Recent content by Blackotter

I was interested in an anvil until I found out worn out ones, beyond refurbishment, were selling for over £100! Seems they are a fashionable garden ornament so sell for silly money.

A well maintained series Land Rover avoids all these annoying problems!

Be very careful of horses. yesterday a friend of mine was following two Police horses in heavy London traffic, that had been on football crowd control duties. The lead horse of the two was very agitated and reared up forcing the following horse to go backwards and trip over the front of my...

When the CRR first entered series as a motorway patrol and pursuit vehicle driven by top class Police drivers quite a number got turned over. The suspension was deemed too soft. Possibly where the term " boingee" originated.

It all depends on the standard to which you maintain your vehicle. If you keep it in tip top condition you need little more than you do for a modern Eurobox (ie bits a local motor factor never has on the shelf that are likely to fail without warning). If you only maintain that which breaks and...

Are any of the rims still available? If so what is the part number and description stamped into the face please?

Following my thread on power steering for a series 3. I decided to research Sean's suggestion of electric power steering. Amongst other possibilities it seems TRW make an integrated electric powered hydraulic system (EPHS) suitable for light commercial and above use. As this system does not use...

Because of my plans to rebuild my 1972 Series 3 109 and the helpful response of members to my query about fitting power steering, I obtained the latest Guidelines from DVLA (INF26) about the registration of rebuilt or radically altered vehicles. It became apparent that the Guidelines have...

Thanks guys for your helpful comments. When I raised this issue, I thought it would be a straight forward matter but, clearly it isn't! I have been in touch with DVLA regarding the interpretation of the Guidelines in NIF26 - for registration of a rebuild etc. Their repsonse leads to another...

I am planning to rebuild my 1972 Series 3 109 on a galvanised chassis. At the same time, I would like to incorporate power steering. I gather the reason it cannot be retr0-fitted to a Series 3 chassis is that the front cross member is too far back. Has anyone done this before and knows how...