I found this strange beast whilst fantasising about things I can't afford on ebay. I thought I would share it with you as I've never seen or known about it's existence before. Is it a production model or someones warped mind coming out in their garage...

I just thought I'd give the heads up on this as it is next weekend, 14/10/2018, and I haven't seen a thread on it in this section. I intend to be there, especially as my eldest has just informed that he has invited a load of his mates along as well. This is of course provided nothing falls off...

Interesting set up. WRT the hoops on the full tilt I spent some time fitting some anchor nuts to the mounting bolt holes for the hoops to save all the fumbling with a socket up in the body channels. This reduced the time needed to get to the full roof/cab frame stripped state from over an hour...

Ha, done both my front and rear diff seals, replaced the knackered master cylinder, got do the engine seals next. As said, the new MOTs require the vehicle to be oil tight..eek.. The gooey mess underneath might mean I also have a leaky gearbox as I had a strange problem where I couldn't select...

So, I haven't posted for a while. Work has been a bit hectic and I've been using the Land Rover plus a bit of tinkering. I now have two Differential housings that are not dripping any oil! Next challenge is the leak(s) from the engine. I have been experimenting with a 24v to 12v converter...

Here is a rough video I threw together of taking the truck out in the snow . All the in car video was shot by my 12 year old using his phone.

Got it going quite quickly. It was an issue with the switch. Then we went out for a bit of a play, as did a lot of other Land Rovers around here. This was taken about 20 metres to the right of the sunny one in my avatar.

I had a Defender 90 go past me sideways this morning as I walked back from town. A bit too much throttle coming out of a corner. It was quite impressive once I'd worked out there was no way it could wipe me out. We took the Series 3 out a bit later and I was very gentle with her on the roads as...

Oh Feck, the heater appears to have expired. I would like to have it working but I really don't fancy going outside to work on it this evening. The normal car says -3 deg C. Am I going soft?

I would have gone over the primer anyway so I wasn't too concerned. Other than the original primer being patchy in a few places the door tops were quite good. I had read about other people finding theirs didn't fit properly but these are just right.

I did a youtube video of the door top replacement/rebuild which I thought may be of interest to people. The video can be found here. The next task is to finish off tidying up the rear tub and then actually attack the wiring. I know I've been threatening to do it for a while but it has been a...

We just turned up, said we have a Series Land Rover and they let us in. You still have to pay though ;-).

Slightly oiled and cursing.

Well 5 months since the last post. I've spent a fair bit of that time using the beast. It performed well in one of it's intended tasks when I had to rescue my 12 year old and one of his mates after they had got a bit enthusiastic on their mountain bikes in the wet and cold. They went a bit too...

I had two points on this really. The Landy gets used both on and off the road, though I only do about 30 miles a week in it. I have the Goodyear Xtra Grips on there at the moment which I am quite happy with and wouldn't replace if they weren't so cracked. One concern is that they might start...

Hello, I got a knackered valve on an inner tube which leaked air as fast as I put it in yesterday so I spoke to a couple of tyre places who both muttered with a shape intake of breathe "don't do inner tubes mate". One had a look at the old Goodyear xtra grip I have on there and seemed a bit...

I've just replaced the servo, master cylinder and all the front cylinders on my series 3. I used an Eezibleed without any issues. The only problem was that it took a while to get the master cylinder primed. Having looked at the forums after the event there does seem to be various ways to do...

Right, effing hell. I crawled under the front and got one of the lads to wiggle the steering. This showed about 2 mm of play at the bottom of the steering relay which would explain a lot about the vagueness of the steering. I always thought it was how Land Rovers with big knobbly tyres were...

The Electrics !!! Random failures occur from time to time then clear themselves for no apparent reason. I think the over winter task will be a bit of a rewire. Anyway, this weekends task is to investigate what appears to be a bit of slop in the lower mounting of the steering relay. I'd best get...

Took the 109 to the Amberley museum Classic Land Rover Day. We had a very pleasant visit. I've stuck a load of photos on this thread - https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/amberley-museum-classic-land-rover-day-15th-oct.320503/#post-4095845