What is the best way to deal with this? I was thinking of cutting out the rotten bits and riveting in a new piece of aluminium to the face of it I thought once painted you wouldn't notice? Don't really want to have to buy 2 new front wing panels

Hi all, looking for a part number for this steering lock for my 1981 series 3 axles. I cant seem to find them any where, does anyone know their official name?

I just rebuilt my axles with new swivels, bearings, seals, kingpins, bushes etc etc and they do stick out a little at the top, I think (hope) this is meant to be the case

Yeh was wondering if it was easy and cheapish to pick up a new land rover service book to start building back up some kind of service history.

Well i looked for the VIN plate just now and found it fixed to the bulk head and the numbers match the V5 document so all good there. What is the best way to replace the log books etc? can you buy originals from land rover or do i simply have to try and find a generic one from some where?

I am planning on keeping it until I pass it on to my children if they want it.

How big do the digits need to be?

Yes on the V5 document it states a VIN/Chassis/Frame No. it's a 14 digit long number made up of numbers and letters. It also has an engine number, I am cleaning up the engine at the moment so I will check it against the document in the morning it is a original 2 & 1/4 petrol

I am almost 100% sure I checked the VIn plate when I bought it but that was 2 years ago and it sat in the shed till I had the time to make a start. I was just reading some other blokes horror story in the "Members Projects" section and it's put the fear of god into me!

getting on really well with the rebuild but starting to get a little concerned, when I bought the series 3 it came with no paper work whatsoever, I checked the front dumb iron and there is no chassis no. I am going to look for the VIN plate on the front panel etc in the morning. I phoned the...

good luck with the rebuild, i hope you dont over take me!

this is where i found the paint on their website

i did speak to the bloke at Paintman and he said it is an engine paint that is suitable and does not need a primer, any one used their paint's before?

going to start giving the engine some attention soon and wondering how best to prep it and paint it. at the moment its absolutely filthy and still has almost all pumps, pipes etc still attached, my thoughts were to use some heavy degreasing soap to clean it up using a paint brush and then...

Frosts chassis black brush on paint, seems good so far

ordered 4 liters of Dinitrol ML rust proofing cavity wax with a Schutz spray gun so hopefully that will stop any rust in the chassis and prevent any new rust from forming. Does anyone know if that will be enough for a 88 inch chassis?

Seems pretty good, i tried scathing it with my finger nail after the first coat and it didn't really seem to mark it (wasn't brave enough to try with any thing harder!) but i did use 5 and a half of their large aerosol cans to give the side and under side of the chassis 2 coats. i have had to...

Thanks Disco1BFG it seems to have been going on for an age but the rebuild is definitely more exciting than the tear down, every nut, bolt and bearing has come off and where possible replaced with original or as good as i can afford, fingers crossed i can keep the momentum up however i have my...

I am just finishing painting up my chassis, it is the original chassis from my 1982 series 3 it was in very good condition to start with i only had to weld on one new outrigger and even then it was only a small hole, i then got the hole lot shot blasted and galvanized. i then thoroughly...

Mine had a home made extended tow hitch to clear the spare wheel presumably, however there was no spare fitted to the rear door so all it did was t*at you in the knee every time you walked round the back of it....