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  1. J

    S3 Electrics Dead

    So, landy hadn’t been used for a week. Fired up fine and went into town, enough to warm up engine, but it cut out on me when parking, had the side lights on. Journey about 2 miles. After sitting parked for 20 minutes I switched the ignition, totally dead, no ignition or battery light. Wifey came...
  2. J

    Always another thing

    Passed it's MOT last Friday; heh heh! Spent three weeks fitting new front springs only to hit issues with rotten front headlamps! Argh! Managed to fudge it for a pass but next spring it's completely new assembly and panels for the lights. Set up for the winter though.
  3. J

    New front springs

    After three weeks up on axle stands, job done i.e. new front springs fitted. My post is an oft repeated one. So, I've set the springs to deflection distance (110-114 cms) and now it's loaded with the tyres refitted the springs are still sitting high. I torqued to the correct settings. Should I...
  4. J

    Canvas and Springs

    After a great summer with the canvas top it's definitely time to get the hard top on. Bloody weather! It feels like autumn and can't get a weather window to do the change. Also got to start front suspension replacement; not looking forward it in this ****ty weather. I'd like to keep it canvas...
  5. J

    Series 3 Hard Top Seal

    There's a canvas conversion alreay. So, with the inevitable change in the weather I'm converting back the hard top. I've purchased the hard top rubber seal. Any practical advice fitting the rubber seal? When I took off the hard top it was totally rotten having been there for 30 years.
  6. J

    Series 3 Time to change to the canvas

    I've had a full stick n canvas set for 10 years. Got most of the bolts etc. Time to convert for this weather, saying that it'll rain when I fit it. Any tips on getting my original hard top with original side windows off?
  7. J

    S3 Axle

    Gone from bad to really bad. I need to source a secondhand S3 (swb) 1983 rear axle. Bastard is corroded at the axle bolts that secure the back plates fur the brakes. Any suggestions on where I can source apart from flea bay gratefully considered. Landy going to be grounded for a while.
  8. J

    Busted half shaft

    So I’m sitting on the bus out of Edinburgh last night reading about everyone’s problems thinking what a crappy time of year to have to work on yer landy. I jump in the landy at the car park put it into reverse and instantly hear that dull thud from underneath. Ended up chugging home at 20mph for...
  9. J

    Oh yeah: Crisp winter and logging.

    Today was classic alpine sun and searing cold. Everything frozen n dry . Hooked up the trailer and packed the chainsaw for that big branch I'd spotted in a dry ditch. Landy, trailer, logs, weather perfect . Tonight it's forecast-6C .
  10. J

    Series 2 Authentic or what?

    Stupid new drama series (sic) The Outpost based on military red caps in Aden in the late sixties. As expected loads of series landys in fact a feast of series 2a military spec. Or were they? Something dubious about the rear as if they've been basertised from something else? They sort of look...
  11. J

    Headlights

    Fitted new Wella halogen headlights. No full beam. When I switch to full beam no lights . Any idea what's happening?
  12. J

    Series 3 Rectifier

    Charge light been flickering all last week. Went start the landy this morning and battery dead?
  13. J

    Axle Numbers

    Whereabouts on the front axle can I find the axle number.
  14. J

    Argh Diesel into petrol ⛽️

    So I've gone and done it. Tuesday night after work tired and didn't even notice. Got a mile down the road and huge plums of smoke and loss of power. I thought the engine had a catastrophic failure which it did I suppose. Mangaged to splutter the last mile home. Thank feck for my kayaking pump...
  15. J

    Weekend Landying

    Looking forward to some pootering around with the landy doing some jobs off road and on road. May is a great month. Forecast reasonable and dry. Plan on a minor service after winter. Children returning from afar means I have to use the landy as my main transport :).
  16. J

    Heater coil

    My standard series 3 heater has a coil thingy riveted to the heater radiator. I've seen them on heater blower as well. Can someone explain what it's for and how it wires up? I am trying to complete a refurb of the system. I've got two live wires one to the heater motor the other to this coil...
  17. J

    S3 Heater Cowling

    I'm trying to get hold of a secondhand heater cowling for my 83 S3. It's a discontinued part MRC6248. It's the snail shell shaped housing that holds the fan motor and is bolted to the bulkhead beside the air intake. Anyone got one for sale please PM me. Thanks
  18. J

    Snow

    Great 12 miles run to work in the snow this morning. Landy king of the road. All those stupid little hatchbacks pootering along.
  19. J

    Britpart Crap (Again)

    So. Once again I'm ****ed by ****epart. What must be the sixth light switch which has only been fitted for about 10 months has crapped out. As usual the cheap and nasty internal mechanism has broken. Do not buy this cheapo version. There's a more expensive Lucas original part that costs double...
  20. J

    Footwells

    So I've got the landy back from the welders. A good independent landy garage. Fitted replacement footwells. Good work. Apart from the spare holes on both sides. On the drivers side there's one down on the flat lip beside the floor plate and another up on the sloping section to the right of the...
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