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Hi I am thinking of buying a land rover that seems to check out. In that it has a V5 and an MOT and the vin numbers all match and chassis numbers etc. The only problem is the previous owner said he bought a rolling chassis from a friend, and used that chassis to rebuild the land rover - so his...

Hi I wondered if anyone could offer any advice. I recently changed my swivel housing, top pin, railko bush, halfshaft bearing etc on the O/S and then I did the preload weight with a digital measure and shimmed it up. Nice job :) No play at all left, right or up or down. Fanstastic and I was...

Hi I wondered if anyone could help with any advice for my Land Rover series III swb. I recently replaced my front driver's side half shaft bearing, swivel bearing and top pin, AND wheel bearing. And I did my preload with a fishing/luggage hand weight measure for the swivel bearing/steering...

Hi have bled the brakes on my Series 3 previously with a "one-man bleed kit" from Halfords as usually the missus is out and I don't have anyone to grab to help when I happen to work on the car. It has worked reasonably well in the past. But I've just replaced some brake lines and put some new...

Hi I hope someone with more experience can help me out. I have a 1972 Series 3 SWB Land Rover. Last week I noticed when I got to around 30mph the steering wheel would start shaking and juddering in my hands. Quite a scary thing to experience really and it doesn't give much confidence that your...

Hi does anyone know what the approx weight of a 2.25 petrol Series III cylinder head is? I have to book a courier in to collect one... Thanks for any help!

Hi I wonder if anyone can help. I've got an 8 stamped on the raised centre bolt platform of my cylinder head, so I must have a factory 8:1 cylinder head on my Series III 1972. However she has always smoked a lot (but it does clear after running for a bit) and I saw the opportunity to buy a...