Always good to write a little about yourself and car in the introduction bit as well, keeps the community happy and handy as a reference occasional for other people when offering advice Oh and as you'll see im a Newbie to, its a great forum full of massively helpful people, enjoy it and...

Mine was a £1500 purchase from carandclassic with no MOT, one number plate light bulb later it passed :)

Oh....HA !! maybe not best then, I just dont want to pay too much for something i wont get the best out of, is there a shock between the £10 Britpart and the £30 ProComp

Prob best to shift this over to the Freelander Section, this is the Series I,II,IIA and III "series" part, welcome though !

Ive now spoken to GB, came close enough to land to get some phone signal, very very helpful and im very impressed reckon ill pop my order in tm, now the big question is which shocks, i know i can look forward to some abuse for this but im tempted by the cheap britpart options, they are so cheap...

Does anybody have any experience of the "New! Parabolic suspension Kits" advertised in most landy mags by MM4x4, the kits comes in at £460 for 4 x parabolic springs inc u bolts and 4 x pro comp shocks inc boots. I was planning on speaking to GB springs regarding their prices but am away with...

Classic Cars for Sale on Car And Classic | www.carandclassic.co.uk got my S3 from there

Perfect, cheers D90mitch !

ha i was expecting some "blow up sheep" comments, im not proposing dessert crossings...just yet. More 3-4 hour jollies down to the south coast or the like. Guess it will be a case of forget it once, never forget it again.

My series 3 is starting to come together and i am hoping soon to set off on a few mini adventures in the UK, nothing crazy but just to settle her in. I was wondering what essentials i should have in the back, at the minute there is nothing but the starting handle, some water, and a bit of oil...

haha...well you'll sleep better tonight now after confessing on a public forum !

Im in Penn just outside Wycombe

Well im starting to get the idea of what series ownership is like after another day of frustration. After not being able to remove the thermostat housing bolts i left them soaking in penetrating fluid over the weekend and decided i would attack them this morning. Well i did remove them...

If topics have been covered of times then you may as well cancel any further posts. If you have taken the time to comment and call him a lazy bastard the same time could have been spent pointing him towards those earlier posts. This doesnt seem to be the beginner friendly forum it first seemed...

Im in Penn just outside Beaconsfield, found these guys landroverrepair.co.uk and will maybe give them a call and see what they say as would quite like to perhaps discuss a few other jobs with them. I would of course like to learn how to do all these things myself but it also comes down to tools...

Well theres a way to encourage people to post !!

It looks like the steering on my 1976 S3 is need of sorting, car currently wobbles and swerves at speed and is incredibly heavy at slow speeds. Unfortunately determining the problem and subsequently fixing it is beyond my capabilities. Does anyone know a garage in Buckinghamshire that could do...

im on day 5 of series ownership, journeys in the rain all days so far, found out how to put the wipers on this afternoon...fail

Lots of the ignition switches ive been looking to buy state without steering lock, my '76 does have a steering lock, will it make any difference if i fit this ignition switch ?

cheers, thankyou !! :)