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    Series 3 Diesel Starting Issues

    Greetings I have a 1983 Series 3 diesel. It hasn't been used very much in the last 9 months and I am in the process of carrying out a mini restoration. I am having issues starting it. Battery is a healthy 12.5V Glow pugs were tested and were found to all be faulty (Can they all go at...
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    Valves/tubes question

    Good afternoon. Went down to local garage to get my 205/80 Insa Turbos fitted to my freshly refurbished series steel wheels. I didn't have valves in wheels as the previous garage who removed them and binned them after they took the tyres off. They also ditched the inner tubes as they...
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    Discovery Steel Wheel

    Land Rover DIscovery Steel Wheel This was taken off my 1984 Land Rover Series 3 88in. Its been painted Land Rover Limestone at some point and it has faded a little. Its straight apart from a very sluight ding (see photo), but it really is tiny and not worth worrying about. When I was using...
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    Discovery Steel Wheel with Bridgestone AT Tyre (9mm tread)

    Land Rover Discovery Mk1 Steel Wheel fitted with a Bridgestone AT (All Terrain) tyre I've have just taken this off my 1984 Land Rover Series 3 88in. The tyre is a 225/75/16 and is in very good condition. It has approximatly 9 to 10mm of tread left. I'm sure you all know that Bridgestone AT...
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    Are theese 88 or 109 wheels?

    My series is currently fitted with Disco steel wheels , but came with a spare set of the original steel wheels, which I am hoping to fit with new tyres soon :) However, I recently went to an auto jumble to buy a spare LR wheel and I literally wasn't sure if my wheels were the standard 88...
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    New (for me) 1983 Series 3

    Afternoon! On friday, I picked up my first ever Land Rover. I've wanted a Land Rover for over 20 years. This one is a 1983 diesel and its got Fairy Overdrive and disco steel wheels running BFG ATs and thats it for the optional extras. It also came with the original steel wheels and tyres too...
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    Hello

    Evening all :) Been hanging round on the forums for about a month. Just sold my 2002 Mini Cooper S and looking to buy a 95 Land Rover Discovery 300TDI or 90 onwards Defender 90 200TDI Haven't quite decided what to get yet. Seen one disco, but going to look at two more on Friday and a...