Hi all, Has anyone any recommendations for a speedo repair business? smith/jaeger out of a series 3. Havent opened it yet just asking in advance in case I need to send it off. Still under rebuild at the moment. cheers Peter.

Fitted an exhaust, fitted rad and hoses. started her. wouldn't fire . Put ht leads in correct order and started with a struggle. Drove out of the garage ooooh. Aftr 10 minutes running fine. Started checks..... under pressure the radiator leaks.. Oh well we were thinking about getting a new one...

Hi Folks, Here i am happily tapping away on my wife's lappy. My laptop went tits up last week and I have lost almost everything. All my bookmarks and a few photos and some other odds and ends. Fortunately I backed up most of my profile on this laptop so all is not lost. I thought I had backed...

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1983 2.25 petrol swb all 10x1 mm except for rear cylinders. Fronts are discs and connectors need to be changed to metric too.

I have the parts book and pdf's, Nothing tells me why both front and rear T joints are identical but apart from length both hoses have a different fitting at one end. Question is why? I have found the Smithies page, plenty to read there cheers Edit. I wonder if originally it had an olive...

Thinking about it, the front hose is shorter than the rear hose, Only by a small amount, I wonder if that would be too short.

The T is countersunk same part number as the front T. According to the book NRC 4251

Thanks for the input. That seems a bit of a bodge to me. What was the original setup and what have others done in this situation? Has anyone used a front flexi pipe in place of the rear one?

I am assuming that would be a copper crush washer? On further examination the washer has to go down into the T piece as the shoulder of the flexi hose does not screw completely down

Thanks for the replies. I am ok with everything except that the flat end on the hose had me thinking.

Hi all, I am doing a dry run fit of the brake hoses and all ok except for a query on the rear hose. Flat one end domed the other? The front ones are domed each end. Answers on a postcard please with a ten pound note. :-) )

Hi all, Next on the list is fitting brake lines, Having not stripped the old ones out and the new chassis not having any pre drilled holes for clips etc. What have people done in the way of fitting them. I don't want to drill the chassis but I can't see any alternative. cheers peter

All dash wiring is back and all electrics that we have fitted to the front end work. I seperated the auxilary panel and fitted a wider plate for any extra instuments that may be fitted. The fuse box and flasher units now come out temporaly to the left of this panel, we haven't decided their...

Update on choke cable. I fitted the cable through the hole in the ignition block and tightened it either side of the steering cowl.

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My dad's well loved and very distinctive Landrover Defender was stolen last night from the Heathrow area. It's his 60th birthday this month and he has worked almost 40 years for the nhs. He wants it back. If anyone has any information or has seen it please either report to the police or message...

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Hi although nothing is connected yet, there is a hazard warning, fog lamp, brake failure switch, and holes where other unknown things were fitted.