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Ahoy there, i'm just bolting up an Discovery 3.9 V8 to a Defender Lt77 using a Milner bellhousing adapter, however the adapter ring and the original flywheel cover (used in Discovery with v8 r380) do not fit, so I have the bottom third of the flywheel exposed. This seems a bad idea to me...

I am about to start wedging a 3.9 Efi of Discovery 300 vintage into my Series. I know the ins and outs of all the gearbox options, I have done engine conversions before on classic cars. The engine will be running on a single point LPG kit most of the time, so its performance on petrol...

The fairey free-Wheeling hubs on my truck have started all of a sudden to make a horrendous noise when in their free position. It was described by a more feminine passenger of mine as sounding like a bird cooing. It seems to do it completely at random with no relation to change of speed or...

The handbrake on my series 3 doesn't work anywhere near well enough. The shoes are binding on the first click, and feel like they are applying the pressure, but just don't seem to have enough friction. It has new shoes, a new spreader, has been adjusted correctly (unless there is something...

I've had a 300 in my series for over a year now, but over the weekend the power steering pump (which I changed into an idler pulley) did the 300 trick of spitting out the shaft allowing the pulley to mis-align itself with the serpoentine belt. I don't like the idea of buying a perfectly good...

Things on my series 3 appear to be getting worse with regards to the electrics. The stereo cuts out all the time, the indications come on but do not flash, and the headlights get brighter when the handbrake is pulled on. Also, considering I have a great big new battery in there, the starter...

Does anyone else have to live with the never ending irritant of non-landy type people always struggling to find the door handles in lift up doors? Im caught wondering if there is a soloution, Im tempted to try and work out a mechanism to move the handle further forward?

Hello out there, I fancy swapping the split doors on my series for defender type push button ones. Could work out well if there was anyone who was building a trialler and wanted to take advantage of removable door tops, however I just want wind down windows. If interested, I'm in the...

Now that my new gearbox is in place, the plastic clip that holds the piston rod to the clutch fork has decided to come off. Does anyone reckon the clip is necessary, or is it just there really to hold the rod in place when the cylinder is removed, and the tension from the clutch pressure plate...

After too much buggering about with dodgy used gearboxes, I have decided to take the rather expensive plunge of getting a recon gearbox for my SIII. I well understand the reasons behind the large differences in prices from different specialists, but I would like to know what other peoples...

I'm fitting another gearbox/transferbox to my series after the old one developed a problem, but now its fitted I'm having issues with selection of low/high range. The lever on the new one moves far too far forward and wont properly engage high range before it hits the transmission tunnel. Also...

I was wondering if anyone out there with 2 seater rear bench seats could help me? I need to know what the distance is between the seats when they are folded down. I'm contemplating swapping my individual ones for some bench seats, so that is is enough space for my permanent tool box in...

Adaptor Ring to mate Prima diesel to series 2 or 3 bell housing. It came on a gearbox that I have just bought for my truck, but I have a Tdi so is little use to me. These things are nearly £200 new, so I reckon £80 now isn't being too greedy. The part is going to be in Shropshire til...

Hello there, I've got some individual side facing seats in the back of my truck at the moment, and was wondering if there was anyone out there who fancied swapping for some bench type ones. The ones in the back of mine are absolutely fine and in good condition. My reason for wanting to...

Hi all! I've lost reverse gear in my series 3, and all symptoms suggest something massively internally wrong. Shame because it goes in the other direction beautifully. For a recon transmission I've had prices from £350 to £750, which scares me because you get what you pay for buying parts...

Have just taken off all the after pump gubbins to replace the P-gasket on my 300, strange thing is, there was no gasket to start with. Just a lot of Hylomar. That doesn't really worry me, but what does is the huge rust pit that has formed nearly crossing the entire area of the flange. What do...

The brakes on my series 3 failed the MOT because they had an efficiency rating of only 35% apparently (it needs to be at least 50). Seems fair enough, but the brakes are the last thing I expected to be bad. They're pretty much entirely new in the last two years, and I've been out doing some...

I've got a solex carb on my 2.25 which is apparantly knackered. I'm told there is a bearing inside it which is part of the body casting, and this is worn and letting air past ruining the fuel air mixture. It runs fine, but I'm getting some pretty awful mileage, so I though a replacement could...