Hi guy's Just got me hands on a series 3 LWB 2.25 petrol with a clutch problem. Here is the symptoms: When you press the pedal it feels like that there is a good spring behind it (not just the return springs) but it does not allow you to engage gear (Nasty crunching noise). If I put the Hi / Low...

Just got me some of them fold up side steps from Padds to put on me 2A, and as far as I can tell I have fitted them correctly but when I fold them up they don't go to vertical. they sort of stop at around 20 degs from vertical. It look like they strike the side panels. Has any one else had this?

You could phone padds and ask them for a service kit, and they will talk you through idenifying you engin.

Hi all I have a lot of condensation when I start my 2a SWB and I think that there maybe a weeping head gasket so I think its head off again and get it skimmed. But I was thinking why do we use water as a coolant?:confused: Could we not fill the radiator with engine oil ? this would...

Me like slippy :D

My wife also uses my best screwdrivers to open and stir paint and I once caught her trying to cut nails with my best electronic engineers side cutters. But we are even now as I washed my boiler suite with her favorite white top (sort of a pale red now).

Thanks guy's I think i should start using it. or lay in a stock of cylinder gaskets.

Hi guys i have a 1964 series 2a 2.25 3 bearing landy and i have just replaced my (Copper ) head gasket and I think I saw something somewhere saying that running old engines on normal unleaded petrol can cause head gaskets to fail. Does anyone know if this is true and if so what is the best way...

Well got the head off today and there is a bit of the head gasket about 15mm wide missing between pots 1 and 2 My questions this time are :- 1. What do you do if you snap off the studs that hold the exhaust pipe on to the manifold? drill + tap or replace manifold? 2. How much gap is...

Ps Anything else i should be looking out for ? and is it best to get the head reconed or is it best to DIY it?

Ta I think you could be right as i have lost compression in pots 1 and 2. O well it will give me somthing to do over x-mass

Ok I took me landy out last week for a little drive and all went well for a couple of miles and then it started to sound like a steam engine. It makes a chuffing noise when I put me foot down so I took off the air filter (K+N) and it is pushing air/petrol mix back through the air intake. It...

Hi Guy's Does anyone know what tires were fitted to a SWB 2a originally? What is a good modern equivalent? Where can you get them and how much to pay for them. Do i need inner tubes? Can i fit wheels and tyres from a Series 3 LWB (My mate has a spare set)? The old girl will be spending 98% of...

Keep the Series

Nothing it's still there, i only eat Landys :D :p

Cool How many does it do to the mile I wonder?

Ps I DON'T suggest drilling holes in your chassis but a hole can usually be found somewhere

Bits of you chassis is box section and if you have welded anything to this you would have burnt off any oil / protection there (it gets hot on both sides you know):) I suspect that everyone will suggest Waxoil. A real messy job

I too would be interested the out come of this thread and all I can say is “Don’t forget the inside of the welded sections where the oil has burnt off” Slippery

Hi all Just a quick hello to you all and to introduce my self. I have had a 2a swb now for 6 months and I have been struggling to get the brakes right until I found a thread “Series 2a brakes locking on” on this site and within 10mins I understood what the fault was (springs in the wrong...