The best forum for series 2/2a owners is to be found at www.series2club.co.uk A vast amount of knowledge and help is there. There are Canadian members as well!

Hope this helps. Land Rover chassis numbers Older Land Rovers may have a chequered past. They could have been rebuilt several times and ended up with quite a different configuration to the one they started with. Not a problem in itself, but it can be interesting to...

That's because that replacement pillar is really meant for a defender.The hole is for wiring. it will probably still fit okay.

Front difff from 1972,rear from 1979.

I can't figure out what the relationship is between the OP and the ebay seller but as he's not been back to advise some things don't add up.

So the ebay ad states location as...

The pics of it on ebay clearly show it is a lightweight body on an old coiler chassis. Even dvla has it down as a Defender 90 registered in 1973?. The mot history shows the chassis has severe rot, mention of power steering mounts! It is a rusty bitsa that is best dismantled for spares. Do not buy.

Best advice is ditch the Haynes and source a proper factory manual. Often come up on ebay for £20-40. Probably available to download off the net somewhere. Replace clutch and brake hydraulics in their entirety then you know you are starting from a good position.

Shouldn't think so. The 24v FFR distributor is a completely different beast to the Civi 12v one. I got my 24v points and condenser from Craddocks.

Nope. My station wagon sides are marine Blue from factory as well.

I have snapped the clutch master cyl push rod doing the very same thing. In my case it was a seized slave cyl that was preventing the clutch disengaging.

75ft lbs. Its in the text of the above attached file

Reposted from the Series one forum. This Land Rover was one of the first in our area to have a replacement galvanised chassis when they first be came available about twenty years ago. Fitted by its owner with no other protection and used by his wife as a daily driver its now completely rotten...

Loads of places, just do an Internet search. Here is one of many https://www.johncraddockltd.co.uk/_images/_images/xl/4307-60016s_600x16_security_cross_ply.jpg

From 80/81 I think they went metric and thats including the wheel cylinders so you have to make sure what you order what matches the rest of the system.

What part number are they?

The Rostyle ones? Or alloys. Either way do they not look a bit odd?

6.00x16,6.50x16 for swb and 7.50x16 for lwb

Ebay item number 303136432709

If you have the space buying in bulk 20/25 litre containers is much cheaper than buying the 5lt cans . My last order for 20 lt of 20/50 delivered was £40