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    Ey up!

    Ey up Matt from another Matt, Yorkshire anarol, that looks like a reyt expensive beast that doesn't dare see a bit of muck to make a bit of brass, grand all the same
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    Honeymoon period

    and?? 20 years or not i would expect it to last more than 5 days before the can of crazy starts to show i doubt peanuts were paid,
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    Honeymoon period

    not a great advert for craddocks, looks grand though
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    The new defender!

    i think the 90 looks good the 110 looks horrific, like the commercials, look forward to see how they pull/drive. i know the new ford rangers are a croc of **** compared to the older models - we have one now a brand spanker as well as a 58 and a 55 plate. may be its how everything is these days...
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    Series 2 Free wheeling hubs. Potential daft question

    i leave mine engaged all the time, ready for use if needed (rarely) they say it keeps things moving and oiled ,unless you engaged 4x4 by pushing down on the yellow knob then you can jest drive on in 2 legger mode
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    my series of landrovers

    that's just greedy, or self abuse, keeping one rolling is enough for me! great selection though
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    random old bugger spasm or genuine issue??

    thanks for that, no not checked the housing for wear and tear, how do I do that? this garage has been good and not charge me for their inspections, I am not far from s specialist but they charge maga big bucks
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    random old bugger spasm or genuine issue??

    hello all my good but bad old 72 s3 swb petrol recently became a bit problematic on the gear changing front, I had problems getting it into gear whilst driving, almost like the master slave cylinder had gone (had it replaced 2 or so years ago), topped up it with clutch fluid, drove home found...
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    Defender vs D2 vs D3 quandary

    plus 1 on the above comment, if you like what you have and are going to spend a ton on getting it sorted you may as well get your monies worth we have spent 3/4 on what we bought our series 3 for, that would be crazy for anything other than a landy, because the pleasure and usefulness out weighs...
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    Series 3 exhaust downpipe query

    plus 1 on getting a stainless steel unit, I replaced my exhaust with the standard cheap crap monkey metal parts and I kid you not in less than 2 years there was so must land rover rust it looked like a sieve
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    vikki looking for first landy

    welcome to the forum Vikki, I think your budget and whether its a daily driver or weekend workhorse will dictate on which landy product you go for, we can all dream
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    Tractor Tom Just Bought A Land Rover Series 3 .

    forgot exactly what I got in the shed but according to the bible hypoid gear oil to SAE 90EP, to API GL4 I am a mechanical numpty so can't offer wise words, other than buying the Haynes manual, having an knowledge friend with a car lift, and a garage that is in towable distance that know what...
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    Tractor Tom Just Bought A Land Rover Series 3 .

    welcome to the forum Tom, and a great choice in the Landy family, I have an early s3 I enjoy working with it, even though from time to time the old beast has a problem or 10 there is always a fixable solution (or bodge)
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    poor service acceptable?

    rung unsaid minkies (but implied by others) Monday before last expressed frustration to unsaid minkies who said they had this part here that part not and vica-versa, they would get back to me that day, which they did and assured unsaid parts expected the next day with them, and would be send...
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    poor service acceptable?

    thanks for the advice chaps, I don't do CC so see how that goes, will give them a couple of days. for info minkies refer to midlanders,
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    poor service acceptable?

    ordered various parts for my old landy that I shouldn't really be driving until unsaid parts were replaced, this was 5/6 weeks ago unsaid company who are minkies never said at that time that they were lacking in parts, I sat there for 2/3 weeks with nothing, I rang unsaid well known minkies who...
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    Embarrassment

    done it a couple of times, though luckily I didn't have to ring AA, my fuel gauge has three levels: empty, half empty and full, when it says its full it isn't necessarily full, but when it says its empty it really is emplty
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    MOT exemption

    i rang up Vosa or whoever recently about the same, he said you needed to fill out the v112 form and hand it in when taxing vehicle, I said mot expires before tax, he said no problem just get said form fill needed bit and leave it in landy until then
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    What is the best Land Rover to be built

    best land rover ever? the first one made way back when full stop because it was the start of a very long journey to create many very good British made products (not necessarily reliable), the best is of course in the eye of the owner, end of
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    Long or Short, What do you own / drive

    1972 s3 swb 2.25 petrol pick-up
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