not sure what you mean by banana engine but my mate has a lightweight with a 2.5di transit lump good engine economical and torquey but you will be needing some ear defenders cause its bloody noisy

i gaurantee it wont fit my 86 inch either series1 are different

I insure my series 1 and my lightweight through hagerty £110 fully comp to insure both allowed 3500miles a year each when I only insured the series 1 it was £80

new manifold is £45ish on ebay

sorry mate been bit busy they are in the truck ready tenner each 07834555977 cheers

i have a pair of perfectly useable ones in Gloucester mate bit heavy for postage but can take to newbury next month

interchangeable up to disco 1 different from disco 2 onward as far as im aware

I can tell you undercover covers will be a good 1 they have the contract for the mod

military chassis is different to civvy as for your box no idea without seeing it all sorts of bespoke mods on military vehicles depending on its function

as it is I would think about 6 to 8 hundred I sold a series 3 marshal approx. 2 years ago for £3500 probably still about the top of what they are worth mine had a lot of work done whilst with me so much so that the guy who bought it actually approached me at a show and made the offer saying he...

get an engine hire an engine crane for the weekend and do it yourself it really is an easy job on a series have you tried p&s if not ring them monday

sorry fat fingers 07794129889 landrovershop@yahoo.co.uk

ring p&s services at broadway mate they are as cheap as chips couple of nice lads and they collected a series 2 from dursley for me so im sure a 3 from brum wouldn't be an issue 077941298897 they might even have an engine

you see 2.25 petrols regularly for about 50 quid so it could be done within your £400 budget

as long as they are e marked they would be legal I agree they look good but I will warn you they are scary to drive on in the wet

remove the spark plugs turn it over if it spins fast and free make sure you have the correct firing order from the dizzy cap to the plugs go right back to basics as I said earlier fuel compression and spark in the right order if the thing is still slow to turn over with plugs out thereby...

im confused now are you saying the engine doesn't turn over at all incidentally the idle screw and carb settings wont cause that if this is the case no amount of coil changing points changing or any other fiddling will help if it is turning over and at a reasonable speed then go straight back to...

where are you niel if near Gloucester I don't mind sparing you a bit of time to have a look

its a small show and I will be taking the series1 for a run

sorry just seen your in Manchester so forget that