Recent content by Ben O

Thanks! I'll spin some new discs off on the lathe tomorrow.

Does anyone know if the chassis (series 3 SWB) spring hanger holes are supposed to be off centre? Mine have become oversized and oval, so I was going to cut off the 'discs' welded either side of the hanger and weld on new ones with newly drilled holes. Problem is of the 4 hangers, 3 of them have...

It's been a busy few days in the garage. I've come down with a cold though which has slightly slowed progress. Firstly I got the tub off by lifting it slightly to slide a length of timber underneath then sliding it backwards until I could tip it off onto the back face. Pretty much the same way I...

The hole was where the LPG (gas) cylinder was mounted, they had it so you could access the valve etc from the cab. A bit rough for me, I'll end up patching over it. All hard tops in NZ have the side windows, we don't have any van bodies at all. Safari/station wagons have the sliding type, all...

I spent a few hours in the garage after work and managed to remove both the bulkhead and the fuel tank. The latter was 3/4 full of rusty water, I guess 20 odd years outside with no fuel cap will do that.. It is full of pin holes so I've decided to throw it out, and will find either a good 2nd...

Thanks, Yeah I'm guessing 15 to 20 years it's been parked up, going by bits and pieces I found in the dash. Yep the bulkhead is toast, but I have a spare thats in good nick, it just needs the lower centre panel transplanted from the one on the landy. ( check out benslandrover.blogspot.co.nz to...

I've got a 73' SWB that i'm stripping right back to the chassis to repair and rebuild the whole landy. It's pretty rough and needs a lot of work but I'm up for the challenge. It has the original 2.25 petrol but it doesn't look to have run for a very long time and will be replaced. I'll do...

Hi I'm Ben, from Christchurch New Zealand. I've recently picked up a 73 series 3 SWB, which I've started stripping down for a full rebuild. You can see my progress at benslandrover.blogspot.co.nz My last land rover was a 69 2A Lwb which me and My dad fixed up and got running and on the road...