Recent content by TheMegaMan

It's ironic. The low compression nature of the Landy engine is such that you can run it on almost any octane rating petrol...but it looks like I'm going to need to fill it with 'Super' in the future, as I definitely don't use mine enough for it to be safe leaving it with E10 in the tank. :(

Well, it seems I'm no expert, either! I've just been out and looked at mine, and you're quite correct that the brake servo pipe connects to the manifold directly. But the rocker cover breather on mine only goes to the elbow on the air inlet to the carb. I do have the carb adapter that the...

Connecting the pipe to the breather on the rocker cover makes sense if the port on the carb is *before* the throttle butterfly. The purpose of this would be to feed any surplus pressure/fumes from the rocker cover back into the inlet air stream to burn it rather than having to clean it up in any...

When I was rebuilding my series 3, I used to mostly use LR Direct (https://www.lrdirect.com/). They were competitive on price, and if you search for a particular part number, the web site was very clear which manufacturer the options were from, relative pricing and availability/lead time. I...

How about something like one of these? https://uk.banggood.com/IMars-Enusic-CJ720-Global-Version-Relay-GPS-Tracker-Real-Time-GSM-Locator-Anti-theft-Cut-off-Fuel-Power-System-Function-p-1651561.html

Yeah, sorry...my typo. I knew I shouldn't have been trying to post it so late last night! I meant to type 'CKD' (complete knock down), not CDK. Sorry for the confusion. The Heritage Trust tell me there are no surviving records for any of the CKDs. Adam

I've been reading this thread with interest, as my Landy is just about there...and tax due at the end of the month. So...time to same some money! Or so I thought... This is disappointing. My Landy was first registered on 1st October 1981, so it's now over 40 years old. But this '1st April'...

Looks to me like they are for coil springs. Is it possible the axle came from a Defender?

If you're getting a spark from the coil output, then you must have the coil wired such that it's producing a spark, and the dizzy 'points' (or electronic equivalent) are working correctly. I'd suggest the rotor arm is well worth replacing (cheap and easy), with the cap next on the list. the...

I have on mine (basic for hydraulic systems), but as the cylinder is horizontal and the nipple port is below the upper edge of the cylinder, there's still the possibility for a bubble to remain at the top and can't be flushed out if the piston doesn't push back far enough.

When I was trying to bleed my clutch, I came to the conclusion that the problem was that the slave cylinder piston wasn't retracting fully, and due to the design of the slave cylinder the result was that a bubble remained in the cylinder that could never be flushed out. I removed the slave...

Difficult to tell from here, but if you go with option 1, isn't the pulley going to press on the alternator fan, bending the blades? And/or the belt interfere with the fan blades. Option 2 should ensure the pulley only presses on the centre of the fan, and also spaces the pulley out so the belt...

Are you sure the clutch is *really* centred? How did you do it? When I was doing mine, I used a clutch centering tool and thought it was OK, but couldn't get it together. I ended up taking it apart, slackening off the clutch housing bolts until the clutch plate was just about held in place but...

I stand corrected. Although 'If a road test is not necessary, you should only reject a speedometer if it’s clearly not working.' is rather vague, and my tester has obviously decided it wasn't clear enough! :) I was told as long as they can get an odometer reading, they were happy. Although that...

A working speeds is not an MoT requirement. The tester needs to get a mileage figure from somewhere, but the speedo itself isn't part of the test.