Ah yes, that lower bolt is fun;)

I'm sorry to say this Claire but attempting to run a Series Landrover (or any classic car) with little 'spannering ability' will result in monsterous garage bills. This of course may not be a problem for those with deep pockets. A series Land rover of any kind, 1,2 or 3,if driven daily, will...

Those clamshell type tanks were an extremely common after market tank. Widely fitted up to about twenty years ago. No idea why they stopped selling them.

'half the true off rim' Not sure what you mean. Is it trouble with breaking the bead or actually removing the tyre from the wheel well.

Maybe this was the case decades ago. Richards chassis have been making and selling them for years now. Bit pricey tho compared to their series 2/3 offerings

I've always used butyl tape.

The best forum for series 2/2a owners is to be found at www.series2club.co.uk A vast amount of knowledge and help is there. There are Canadian members as well!

Hope this helps. Land Rover chassis numbers Older Land Rovers may have a chequered past. They could have been rebuilt several times and ended up with quite a different configuration to the one they started with. Not a problem in itself, but it can be interesting to...

That's because that replacement pillar is really meant for a defender.The hole is for wiring. it will probably still fit okay.

Front difff from 1972,rear from 1979.

I can't figure out what the relationship is between the OP and the ebay seller but as he's not been back to advise some things don't add up.

So the ebay ad states location as...

The pics of it on ebay clearly show it is a lightweight body on an old coiler chassis. Even dvla has it down as a Defender 90 registered in 1973?. The mot history shows the chassis has severe rot, mention of power steering mounts! It is a rusty bitsa that is best dismantled for spares. Do not buy.

Best advice is ditch the Haynes and source a proper factory manual. Often come up on ebay for £20-40. Probably available to download off the net somewhere. Replace clutch and brake hydraulics in their entirety then you know you are starting from a good position.

Shouldn't think so. The 24v FFR distributor is a completely different beast to the Civi 12v one. I got my 24v points and condenser from Craddocks.

Nope. My station wagon sides are marine Blue from factory as well.

I have snapped the clutch master cyl push rod doing the very same thing. In my case it was a seized slave cyl that was preventing the clutch disengaging.

75ft lbs. Its in the text of the above attached file

Reposted from the Series one forum. This Land Rover was one of the first in our area to have a replacement galvanised chassis when they first be came available about twenty years ago. Fitted by its owner with no other protection and used by his wife as a daily driver its now completely rotten...

Loads of places, just do an Internet search. Here is one of many https://www.johncraddockltd.co.uk/_images/_images/xl/4307-60016s_600x16_security_cross_ply.jpg