Wheel bearings?

Landy brakes and steering are to say the least challenging. If you can lock the wheels when you press the pedal hard thats as good as it gets. If not the parts are as cheap as chips £60 will buy new cylinders and shoes alround. The worst senario is that the shoes are contaminated with oil as the half shaft oil seals fail due to age but again they are dirt cheap and easy to replace the cost is labour and get try to get some one to help you from this site who lives near if you are not mechanicaly minded.
Steering on Lands are always vaig you drive them like the old films always adjusting the steering weel with your arms. However the two main faults that make it worse is that the adjustment on the steering box needs tightning, Jack up the front weels and if the steering weel moves very easily it needs adjusting as there should be a bit of resistance, the hains manual shows you how to adjust this. Another common problem is that the bottom steering arm is rocking on the splines, if it moves up and down as you watch when someone moves the steering wheel left and right, remove and clean dirt out of the splines and tightning gap refit tight on the splines and fully tighten.

samcoombes said:

HI All

Just bought a Series 3. There are two big problems:

1. The brakes are virtually non existant. They really are bad. Is there a 'regular' problem, or do they need an overhaul? Does anyone know how much this should cost at a garage (any Indy's near Bournemouth / Southampton!?)

2. The steering too is all over the place. It pulls all over the road and feels quite unsafe. The previous owner said it has 'discovery' wheels - could this be the problem? Again, is there anything obvious which could solve this?

Thanks in advance, look foward to meeting a few of you one day!

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Landy brakes and steering are to say the least challenging. If you can lock the wheels when you press the pedal hard thats as good as it gets. If not the parts are as cheap as chips £60 will buy new cylinders and shoes alround. The worst senario is that the shoes are contaminated with oil as the half shaft oil seals fail due to age but again they are dirt cheap and easy to replace the cost is labour and v a t try to get some one to help you from this site who lives near if you are not mechanicaly minded.
Steering on Lands are always vaig you drive them like the old films always adjusting the steering weel with your arms. However the two main faults that make it worse is that the adjustment on the steering box needs tightning, Jack up the front wheels and if the steering weel moves very easily it needs adjusting as there should be a bit of resistance, the hains manual shows you how to adjust this. Another common problem is that the bottom steering arm is rocking on the splines, if it moves up and down as you watch when someone moves the steering wheel left and right, remove the arm and clean dirt out of the splines and tightning gap refit tight on the splines and fully tighten.

This any good?

Series III

or this?

Series III Steering Wheel Play

Maybe this?

Series III

Your idea to get someone who is experienced with series landrovers to have a look for you is a good one , try and find someone on the forums in your area, or join a local LR club.
if you take it to a garage you will get the shock of your life when you get the bill . To run a series vehicle you need to be very self sufficient, think about a evening class in maintenance to get you started
They are basically a very simple vehicle, and you will soon get up to speed on mech things as you will probably get plenty of chances to practice untill the vehicle is brought up to a good standard, once there they last well in normal road use. JMHO

i work in fareham, might b able to help you out if you want a second opinion.

well, how do i DIY the brake bleeding for non-servo serie III (109)??

i think that air is in the braking pipe/pressure, i have to press the brake pedal twice before the brake is applied. or is it a norm for SIII.