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Hi all again after doing the head gasket and hot spots my engine now sounds very knock. Not the bottom end as was fine before and plenty of oil pressure. The hotspots protruded from the head a bit more than I would have liked as I think the head has been skimmed but it turns over fine both on...

Hi all again my 2.25d has been down on power the last few weeks but today power right down black smoke when revved accompanied by a chuffing noise from the exhaust what else could that be other than a valve? Should also say pulled the glow plugs and number 4 is much blacker than the other 3. TIA...

Hi. Changed the rear hub seal on my 1972 series 3 88 back in April and the damn things sprung a leak already! My question is will the later double lipped rtc3511 seals fit the earlier axles? Cheers Dave.

Hi as title says looking for the bits to delete the fairey od on my 1972 s3.

Hi all after removing my overdrive and doing the seals upon refitting try as we might the od just will not Bolt down the nuts only go so far leaving about quarter inch gap between the od and tb mating surfaces iv had the tb cover off and the input gear is meshed but it just will not go any...

Hi folks having some issues with my front tls brakes non servo. I have changed the front shoes to mintex ones as the adjuster pins kept falling out of the old ones now with the adjusters backed right off the brakes bind particularly on the passenger side and the pedal sinks about halfway to the...

Hi fellas could someone please tell me where the reverse stop screw is on an early series 3 gearbox? My reverse selector lever is I think going too far backwards causing the gear lever to sometimes pop out of the jaw. Fitted a new gear lever and grub screw but looking at it I think the travel on...

Hi all just got my series 3 on the road will make a progress thread soon one thing that's happening first time after I washed it with the pressure washer flat battery now had it down the road the other day first time in the rain flat battery again this mabe coincidence and be a knackered battery...

Hi all just noticed I have a small weep from the core plug near the drain tap on the manifold side of the block. My question can this bugger be changed with the engine in situ? Cheers. Dave.

Hi all just come back after a 6 year hiatus on landys been working on minis but now bought a series 3 2.25d will post some piccys soon. Needs a bit of fettling mainly the clutch is stuck up think the slave is stuck some crappy wiring sorted and a bulkhead corner solid chassis though. Hope to get...

After replacing the leak off pipes my rangie is still stupid at starting. Iv heard about the 1 way valve mod an as their so cheap I might as well try it. But where in the fuel system do you fit it?

Hi. This might sound like a daft question but can leaking leak off pipes cause a drop in power? My 2.5dse is slow 70mph max dead on hills and pulling away. I wasn't expecting it to fly just be drivable my old 2.5di tranny was quicker! Going to clean out the intercooler and inlet manifold an...

Hello just today got a 96 2.5 dse with a central locking fault. The batteries in the key are flat so using the key in the lock it does nothing and the rear tailgate solenoid has it's rods disconnected. The solenoid does work because the locking u can hear clicking on it's own an I seen the...