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:( My SIIa decide to blow up after just a couple of miles. Heard a clattering under the seat box and immediately killed the engine. The front propshaft has snapped clean off at the gearbox end. I got under and removed the shaft so I could try to at least drive home, but when I started I...

Couple of quick questions if anyone has messed about with flamer plugs? I need to get the flamer plug for my perkins engine in my SIIa connected up - I'm risking flattening my battery every time I start without it in these current conditions. The previous owner used to remove the air filter and...

Booked the old bus in for 11. Bricking it - MOTs have to be worse than even sitting in a dentists waiting room! :eek: I think I've taken care of everything on the fail sheet but still not convinced the brakes are going to pass - adjusting series brakes seems to be an arcane art. Ah well...

Just working through the SIIa's MOT fails; Got the front hub off to replace the wheel bearings, followed Busterbus's guide and have fitted the new bearings. Quick question before I complete the job. How tight should the hub be to spin? I'n tightening up the first big nut and obviously if it's...

I know there's a few threads on split-chargers but wondered if any kind soul could assist me. I'm only trying to wire-in a split-charger and second battery but the more I look at it, the more confused I become. I have a split-charger I nabbed off my Brother-in-law but to be honest it looks...

Anyone use a Nanocom on their TD5s? My brother-in-law has one and it's driving me nuts trying to get it to behave properly. The manual and the Italian website are bloody useless! The problem we get is that it works OK on the vehicle. It's at firmware 2.03 - as a pre-usb port version we cant...

Ran into a small bit of bother yesterday on a run across to my sisters. Can't really blame the landie - it was, well for Scotland anyway, stunningly hot (76f) and there was an incident on the forth road bridge which meant we had spent about 45 minutes crawling towards it. On the baking...

Decisions chaps, hoping someone can help me make my mind up. I got the Series III (88", 2 1/4 petrol, 1980, pretend defender front end) off my Father in Law. Brother-in-law was going to help me weld the various holes in the chassis - the short of it he didn't have time in the end. So the...

My Brother-in-law was working in Edinburgh in an area where they had brought down some high-rise flats. Thought it was an opportunity to get his TD5 up the dirt mounds and get some photos. Of course, I had to take my SIIa up too. Wasn't a spectacular hill or anything, but thought I'd share some...

Had my SIIa up on the ramps this weekend to check a few things over - including figuring out where all the oil levels are and checking those. I knew that the front propshaft (rear) UJ had play in it - when I bought the truck in January the seller gave me the advisory not with the MOT from...

Wanted to check the oil level in me rangie diffs, back one seems a bit empty. What spanner/tool do I need to remove the square plug/bolt? Ta.

My SIIa had a duff washer jet pump when I got it so I ordered one from Paddocks and replaced it. Pump works fine, scooshes water aplenty but nowt is coming out the jets. I assume they are just blocked with gunge. Is it safe enough to shove an air-gun on the end of the tubes and blow the gunge...

Stupid question this, but I got a set of pedal rubbers off a mate for my SIIa - he bought 'em for his defender but they don't fit, and the pedals on Jarvis were bare metal when I got him. They have metal prongs protruding from the sides of the rubber which are presumably for battering round...

Hi Just been given a nice wee Series III by my Father-in-law and thought, as a newbie, I should look for some friendly forums to learn from those who have been there and done it. I'm not really a mechanic, only previously having ever been able to do routine servicing on my cars, so got lots to...