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    Best place for a new hood?

    I have an exmoor trim hood on mine and there ouly abotu 30 quid more than the Britpart equivalent. only snag is they make them to order so take about a month to arrive. if you would like some pics i would be happy o send them over as the qulity is fantastic, if not a second hand one but when i...
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    Series 3 gearbox woes

    Right i did try and post but its not showed up yet so i will try again, thanks for all your help, i have attacked the problem and found i have a cracked selector on the 3/4 gears so a new one has been ordered and hopefully i will get it fitted by the weekend but that depends on delivery. seemed...
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    Diesel Priming

    Yes you can just tow it up to bleed it and it will work just fine, its not too hard a job to do it properly but obviously a lot quicker to just tow it as it becomes a 30 second job.
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    Cant stop my engine :s

    the bar to the left of the steering wheel should be pulled out to cut then engine off on a series engine, only if you have a newer engine fitted will it have an electronic cut out, if the cable is out of adjustment then it will not cut out. on the side of the injector pump there is a lever and...
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    Series 3 gearbox woes

    right so upon closer inspection the worst has been revealed and i do have a broken selector fork, does anyone know of or have any experience with fitting one of these in situ? i have found a 1st/2nd fork here 576703 1st / 2nd GEAR SELECTOR FORK STEEL | shop | www.lrseries.com | L. R. Series...
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    LPG or TDI?

    I have to put another vote for the LPG band wagon, i just fitted a 200tdi to my series and it is an astonishing difference, the only way i would have gone lpg is if i was fitting a v8 but as others have said it was the likelihood of it rising in price that put me off it will take a good few year...
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    Series 3 gearbox woes

    Ah ok i will tackle that tomorrow morning and post back then i guess, luckily the tunnel in mine is in a sort of quick release operation at the moment as everytime i seem to take it out t goes back in a little more loosely. once i have opened the cover is there just a pinch bolt assembly/ grub...
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    Series 3 gearbox woes

    Ooh okies thanks for that i guess they must have come loose then. it did seem a little odd. Is it possible to adjust them from the inspection cover or do i need to take the box out? oh and sorry to be ignorant but what is the "Green Book"
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    Series 3 gearbox woes

    Gearbox Woes, So yeah i am relitively new to this forum but not to landrovers ive had them for about 5 years now and am fairly compitenet although at this time in need of some help. My basic issue is that the selector ball and in turn the gear stick managed to escape the selector channels...