1. newlad

    2a battery eating my landy!!!

    i dont mean to sound dum, but how and between what?
  2. newlad

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    started bleeding the breaks tonight, bought a cheap one man bleed kit off ebay, £4.00, bargain, actually really good, didnt finish due to a dam leaking cylinder
  3. newlad

    2a battery eating my landy!!!

    i poured the hot water on and it vanished, amazing!! but didnt have time to treat properly, just curious, what could have caused it?
  4. newlad

    Mayflower/fairey, PTO, drum winch

    thanks for the advice, it was my plan to put rangie diffs on my landie but, on another thread i was told that my standard 2.25 diesel would struggle to turn the wheels with them in, could this be true? i would love nothing more than to keep my 'power house' of a winch, its nice when you see a...
  5. newlad

    2a battery eating my landy!!!

    cheers all, i'll let you know if it persists
  6. newlad

    Simple hub question...

    not sure really, wasn't expensive though, lrseries.com more than likely, probably available on paddock or famous four.
  7. newlad

    2a battery eating my landy!!!

    hi, dont think this is a general series problem but as i have one then its going in here!!! recently around my battery area is starting to corrode! not really anything on the terminals but the paint has stripped off the battery housing and as this gungky stuff has run down the side of the rad...
  8. newlad

    Simple hub question...

    yea, 'hub nut spanner' ordered mine with the swivel kit, dont over tighten the first hub nut when putting back together, the bearings need to move freely, the washer and second nut keep things together.
  9. newlad

    Newb Says Hi

    :welcome:
  10. newlad

    parabolics or pair of bollocks

    completely agree with all the above, especially the GB springsbit, you'll be needing extended brake hoses to, massive difference, i'm very pleased, good fun changing them over to. :D
  11. newlad

    Hello from Tipperary

    :welcome2: so, what ya driving?
  12. newlad

    Mayflower/fairey, PTO, drum winch

    seriously thinking of letting the winch go for an overdrive, anyone interested in a deal or buying, let me know!
  13. newlad

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    put new flanges on the rear halfshafts, new nuts and bolts on rear prop shaft, new drain plug on rear axle and re-filled with the oil that arrived today, also put new copper washer on gearbox drain plug, was really looking forward to running her tonight but my dam brake fluid aint arrived :mad...
  14. newlad

    What brake fluid for a '71 series 3 109?

    cheers for that, so if 3 and 4 can be combined, what is the difference between them? as i've drained my series 2a of fluid and dont currently have any, should it be dot 3 or 4?
  15. newlad

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    as the landy is off the road for now, stripped down the hub etc to sort a leak, then drained the brake fluid and repaired a weeping brake pipe, as its empty of fluid now, any recomendations for re-filling? series 2a diesel
  16. newlad

    What brake fluid for a '71 series 3 109?

    hi all, i have a 1971 2a swb, any difference regarding 'dot' to the 109? just out of curiosity, whats the relivance of the different dots? thickness? cheers
  17. newlad

    diff wows???

    :hysterically_laughi i like it! . . . and deserve it!
  18. newlad

    diff wows???

    hello all, was just wondering, do the diff nuts or hub bolts need to be set at a talk setting? if so what? thanks
  19. newlad

    GB Springs Parabolix

    i did a massive amount of research when looking into buying para's, and into weather or not it should be para's, (but thats a new discusion!) i found alot of negative comments about lots of companys and this probably helps to tarnish the para's reliability and practicality, (especially with the...
  20. newlad

    GB Springs Parabolix

    mine set me back £240 at the start of this year, that was delivered with the 'U' bolts and including VAT.:D good buy