Definitely. Get the injectors and injection pump rebuilt by an expert. Do the rest yourself.

Or a Toyota Yaris hybrid. They're ace.

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Get the green Bible, the Landrover series repair operations manual (ROM). And the Haynes manual. The rom can be downloaded from various sites on line.

Hmmm. They might be slow, noisy, etc etc but my series have saved my arse and my families over the years, series got the wife to hospital while having sprog 1 in thick snow when my new merc amg died, got us through flash floods in Spain and...

Timing chain, skew gear off cam shaft, injection pump timing, injectors. That's where I'd focus. After fuel filter, lift pump and fuel pick up pipe.

Yes, it should be a grub screw, I think.

Okay. Up to you, but I suspect the sender isn't matched to the gauge. And getting the right sender with the right thread for there might be a challenge. I've found a significant variation in the calibration of senders that were theoretically...

Well! Not seen one there before. What's at the thermostat?

Can you take a photo of the the sender?

Honestly? Just don't buy it. It's probably okay, but I thought that by 1998 JLR would have been using an automated stamping process, so this wouldn't have happened.

Agreed, coil springs are pants.

Air suspension all day, dead reliable, how often do you hear of d2/d3/4/rr with suspension problems, thats right never!

If you except the Series for what it is then it's a good vehicle. A good original LWB Series 1 is a nice drive.

Exactly, crap.

It is a vehicle designed nearly 80 years ago based on the WW2 Jeep. Both are still one of the best off road. Not many other vehicles that have their base from that era still in use today. Long live the Series.

Depends on your definition. In terms of safety, economy, ergonomics. Yes, crap. In terms of long term ownership, resilience, dependability, avoidance of fragile electronics, and simplicity they are excellent. And coil springs aren't as good...

Or rebuilt on a warped casing?

What, exactly, fails on the diff? What do you get replaced? The whole casing, or just the innards?

Any decision on this? Curious, have similar dilemma soon, hopefully.

What carburettor? When was the coil last changed? What plugs?

tks much !! here's a picture. I'm leaning towards Bahama gold I know the wheels are limestone

Do you have the repair operations manual?

Doesn't look right to me.

Report back please. Remember the cam rotates at half the speed of the crank, so piston 1 is at top dead centre twice for each rotation of the cam and skew gear.

Rotate by hand the engine one full revolution only and check again.

For any photos of the pulley? Didn't realise they were the same pulley.

Wasn't quite happy with putting it back together knowing the cam was stiffer than it should be. Took a razor blade to the shiney spots on the cam bearing and gently reamed it down, took a few attempts but now turns freely with only a small...

Yes, they can.

Convert the "pull to stop" to a series 3 choke cable, use that to activate the glow plug relay.