Recent content by ferox

Thanks for all your replies, the fact is I am being nagged to sell it so that the dosh can go towards getting another car. Knowing that it isn't worth as much as the wife expected takes a bit of that immediate pressure off. The plan has always been to at least get it back to roadworthy and up...

Hi folks, I have a Series 3 109 which I am going to have to be forced to sell due to economic (and marital) reasons, which is going to break my heart but needs must. My problem is that I haven't the faintest idea of what it may be worth and how much to ask for it, and I am hoping that some of...

Thanks for the welcome folks! Difflock66, I thought as much, just curious because the way the lamp is wired in suggests that it, and by implication the whole instrument cluster, is original but it can't be if the original engine was petrol. Anyway it all works now. Incidentally I replaced the...

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll try those suggestions when I get time.

Thanks for the replies folks, that is a great thread Blue Beasty. I have just jacked up the nearside front wheel and found that it freewheels in transfer high, and locks in transfer neutral and low. I take this to mean that the 4WD is engaging only in low as it is supposed to do, the only...

Hi, thanks for the reply. I have now posted a new thread on the 4WD problem in the appropriate section of the forum. I bypassed the open-circuit glowplug just to check the operation of the others and the engine started from stone cold more or less immediately instead of the 10-20 seconds it...

The 4WD selector on my series 3 doesn't work, it can be pushed down and lifted up without having to select low transfer, added to which there isn't a spring on the lever. Being a completely green LR newby, like a proper tw*t I have just bought the vehicle unaware that the lever shouldn't...

Hi all, After about a year of avidly studying classified ads I've finally bitten the bullet and bought myself a Series 3 109 diesel. Never having driven a Landy ever, the 100 mile journey home including driving through 2 cities was a hair raising experience but amazing fun, including a stop...