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Have now sorted it, was the pump, installed the more expensive Britpart pump and now have good flow into the rad, engine now running just above normal while idling. Happy days.

Put a new floor in mine recently, I got a company to stich weld the reinforcing underneath, then used countersunk rivets etc for the rest, don't think it looks as neat as yours though.

Hi Simon, is this what your looking for www.steveparkers.com/product/erc8973-temp-sender-adaptor-fine-thread-land-rover-series-3/ price is good cheapest I've seen.

Yep going to take the pump out and have a look, still have the old one so may put that back on, I replaced almost everything with new while i was rebuilding to try and make it reliable and avoid this situation, oh well. will probably take thermostat out as well and just try to see if I can get...

It's not so much the temperature bothers me at this stage as thermostat seems to be opening OK it's the lack of water movement that concerns me more, Did drain some water out the side of the block last night, there was no air, and it didn't seem to make any difference. I tried squeezing the...

car has no heater so pipe just comes out near thermostat housing and diagonally across to the back of the head and back in, that's how it was set up when i bought it!

thanks for reply's guys, chose 74 degrees because its a lot hotter here in NZ most of the time, block has a drain tap on the side could try and crack that, there is no heater pipe it runs from one end of the head to the other, temp sender new, the pump was only about 14 pounds and seems too...

Thank you for your help guys, engine was completely stuffed when I got it, hence rebuild, checked rad before reassembly and as fast as I could hose water into it it would come out the other end, reversed flushed it as well so I don't think it's that, coolant feels hot but not steaming have 50...

OK, reground big ends on crank, mains in spec, re-bore and new pistons and rods all new bearings and followers, engine started so easy was ridiculous, runs smooth quiet with no noises, crank was torqued down in stages to make sure there was no pinching on the crank and felt good. end to end...

HI, I originally started this thread under series but thought I would try it here... Anybody had this trouble before, rebuilt engine, new pump, new stat 74 degrees, flushed rad as was in good order, started for the first time but got a bit hot just under the red not ideal for new engine so...

HI, Anybody had this trouble before, rebuilt engine, new pump, new stat 74 degrees, flushed rad as was in good order, started for the first time but got a bit hot just under the red not ideal for new engine so turned it off. started it the next day and started to check a few things stat opening...

Hi kiwi Landie, wellcome to the forum, my series is in bits to.

the later heads on 2a and 3's moved over to metric which I am pretty sure it's M16 x 1 pitch which is a really fine thread, had to change the head on my engine because I had a crack in the head and replaced with a newer head, found out the temp sender doesn't fit you have to put in an adapter...

Hi all, when I bought my series I noticed that someone had made a bit of a hash at converting over to an alternator from a generator and had left the regulator all still wired in, so I decided to sort it out properly, thing is I wanted to keep the regulator still in place and not cut any wires...

Hi Mike, you can buy the rivets from John Craddock, and there are two ways of doing it the quick way or the slow way less chance of damage with the slow process, the quick way is with the air tool I just cut the end of a pointed round chisel and then die ground out the shape in the end, I put...

I don't know as I bought the landy 2yrs ago with a stuffed engine and was not driveable, been a labor of love rebuilt engine, box, diffs and just about everything else, have nearly finished now so hopefully it starts! :confused:

Yeah great here this time of year will have hot weather now through till around April hottest month is February. I moved here about 8 yrs ago from the UK it has the most amazing scenery with 4wd tracks everywhere.

Just finished re-assembling bonnet today with all those alloy round headed rivets. I modified the round spikey chisel thing by grinding the end off and then die grinding the dome shape at the end. It's beer time 30 c in the shade today and I've got a thirst on. Happy new year everyone :D

you can pour it in the top but you must check the level with the filler plug on the side as you shouldn't overfill, it can cause hydraulic pressure and damage the box!

I remember using copper pipe bent to shape with Yorkshire fittings years ago on a mini never had any problems with them, they chrome up well if you want real Bling!:cool: