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As above thinking of fitting one to my classic range rover, got 200tdi in at moment but quite noisy according to the missus

What a ****, should have gone to specsavers, had a closer look today i had renewed the yellow and brown wire from alternator as it was missing,i had connected to what i thought was the brown and yellow in the loom and found i had connected it to the white and brown oil pressure wire, so its fine...

its just a standard lucas, with three terminals two big and one small

Yes battery earth direct to engine block and then from there to chassis, its the smaller alternator i will run a seperate earth direct to bulkhead and try that

Sorry for late reply, been away for weekend, first of all its a reconned alternater i had it done, so i am in the process of a total resto of a series 2 safari station wagon, and i fitted a different bulkhead and wiring loom so i have started with the ignition light wouldn't come on so i have...

having problem with ignition light not coming on, i have got power up to the bulb from the alternater brown and yellow wire, and the white wire goes to the fuse box, bulb is ok , power at the bulb holder, if i earth the bulb holder it comes on

tax is rolling, its 1977 now i think, but my question was about m.o.t exemption being rolling as well, if you google it, it comes up with different idea's that the government are proposing, just wondered if anybody could decipher it

Has anybody heard about a possible rolling m.o.t like tax exemption, heard one or two whispers about it of late and it seems like the powers that be are'nt sure how to work it

Any of you find it hard to get your gas bottles refilled, i did till i found this guy, BW Fire extinguishes, unit 7, Beggarlee park, Engine lane, Newthorpe, Nottingham, ng63rn, its very convenient for me as i live about six miles away, he will recharge your bottle, pub size is about £20, or he...

I have been trying to slide it in all day lol

Great James, much better idea, thanks

Having a problem with fitting the new T cork seals as part of the rear crankshaft oil seal, the new T corks seem far to big for the slot, something i have read mentions that you can do away with these corks and just pump silicon sealer up the slot, or was i dreaming lol

Yes Sam i agree with you, and as i said in my opening paragraph, i was torn as i have a good one lying about, and only because of origanality i have decided to fit the origanal 21/4 diesel, whoever buys it can then fit what they want

I did fit a merc 300d 5 cylinder to a swb many years ago but wasn't succesfull, i think i have to keep it origanal as it will be up for sale soon as its done

would that be the petrol version of the na James, ?

Just about halfway through a resto on a 1969 lwb safari station wagon and have done a lot of work on the origanal 21/4 diesel but i am worried wether it will have enough power to pull the beast, i have a very good 2.5 na lying about, or would you go for something turboed ?

Shouted at them today and it looks promising now, watch this space

Yes you mean the first letter they sent me with the reg number on it I can remember some off the digits as App---j as these are my initials but can't remember the rest

Bought a series 2a some while ago now for spares, and it came with no plates or reg document, I have slice found the chassis number and decided to apply for a new reg document, In January I sent off the application and my £25.00 cheque and about 3weeks later noticed that my cheque had been...

I put a 300d merc engine in a series 2 swb, i made the conversion plate, using the merc flywheel and the landy clutch plate, went to a whole lot of head scratching and it was ****, woudn't pull skin off a arice pudding