Not posted for a while because everythings been running brilliantly, (I even took it on 150 mile round trip :eek: ). However, the radiator has decided it wants to be a water feature and has developed a hole about halfway up in the front of the cooling fins, giving the impression of that peeing...

Hi all, this is a question about suitable paint for my series 3. I mentioned to somebody the other day that I was thinking of hand painting it and he turned around and said that I would have to use special paint. He seemed to think that some paints have a chemical reaction with the aluminium...

I've had my series 3 for about 6 months now and have done all sorts of mechanical things to it that I didn't think I could possibly do. 4 days ago my mondeo TDCI developed some sort of fuelling problem, spookily at the same time as my Landy. (I was full of conspiracy theories etc.). The...

Thought I'd try a bit of river crossing today. Jumped out, checked the depth before I went in and it came about 2/3rds of the way up the tyre, so I thought it would be ok. Drove in slowly and got halfway through what in effect was a swollen brook, and it stopped. The water was deep enough to...

As a result of the MOT failure, (cracked off side spring), I've got to replace the rear springs on my SWB 3 series. A few questions: - Any tips? Do the new springs come with bushes already fitted? Is it worth buying all new shackle bolts, U-bolts etc? Cheers T.

Hello, would anyone know why the oil pressure light comes on when I brake in my 1974 series 3? The oil level's fine and it only comes on for a few seconds. A friend who's Dad's an expert in old landies reckons that it's a sludged up oil filter. Has anyone had the same problem. (It's having a...

Hi, just bought an old series 3 and looked around a few forums and plumped for this one. I'm sure there'll be many questions in the future, but for now - hello;) T.