Hi again, thank you for your advice. Just to give you an idea on what kind of rookies we are, we actually thought this car was an old Defender :o. Now that we have discovered that there is a forum dedicated to these old models I´ve posted a thread there. Just wanted to tell you that your...

Hello everybody! We recently bought a 1971 109 Station Wagon series IIa without any experience in Land Rover at all. It was one of those moments when the rational part of your brain gave up fighting your heart. True love you can call it.:o However this is the day after (actually the week...

Alright, here´s the deal... we tried to start the car for the first time today. (By the way - we did this AFTER we bought it = total faith in the engine) The car started right away with some start gas and a fresh battery! That means the fuel pump is ok! Next thing was the brakes where we...

Alright, I´ll see if I can take some pictures this weekend. To quote a well-known actor "I´ll be back..." And guys, we really appreciate the help and your good advice!

Just wanted to tell you that today was one of those wonderful days when everything goes right. It actually turned out that a Hot Rod builder lived only ten minutes away and that he recently bought a car transport lorry for his show-cars... We almost had to convince him to at least charge us...

Ok, I will go to sleep now. I´m one hour ahead of you and tomorrow will be a hectic day... I´ll let you all know how we managed. Thanks again!

Thx for all advices! Really like an active forum! We have tried to rent a lorry today with no success (live on the countryside) but maybe there is a car workshop around where we could rent their rigid bar (assuming they have one). I´ll call them tomorrow! Regarding the brake bleeding issue...

Ok, getting a little bit confused here, but I take it the handbrake is really not made for stopping the car? (Don´t want any broken parts.) The seller talked about having problems bleeding the brakes and because they use the same hydraulic system as the clutch there could be a problem if I...

Well, is it true that the handbrake is worthless for towing? I mean, we´re talking about really, really slow speed. However, it would feel nice to know that there is at least some way of stopping the car without hitting the car in the other end of the rope...

No, unfortunately not...

Hello everybody! We just bought a 1971 Land Rover 109 Station Waggon where the seller told us that the breakes didn´t work. There was something wrong with the hydraulics hence both the clutch and the brakes were out of order... The problem is that the car needs to be moved tomorrow (approx. 30...