it running since then i have dropped a 200di into it which is the best thing ive done to it yet the trouble is being a...
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    Land Rover 110 rebuild

    now theres a thought!!?? :)
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    Britpart springs.

    I bough britpart standard springs for the back of my series 3, that was about 2 years ago and all i really use it for is towing hay around the fields and it gets used for shunting huge trailers and caravans around the yard, they are still sitting like they did when i put them on and the ride was...
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    guess what i found in my fuel tank!!??

    ,well after having my old 2 1/4 and my 200DI in my series 3 and it always coughed and spluttered at random times i finally decided to drain and clean the fuel tank and well cleaning it out obvously a load of gunge was found but it must of been sat for a while at its last owners house because i...
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    Land Rover 110 rebuild

    just a few more photos of the almost finished product its had a clean and some second hand td5 doors now soo ill get some photos when i next can
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    Cooling when off roading....

    i had a rad like that in my series 3 i flushed it several times and after having two engines in it and it still had the same problem i eventually bit the bullet and went for a new one, been perfect ever since!!
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    Land Rover 110 rebuild

    really sorry for the lack of posts but just not had the time to even think about putitng some pics on here having lost the pics of fitting the tub in cyber space ther is a gap in the photos it is now almost done so a lot has happened since my last post a few mods are the heated windscreen...
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    Land Rover 110 rebuild

    finally got some progress on the rust bucket this week so heres a few pictures next job is the gearbox over to the chassis
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    Land Rover 110 rebuild

    sorry for the lack of posts lately you know how it is! anyway finally got to take some pics of the chassis with its rebuilt axles (yes a rolling chassis finally!) front axles with new swivels etc rear salisbury drum brake axle that been converted to discs and with a set of...
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    Anyone have a 200di series 3 ?

    my dad had a 2.5 n/a in his series 3 for a few years i remember him saying that you didnt have to move the engine mount but cut a bracket off and the casing would then still sit on it but it wasnt as tight and i remember him putting a piece of rubber between it to stop it rattling ( it never was...
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    Land Rover 110 rebuild

    finally got some time to take some pics of the chassis totally painted everything we need to get to rolling chassis is now here just need the time to put it all together