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that is one thing tho,my little 88 on leafs,although its an old series 3 witch is old and decrepit,and it handles like crap it is very stable and belive it or not does stick to the road,if not it just slides, and would probably out monuvre a 110 on springs! just saying! :cool:

well thanks for all the replys and feed back, the old girl is abit broken at the moment and does need some tlc,as usual some idiot has had the filler out rather than a welder and bodged the bulkhead up in a few places and has obviously never driven a 90 before as it looks like they have tried...

okay cool, i will do all the above obviously oil change and filters,injector cleaner and give it a good running in! but yes i may have the injectors calibrated and the timing done too! do you run a 2.5 n/a then? if so what sort of mpg do you get and what's it like everyday, im not expecting fast...

Hi all, I have once again gone out and been stupid and brought another land rover,its a lime green 2.5 n/a 90 for 700 squid,witch is quite cheap i thought,and its quite solid too! it had a running problem witch i was told was a bottom end issue,being con rod or crank bearings or worse a cracked...

before you put the cam followers in did you submerse them in oil before you put them in the block as this realy help them to ''bleed'' as such when the oil pressure is built up and they become very quite quite quickly! if you are going to have the inlet manifold back off just take them all out...

I wave sometimes but only if they wave at me first,haha,sound like a child! But its only usually defender and series landys! I did have an odd one the other day when driving my dads p38, i got a wave from a forward control! Odd! But yea most are moody old barstools! Its all part of old landtover...

Hi there craigyb,if you do ever decide you are going to sell your six pot and swap it for a tdi give me a shout as would have your engine for a spare because i do want to keep mine no matter what happens to it! Thanks,tom! :D

it does mean that you cant use the 4wd on the road,but if you are stuck the front axel will slip out and wont cause any issues, i had this in the snow and it was fine, it does also have free wheeling hubs on the front too! The proper fairy ones!

Here for sale is a 1978 series 3 truck cab 2.25 diesel in marine blue ( The paint work isnt amazing but its only on the bonnet and wing tops mainly that its started to flake ), has been used every day for the last year and a half, and has been a reliable old truck! It has only had 2 previous...

hi all, only a quick thread to ask,does anyone know the size of the 300tdi core plug that run along the side of the block? no one seemes to have the size and i dont want to take one out to wait for days to get the right one,so i wanted to find the rite one,i have a 50miller but i dont want to...

yea all the bulbs are okay and all in securely! thankyou for all the input,i did think they would be controlled by something expensive and technical like a bcm! wouldent be simple and have a relay its a p38! i presume the bcm is located under the drivers side footwell or in the dash somewhere...

hi all, i was wondering if anyone could help or shed any light on this probolem im having with these headlights! its a 1995 4.0 p38 rangerover,witch has been standing for a few years, on someones drive way,but we have been using it for a good few months now! i have noticed that the headlights go...

is it dripping off of the throttel butterfly of the side of the pump? as there are two o rings that sit on these shafts inside the casing,and they wear and go flat after a while,witch causes your leak,its an easy fix and just make sure you buy the gasket for the casing,as the origonal will have...

well thankyou very much for all of your input guys,you have actuly helped alot in the way of finding parts,and yes i will be interested in the camshaft when i have some spare cash to hand cj2a,thankyou very much! if i have the change to have it off of you i will get in touch!i have been looking...

hi all, im sure this has been up before but conversation about these engines are about as rear as the engines them selfs! i was just wondering is there anyone who does parts for the rover straight 6 engine,ino john craddock do them,but they are soo expensive,is this becuase the parts are not...

1995 300tdi auto discovery 1,abit of a mix match from new as it has aircon and cruise controll,but its supposed to be a standard spec model! 18 years old with my dad on the policy,fully comp,live in horshem area,8000 limited a year,no mods! 850 a year with one years non claims! and a totaly...

okay,well thanks for the number bump,will try the company first,as i tryed ringing yestarday,but no awnser,so will try this week,but was just wondering weather anyone had herd of this trading name,as they wernt on the internet! thankss for the replys! :D

hi everyone, a few weeks ago i ordered two 50mm core plugs for my streight 6 petrol,and they havent turned up yet,its been a few weeks now,i thought becuase of it being the holidays they may take a little while longer to come,but this is too long now! the company name on the bank statment has...

cheers for all the input and replys guys,i havent had time to look at it yet,ino its terrible,but i have noticed that it wont open atall,i cant pull the latch up or anything,is this another probolem? the reason i ask is,its failed to open a few times before and then it was fine,and now its just...

okie dokie,cheers guy much appriciated,when i get a spare 5 mins,i will whip the door card off and have a look at it,hopefully just the spring! :D thanks guys.much appriciated! tom!