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Happened to me a few weeks back. I blamed it first on the battery (which was bad but not that bad), then on a poor earth strap, and finally on a bum alternator. It was actually a combination but when the alternator died it drew all the power from the battery. The new battery and alternator made...

Cheers, ill be sure to put some on when its going back together!

I ended up getting the bolt out! Threw more heat on it, penetrating oil, a breaker bar and myself and a mate swung off it and it released! Someone in the past had put some gunk to make sure it was hard to get off. Great feeling getting it off though! Onto rebuilding now :)

When you said whack it, should I be using a buffer between the hammer and it or just whack it whatever way? Could I not end up deforming the head of the bolt? Blackburn, even when I had 2 gears selected the layshaft would turn under the force of myself and a mate trying to get the bolt off...

Thanks James, I had the selectors and all that out and it seemed to be the layshaft bolt was the only thing hold it all together since I thought I would just be able to remove it all in one go. Ive reassembled it now and swung off the layshaft bolt with heat to no avail (3rd gear engaged with...

Hi all, Ive decided to put myself up to my neck and ploughed into stripping a spare gearbox down to rebuild and then replace my noisy current one. So far the transfer box was fine to strip and have the new parts on order, however the main box has been causing headaches and i'm running low on...

Id be out there in a blink but sadly my box of gears wouldn't be up for the trip. Hope ye bring yer wellies though!

Cheers, I had figured it was that alright, any idea on the ball bearing and the fragment of coiled wire?

Update on the gearbox. So I finally got around to changing out the oil and I had a few surprises when I took the plug out. Am I basically looking at a new box to solve my issues relating to grinding while deceleration and such?

Cheers for the info lads, I like the idea of adding the rubber washers to the equation The bolts are a mix and gather from the last owners work so i'm thinking a set of stainless bolts would be the way to go. Since ill be taking the box out a fair bit over the next while ill leave out the...

Hi all, So i'm still in the process of tearing down elements of the series 3 and seeing what needs working and the like. I took of the seatbox the other day in prep for some gearbox work. When I took all the rusty bolts out, at the rear there was stuff almost like blu-tac acting as a seal...

Thanks for the replies everyone! Im beginning to think its the synchro thats a bit knackered as I have to be fairly precise with the changes up and patient with the down gearing, although thats part of the challenge and fun I suppose. However, the clicking noise is still something thats beating...

Hi all :) , just posting more questions as i'm still trying to figure out the kinks with my new Landy. There are a number of things that just don't sound right with the gearbox. Firstly, when changing from 4th to 3rd and even 3rd to 2nd there is a low pitch whirring/grating noise when using the...

Your telling me things I didn't even know! There again I'm new to the game. How come people were putting these engines in? I'll have to peek about for the number at the weekend. Thanks for the updates Lads! I'm afraid I'll be asking a fair few questions over the next while!

Cheers guys, am I right in saying there should be a filler and its been taken out? Can't imagine it being an easy way to fill the engine with oil...

Would that not just be putting oil on the rockers rather than into the engine or am I getting something wrong?

Hi all, so ive recently acquired a diesel series III (registered as a 2a but all the bits are III) and want to change oils and such ASAP since I don't know when its been last done etc. However, when looking into the bay the filler for the oil isn't there. Where it's meant to be there is a plate...

I'm from Cork myself so we had the saying 'ah summer, at least the rain will be warmer', thankfully its not so bad here, I should know im out in it everyday!

Funny you should mention that, it's been rainin all day here! Ive myself an '71 88' Diesel pickup thats somewhere between a 2a and a 3. Still trying to figure all the work thats been done to it by the previous 11 owners!