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You need a volt meter across the battery With the engine running What your looking for is ; 13.8 - 14.2 volt is perfect charge rate 13.5 - 13.8 volt is except able charge rate 13.0 - 13.5 volt is putting out enough charge to keep everything going but not really enough to recharge battery...

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£800 for welding don't go that far to be Honist It's always hard to quote becouse you never know where it will end unroll your Finished I would say with that suze quote probally 3 days work for a skilled guy but it does depend On what they charge an hour

I know landys are surposed to be easy to work on and anybody can do them but you do still need some mechanical knolage (how ever it's spelt) so as to understand the systems and how things work

Yeah same here I fitted a full kit shoes, cylinders springs and adjusters and had a hell of a job getting enoug adjustment on them to ballencd them out right

Take out the spark plugs and try to turn it over BY HAND ONLY Like frantic said it depends how long it's been in there. If it turns over ok then drain the oil to see if there's any water in the sump. Refill with oil and turn it over on the starter still with no spark plugs do this for about a...

A part striped project Is only worth what people are willing to pay for it. To be Honist I wouldn't pay more than about £500 for something I can't drive away and striped down. You would be better off putting back together the front end and atleast people can see it complete

Screwdriver on the flywheel is the worst way to turn an engine over Always turn it from the crack pully You did turn it the correct direction of rotation ? Might have slipped something on the belt if you went backwards

Don't scrimp on the shoes though. Get the good quality ones. I got the ****part ones and with ****part adjusters and they are crap. Already on almost max adjustment so get genuine or atleast a good brand

If its at max adjustment and not binding then you got nothing left to adjust into later so something will need changing anyway. I would measure the drums first though before you change them as it takes a lot to wear a drum out

Are the shoe springs on the correct position ? They should be pulling shoe to back plate not shoe to shoe. That's what was wrong with mine once when I rebuilt it. Either that or are they adjusted up tight enough

Isn't the gasket a cork type ? Just use a little grease on it

To be Honist I see this as a bad thing Some people are gonna put some right old weeks back on the road that really shouldn't be there The mot is to make sure your vehicle is in a road worthy condition and therefore safe to be on the road

I take it you mean the bulkhead pillor It's been a while but I seem to remember they not to hard Welding is all about perpetration. If all the surfaces are nice and clean and meet together well then the fitting and welding part is easy If you chop out the old one and just stuff the new part in...

Most older pumps needs priming Best bet is just play it safe and prime it