Recent content by rms

Ah, if you've taken all the play out of your steering box, is it possible it's a little tight? Tight steering is as bad as sloppy steering as the steering won't self-centre so you're always having to correct it! We bought an 88", fully restored with all new steering and fresh MOT - the...

Ideally, to check the steering you'll need a helper. If the helper swings the wheel from side to side repeatedly, just enough to start turning the wheels while they are on the ground, you can check for movement. Common problems are the steering arm on the steering box loose or the steering box...

I picked up an S2 LWB chassis from Richards earlier this week - they told me they had about 100 orders on the books, so I'm sure they will still be making Series chassis for the foreseeable future :)

According to the green bible (workshop manual), these are the recommendations for temperature ranges: -20 to +30 = 10W/40 or 10W50 -10 to +30 = 15W40 or 15W50 0 to +30 = 20W40 or 20W50 HTH, Robin.

Dormobile still produce roofs for Series (and 110) Land Rovers. I talked to them a couple of weeks ago at an Overland show where we (LRCC) were exhibiting and they were quoting around £2,200 for a DIY fitted roof and around £3,000 fully fitted. Cheers, Robin.

While not wanting to drag folk away from here, there is a forum dedicated to LR Classic Campers which you might find useful :) The forum is here: Land Rover Classic Campers Cheers, Robin.

Ah yes, that's me :) I was a member on here before but can't remember my original logon details, hence my low post count :p You're welcome to pop along to our forum at Land Rover Classic Campers and join there. We've got quite a few Carawagons in the forum, and as Pete said, I've...