Series 3 1977

IamRobbie · Sep 21, 2015

Keeping pictures going I can't wait to.see it all done!

ProcrastinatorFraser · Sep 21, 2015

IamRobbie said:
Keeping pictures going I can't wait to.see it all done!

You may have to wait a while

i'll keep the pics coming though! i think i'll start work tomorrow!

IamRobbie · Sep 21, 2015

Crack on hehe!

Is a 1977 tax exempt? I'm unsure what year tax exempt starts.

ProcrastinatorFraser · Sep 21, 2015

IamRobbie said:
Crack on hehe!

Is a 1977 tax exempt? I'm unsure what year tax exempt starts.

i dunt know... Do same rules apply over here?

honolulujoe · Sep 22, 2015

'77 isn't exempt yet but will be in two or three years as the programme is rolling forward, can't remember whether we are on '74 or '75 but that is for the uk not france.

the rolling programme and year are a uk thing, historically it was stopped at '73 by one government and recently re-introduced by another.

no idea what the rules for france are or even if such a scheme exists

ProcrastinatorFraser · Sep 22, 2015

I wouldn't worry, the french were probably too busy running from the germans to think about putting something like that in to place

ProcrastinatorFraser · Sep 23, 2015

Guys, the work has started! lots of progress done in 4 hours. Take a look:

From this:

4 broken bumper bolts

The chassis was packed full of mud! scraped it out with a spoon.

Some more lovely solid chassis:

Once accessible, this was what was lurking in the clutch fluid reservoir:

IamRobbie · Sep 24, 2015

Oo nice. Forgot you was in France, I'm glad our country is moving forward! Shame my G reg land rover 90 ain't tax exempt!

IamRobbie · Sep 24, 2015

Just looked online to see they introduced it back in may last year, a 40 year thing... Only another 15 years for my 25 year old rot box... I doubt it will be on the road in another 15 years. Haha

ProcrastinatorFraser · Sep 24, 2015

IamRobbie said:
Oo nice. Forgot you was in France, I'm glad our country is moving forward! Shame my G reg land rover 90 ain't tax exempt!

how old is yer 90 then? 1989?

IamRobbie · Sep 24, 2015

G reg in my head is 1989 however the logbook says first registered in 1990 so I'm guessing one of the last 19j before the 200tdi started

ProcrastinatorFraser · Sep 24, 2015

i've hit a bit of a problem with the series's brake pedal box, the pin what holds the servo in is knackerd, completely seized in. I'm going to try welding a nut on the end see if i can get ANY movement, hopefully something happens ;(

ProcrastinatorFraser · Sep 24, 2015

Is there a special trick to getting them out, or do i just have a seized one?

ProcrastinatorFraser · Sep 26, 2015

Got some new pics coming out soon.... quite a bit of progress

ProcrastinatorFraser · Sep 27, 2015

You can see timing was too advanced, pistons hitting valves...

Why is this piston so beat up?

cylinder number 2:

cylinder number 1: Why does it look in such bad nick?

and back to cylinder 2

jamesmartin · Sep 27, 2015

you get valves touching pistons from wear in bearings ,poor tappet clearance, skimming heads , its at +40 now so needs liners to do a proper job

ProcrastinatorFraser · Sep 27, 2015

jamesmartin said:
you get valves touching pistons from wear in bearings ,poor tappet clearance, skimming heads , its at +40 now so needs liners to do a proper job

There WAS a case of valves hitting pistons i believe from a bad timing chain, i assume the original. I think over time it's stretched and thrown the timing out of whack. Is that a possibility?

IamRobbie · Sep 27, 2015

I haven't seen that before I'm here to learn lol. James Martin is a walking talking land rover workshop manual.

ProcrastinatorFraser · Sep 28, 2015

More pics coming in a bit..

ProcrastinatorFraser · Sep 28, 2015

Chain guide had snapped off and was loose in the casing... thank god it didn't break anything!!!!

engine's out!

Probably the most redneck way of removing an engine.... Worked doe!!!!

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