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:eek: just spent the afternoon on the hard shoulder of the M8, wife's P38 - burning oil smell, sluggish/misbehaving gearbox. Pulled up and waved the 'subaru cloud' of oil smoke out the way - sure enough a fair amount of oil coming from in front of the transfer/gearbox, can't see exactly where...

Help! my coil's knackered and I need the 109 tomorrow for work. Has anyone got a good one in Lothian/Fife/Borders they would be happy to swap for beer, wine, spondoolax? Failing that - do you suppose a coil from a Triumph 2000 might (6 cyl 2.0lt)? I don't see why not - all BL at the end...

The ongoing saga of the EAS. I eventually got time to plug in the new cable and hook it up to the laptop. Just to recap - EAS went into soft fault then hard fault. I replaced the block seals and the compressor seals and piston seals. Here's what happened - Plug in serial cable into...

My business is currently engaged in delivering a project at a site 250 miles from our base. due to a comedy of errors and the recent closure of the DVLA office in Edinburgh our recently purchased Discovery is off the road until a new V5 arrives (estimated 6 weeks) thanks Cameron, great idea...

evening all, have now rebuilt Mrs's valve block and compressor (the piston seal was borked). I've got Datatek's cable and software however, I am missing 2 important parts, namely the 6mm collets that hold the wider pipes into the valve block. The other, brass ones, are all in good condition but...

Morning, I'm trying to find a source for original tyres for a '74 Series 3. Keen to keep this one as original as possible. can anyone let me know the type, where it can be picked up or if there is a modern equivalent The other trucks all have modern sized ATs on them but the new 109 is...

Following the death of one of our vans we are replacing it with a van bodied series 3 109 in fabulous honest condition, just had a reconned b series petrol fitted and extensive sympathetic restoration work. Even has a recent electric winch fitted to front, work lamps at back, the fairey...

Can anyone help, I need to find a business within 100 miles of Edinburgh who could sell me a rear prop shaft for the Series III. (you may have seen my post about losing on of the Edinburgh bypass yesterday) We urgently need to get one of our diesel vehicles on the road as we can't take...

Arrgh, A720 this morning, horrible noise from under the car followed by a bang and a clang and the rear propeller shaft is seen bouncing down the road behind the car. RAC picked us up - it has sheared at both UJ joints and judging by the damage something has siezed somewhere - transfer box or...

AAAArrrghhh! This is what happens when you let someone else drive your pride and joy! I had to let one of my employees use the Series III last week, anyway I got in to drive it today and the feckin overdrive lever is bent by 20 degrees and is swinging around... I can only assume that he...

Never seen one of these before - a flat tyre on a series! so I will have to try and remove the spare from the bonnet (been on at least 10 years I think) very daft question - where should I jack? The bottle one I have I doubt will reach the chassis - should I mount it under the hub/leaf...

good morning, We have a P38 2002 4.0 on LPG. It has the original suspension. Last week the suspension developed a 'soft' fault. The car was down south with an employee. Last night driving the 250 miles back to Edinburgh a 'hard' fault manifested and it took Phil 9 hours to drive that distance...

Hi all , We have a very late P38 4.0 on lpg until very recently all was fine but dreaded air suspension issue has hit, basically back of car on its stops. Front is ok...all suspension lights lit up like an Xmas tree. I'm pretty mechanical and also no stranger to obd and laptop mechanics. Now...

Well, starting issues are now a thing of the past. This weekend I fitted a new alternator, new starter motor (one of the smaller defender ones that earths through the flange), new earth cables, extra earth cables (chassis to slam panel to engine block). Went over all earthing points - took them...

Well I've had a good old look into the starting shenannigans on the '79 diesel 88. issues - earth cables - not enough of them and new main earth isn't sufficient battery - too lightweight fan belt - too old starter motor - not in good shape alternator - bearings on the way out fuel...

Morning, I'm having fun and games with the '79 Series III we recently picked up. Specifically cold start problems. I'm not a total stranger to old fashioned diesel systems as we have a '57 IH B250 Tractor. But I thought I would check for any 'usual suspects' specific to the 2.5 diesel engine...

Hello all, I'm Richard and I have Compulsive Heap Buying Syndrome. (You know you have this if you have ever bought a car from an auction site on a Saturday night after too much to drink. There is no cure and the condition is desperate. I am a chronic sufferer!) Anyway, I decided to admit to...