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She says I'm mad sinking a small fortune into my landy but for the cost of her nails I can buy enough paint to repaint a full landy and have loads left over , infact I've offered to paint them with quality coach enamel but for some reason she declined

Got my first landy 4 years ago and now on my second as I made the mistake of selling 1st one to get a classic car but soon realised that it's a landy I really want so sold car and got another series 3 . The wife refuses to get in it let alone travel in it but that changed to day her car is in...

Here's a photo of cylinders before rebuild

When I took the engine apart a few months back cylinder 3 had similar marks on the piston , seems a little strange. After the last rebuild i could not stop what I thought was pinking no matter how I adjusted timing and carb but I couldn't hear any pinking on a test run last night . I wounder...

After a chat with a friend this morning he seems to think the marks on the top of piston could be inclusions ( think that's what he said ) , basically it's caused by impurities in the metal of the piston just below the surface and as they get hot it causes these marks to a appear

Noticed water in the oil on Friday so off with the head on Saturday a clean up of the surfaces and noticed dents on the top of one of the pistons being as they are only a few hundred miles old there must have been something got in there recently. While at it I replaced the valve stem oil seals...

Last week saw some ford fiesta seats for 20 quid so bought them and cut runners off then welded them to series runners bolted in and job done after a quick clean they look OK, the pattern on them is even blue to match body colour

Morning All I'm looking for a pcv valve to complete the pipe work on my series 3 petrol and asking if a universal one can be used or does it have to be a specific one. Seen some for a disco for a lot less money than series ones.

A few jobs to do but really impressed how it drove, steering precise and brakes pull up in a straight line. It has no crank case breather valve so can I use any or is it model specific? I have a flame trap from a rover p6 is this the same thing

Walking home from work this evening for some reason I was questioning myself if I had the ht leads on right even though I'd checked them so headtorch on and I realised I was putting them on clockwise, school boy error. Swopped them around turned the key and burst into life so let it warm up a...

If I adjust it to 6 before tdc it will not run it pops and back fires then stalls

Yes its a long way from tdc when it lights up trid to put a video on but it's not posting it

Took the belt of and noise still there not sure if valves need adjustment again , if I had got one spline on the dizzy drive out or a tooth out of line on the cam could it still run on idle ? Video shows how far the timing marks are out . On a plus side the interior is looking better now it's...

It's got electronic

Took carb off and gave it a good clean with carb cleaner, all jets are clear and float was slightly out so reset it put back on landy and a slightly better tick over but still slightly uneven and pops and back fires when reved up but I did notice a metallic rattle from the front of engine...

Got floor, seats, seat belts and new fuel line all installed this afternoon but l can not get the engine to run smoothly and if I try to rev it it back fires through the carb. Tried the timing at tdc and worked from there trying different settings but no joy it will run but seems to be missing...

A couple of hrs messing around today and he's running so hopefully tomorrow will get floor and seats back in finish the last bit of fuel pipe and then a test drive

Rechecked the valve gaps and all OK so I've put it all back together but I neglected to charge the battery and paid the price!! Yes it's dead, 2 months ago it was turning engine over for a heck of a long time but the glass sight is indicating its time for a new one. My charger is one that a...

Yes both rock at tdc with installed as in photos