Rugby and Land Rovers
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Hi all,
I recently bought myself this lovely 1973 Series III 88" on eBay. It's a petrol 4 cylinder. Got a decent price for it and, whilst it needs some work, is in relatively good condition, mechanically speaking. I'm a total novice to working on cars, but have been reading up Land Rover Series (I have a lot of books on them!) since I decided to fulfil a life long ambition to own one earlier this year. I want to do as much of the work as possible on the car, but don't have the equipment or knowledge to do the more complicated stuff.
I'm going to be using it for the odd, short trip to rugby (5 miles) and trips out with the dog, once, maybe twice a week.
It failed its MOT the other day (as expected) as there are a few things, mostly minor, wrong with it. The little things were things like lights, indicators and registration plate lamps not working or missing and the battery was insecure. Tires were all knackered too. My plan is to do much of this work myself (with help from you guys when required!) and let a local garage do the bigger things. I've highlighted some questions in red below, and would be very grateful if someone could let me know their thoughts.
The big things were:
**UPDATE** I have actually removed the fuel tank myself and found the leak. The metal surrounding the plug at the bottom appears to have had some work done on it before, maybe for a previous leak. The fuel is dripping (slowly) out of the welded area. I've done some reading and the concensus seems to be that it's knackered and needs replacing. Is this one (http://www.paddockspares.com/552174-swb-and-lwb-front-fill-fuel-tank.html) any good?
I recently bought myself this lovely 1973 Series III 88" on eBay. It's a petrol 4 cylinder. Got a decent price for it and, whilst it needs some work, is in relatively good condition, mechanically speaking. I'm a total novice to working on cars, but have been reading up Land Rover Series (I have a lot of books on them!) since I decided to fulfil a life long ambition to own one earlier this year. I want to do as much of the work as possible on the car, but don't have the equipment or knowledge to do the more complicated stuff.
I'm going to be using it for the odd, short trip to rugby (5 miles) and trips out with the dog, once, maybe twice a week.
It failed its MOT the other day (as expected) as there are a few things, mostly minor, wrong with it. The little things were things like lights, indicators and registration plate lamps not working or missing and the battery was insecure. Tires were all knackered too. My plan is to do much of this work myself (with help from you guys when required!) and let a local garage do the bigger things. I've highlighted some questions in red below, and would be very grateful if someone could let me know their thoughts.
The big things were:
- 3.7.B.1 - service brake is causing the steering wheel to severely pull one way;
- 3.7.B.1 - front brake binding (both sides);
- 7.2.3 - fuel tank leaking; and
- 7.1.2 - exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (front and rear).
**UPDATE** I have actually removed the fuel tank myself and found the leak. The metal surrounding the plug at the bottom appears to have had some work done on it before, maybe for a previous leak. The fuel is dripping (slowly) out of the welded area. I've done some reading and the concensus seems to be that it's knackered and needs replacing. Is this one (http://www.paddockspares.com/552174-swb-and-lwb-front-fill-fuel-tank.html) any good?