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Hi, Have you actually been offered £450 for your plates, or have you been told that they are WORTH £450, and they will sell them for you? I'm pretty sure that you can sell your plates AND get a 1963 reg number. In fact DVLA SO NOT WANT your truck to have plates that make it look newer than...

Hi, Four nuts tucked away inside the front U/J. My method is to drop rear end of prop, let it dangle. This opens up the top of the front U/J, so you can access with a 3/8" drive 9/19"AF socket ..... after you have turned prop to optimum position, and set the hand brake. Its probably best...

Hi, I am advised that a Salisbury axle is bloody heavy. 602

Hi, Disc brakes? Yes, I have them on my 1960 S2. Easily? Probably ..... but expensive. I don't even have a servo, even though I'm told it is necessary. 602

Hi, Drain all the old oil out. Use jack to tilt truck towards one side. Remove halfshaft (5 bolts ... or is it 6?) Expect oil to drip/pour from bearing as you break the gasket seal. You don't even have to remove the wheel, but its a cleaner job if you do. I think front diff has...

Hi, Remove hub complete with drum. Support drum on two bits of wood, protect hub with another bit of wood, then hit it with lump hammer. Hammer much more effective when travelling in same direction as gravity. Alternatively, play a big gas blow-lamp over face of brake drum, occasional...

Hi, My 1965 LWB Safari had rock hard suspension ... it literally felt like my skull was being hammered down my spine, serious pain after a long drive on tarmac. I suspect that what was really needed was a set of new springs. Brand new springs are reputed to be neary as good as parabolics...

Hi, Increase length of spring, and shackles will swivel back. That means the bottom sring eye will go UP, and end of spring will rub on chassis. So fit longer shackles? rear of spring will go down, increase the castor angle, so make steering heavier .... truck will demand to go in straight...

Hi, I think Steve Parker Land Rovers (Google) does special exhausts. Look in you free-advertiser, you should find somebody who will make you a complete exhaust ..... drive in - drive out. If you have a turbo, you do not actually NEED a silencer. I have a S2TD with about 6ft of pipe...

Hi, If it ain't broke, don't fix it ...... until it breaks. Just run on unleaded petrol, don't use additives. Save what you would spend on those, keep it in a tin under your bed. Your engine might last for years, but if valves fail they will do it gradually. I fitted a knackered engine...

Hi, I don't understand you. Door bottoms rusted out along the top? They usually rust along bottom. I assume you have spit window frame (aka door tops) from the doors. Bottom of frames usually rust too. Many people fix a patch to inside of bottom of frame. This is a waste of time. The...

Hi, I have run Series rims without tubes, didn't have any problems. Ignorance is bliss? But once you know you shouldn't ............ If you must do it, think about a smear of Waxoyl to seal any pinholes? The advantage of tubes is that you can fix your own punctures at the roadside (or side...

Hi, £20 per rim .... hurts just a little. But when you realise that you then don't have to buy tubes ......... How much are tubes nowadays? 602

Hi sean, I stand corrected. I can't remember ever pulling a gearbox off a S3, but I've read that this is a commom problem on Dicos (Defenders too?). But if it can't happen, then the symptoms I described can't happen either. There was a similar problem recently mentioned on the S2 Club...

Hi, Your tyres were not designed for tubes ....... but your wheels are .... I think. Tubeless tyres are designed NOT to be used with tubes. The inside of the carcase has diagonal ridges that are reputed to cut their way into the tube. Me? I drive tubeless tyres with tubes, never had a...

Hi, Just in case ......... pull yellow knob right back, try driving. If it drives NOW, its because the transfer box was in neutral. Red face, but you are not the first. Just make sure that you push the yellow knob right forward. HARD. 602

Hi, Sent you a PM. What exactly is your problem? Pedal goes down, clutch doesn't release? Sticky plate? Easy to fix. Pedal goes down, but feels soft, clutch doesn't release enough? Various reasons, need to know more. Grab pedal, pull back. Did it move? Does pedal feel better NEXT...

Hi, I can't understand how a stop lamp can be too bright. ???? The bulb should be a double filament 6W + 21W. It should be impossible to get more than 21W out of a 21W bulb. Or should it? If the bulb is close to blowing, might it shine a little brighter? Also, at some point in history...

Hi, I understand that the axle is the weak point with a V8, and the gearbox is weak point with a TDi. Both caused by vibration, but different. I have a broken lay shaft behind my S2TD, and this seems to be not uncommon. The answer seems to be about £1000 of Ashcroft's finest. But not this...

Hi, Did you fit (did you know) that Land Rover fitted a stronger spring on rear of driver's side? Even then, the driver's side will eventually sag. Look at the swinging shackles on rear springs. They should both be at about 45 degrees. If the saggy side is flatter than the other side...