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just interested in opinions really. do frills like bigger tyres 7.50's v 6.05's? or overdrives command much of a premium you are buying or selling an old series. probably going to bow out of series ownership so wondering whether to sell things like wolf rims or the od separately, neither of...

tonights dumb question, can incorrect timing cause excessive crankcase pressure? only ask as my 2.286 na s3 diesel has leaked oil from the top breather ever since I did the timing chain.

just a heads up looks like there are 4 early seventies range rover projects in this Septembers auction with no reserve if anyone is interested. also one corking looking done up one catalogue here...

ok, daughter broke down in the s3 - again - no clutch. Luckily she was only a mile or so from home so we towed her back. Saves waiting a few hours for the breakdown recovery truck. clutch reservoir empty and fluid in the drivers footwell, also a nice puddle where the slave leak usually is when...

its always made the back a little black but it does seem to be getting worse.

lost a rear cylinder, dot 4 all over the back of the wheel. got a couple of fronts in the box but no rears, iirc the bore is bigger on the front cylinders. can they be used on the rear?

well the s3 made the return trip from Exeter without breaking down :D looks like the rear hub seals have gone which I am guessing is related to the diff incident a few months ago. More to the point it seems to make a large oil deposit on the road which looks to be coming out of the breather on...

can you just lob the degraded and powderised old active carbon rods and deteriorated foam/filter bits and leave the canister in place empty?

major disaster around 18 miles out circa 6 pm, top rad hose split along the thermostat end jubilee clip and all the water disappeared as demonstrated by sudden over heating :( managed to fix it by swapping the hose round so the split was at the rad end and covered by the jubilee clip and...

looks like the daughter has buggered the s3 down in Exeter so might have to have it recovered back here, the joys of breakdown cover :D. symptoms are no hand brake and no drive in normal high range rear wheel drive. movement with yellow lever pressed down and movement with transfer case in...

finally thought I had fixed the dreaded sump leak about four years past. Did quite well, dry as a bone up until a few weeks ago. leaking quite generously now, tried putting on two gaskets - the thick ones from turners - but it is still coming out the back and the front passenger side corner...

just bought the r tech mains plug in plasma cutter and hope to give it a try out this weekend or next week. Hopefully this isn't too stupid a question; how close can you get to a non leaking petrol tank with it before it's good night Vienna? or is it best to run the tank dry and take it off...

took the 3 (2.286 na diesel)' on a long trip to Exeter, daughter at the wheel sat nav showing 65 - i was gobsmacked and bricking it - with od engaged (7.50) wheels. noticed brown liquid running along the passenger wing top so we hit the hard shoulder. coolant bubbling out the rad cap. made...

daughter came back in the series 3 last night and parked temporarily whilst we moved cars around. got back in to start it and wouldn't crank - battery fully charged all electrics working - so we ended up towing it into a better position. went out to look at it this morning and it cranked fine...

found this on u tube looks like they had fun

looks like the clutch slave is on the way out again. leak from bell housing and fluid level dropping, occasionally needing to press pedal twice to get pressure. can't remember the previous one I put in but it lasted just over a year, when it went I splashed out on the extra for a trw, that has...

going to do the s3 sometime in the next couple of months. I want it navy blue (admiralty blue is the official colour iirc) and the daughter wants it grey. so we are going to paint it grey :D probably battleship grey or dove grey I have always steered well clear of 2 pack as I understood you...

if you run the tank out and disconnect the injectors to do something to the car do you have to bleed the gas through when you connect them back up?

any recommendations for a reasonably priced compression tester, a lot of the ones on amazon seem to be hit and miss from the reviews they either work well or give total twaddle as readings