My Landy has failed it's Mot!
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Dr_evil
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Is the other end tapered too ? If so they are the wrong way round
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When you go back in take one off and shove it in the testers face 
as to the black one you sure its not just stuck ?
Give it a good jerk with a breaker bar and strong 6pt socket
as to the black one you sure its not just stuck ?Give it a good jerk with a breaker bar and strong 6pt socket
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If the black ones the same as a defender size I think its 37mm off the top of my head, been a while since I removed the wheelnuts with a socket. I just use the brace that you get with the car (got an original 1969 one in the series with matching jack)
Big Mat
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Wheel nuts look wrong to me, should only have a taper on one side and be flat on the other.
I'd change them out for proper ones, they don't look like they are on many threads either.
Can you take a wheel nut off and take a photo of it?
I'd change them out for proper ones, they don't look like they are on many threads either.
Can you take a wheel nut off and take a photo of it?
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They are PROPER LAND ROVER WHEEL NUTS the military spec'ed double tapered wheel nuts for numpty squaddie's years ago, used on standard length wheel stud to protect the thread against possible damage and also doesn't matter which way they're put on at night...
They are PROPER LAND ROVER WHEEL NUTS the military spec'ed double tapered wheel nuts for numpty squaddie's years ago, used on standard length wheel stud to protect the thread against possible damage and also doesn't matter which way they're put on at night...
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zzr1200
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Some welding and a number plate light to pass, no big deal on a Landy, especially one that 43+ years old.
I'd check the damp backplates as well, there was a small drain hole in the backplate, which allows any oil passing the axle tube oil seal to run down the back of the brake backplate or you could have a leaking wheel cylinder.
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on a 2a stud should tap out of hub ,youd need to remove brake drum to fit a new one,google 576528 if nut is 1 1/16 socket size
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If I remember correctly double taper wheel nut are 15/16" socket size, could be wrong..maybe???
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Yeah, they are 15/16" 0n my series 2
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15/16 " socket size wheel nuts are a bit of a left over from Series 1, 2, I don't know when the 1 1/16" single taper became the standard, I've seen both types fitted to S2a's.
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