Recent content by Smithy42

Thanks for the advise, I have revised the post as you suggested. I am still new to the forum, so have only made a handful of posts & it was not my intention to just get "free advertising" as Stanleysteamer mentioned. I am sure there will be more posts to follow once I start to delve deeper into...

Not sure if this is the right place (Please let me know if it's not!) but here goes. I have bought a Disco 1 just for the 300tdi lump & G/box to do a series engine swap. I haven't removed it yet, but was hoping to recover some of the costs by selling off other bits I don't need. The interior is...

Ah right, ok I see. Mmm, so looks like I'm down to the P38 option or electric corsa column. I guess I could hedge my bets & order a new chassis from richards & ask them to include the p38 box mounting plate. Then at least it's there if I want to use it, or if I go the electric route then it...

Sounds more & more like a discovery 1 by what you describe. Regarding the column, could I not just remove the worm drive box and attach a Uj to the end of the column, then couple it up to which ever steering box I use? (I have a small machine shop at home, so am able to fabricate bits n bobs)

Well as you can tell I am still very green when it comes to all this stuff! The Discovery in question is 1997, is this a D2 or D1 ? The chap says it's a D2 but I don't know. Based on the age will it also deffo be a 300tdi? Secondly, I did watch the Steve Parker video & I can see that he does do...

Thanks for the replies guys, but can you tell me why the disco option is no good? (i'm only asking because I've bought one for the engine & it has power steering already) Is it just harder to do than the p38 box, or will it just not fit?

So, I have have recently been brought into the world of all things Landrover & I have a series 3 that I would like to fit power steering to. Option A would be eps from a vauxhall corsa. Option B would be the setup from a disco 2 that I have just bought for the 300tdi lump. Or Option C would be a...

Thanks for all your replies chaps, much appreciated. I too am leaning towards a richards chassis, I understand they are quite flexible with customer requirements. Depending on what decision I make regards the power steering, I might ask them if they could include brackets on the frame before...

Hi everyone, I am a complete landrover novice but have just inherited a new project... It's a 1978 LWB safari top 5 door erm.... landrover. I think i'm right in saying it's a series 3, but so far that's all I know!! As you can imagine I have a million questions, (well maybe not a million, but...