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I had problems with fuel and looked at the pump. It too pumped ok manually but not great when driving. I looked at renewing diaphragm but the cost of a new pump was not far off the cost of diaphragm and sundries. Bought new pump, replaced old one, all good now. There was slight wear on the arm...

I noticed my front right hand indicator lens had been broken off in recent storms and the indicator unit was damaged. I got a new unit and new bulb, wired it up but no joy. I checked the unit with new bulb for continuity, across battery and earthing it, but to no avail. Got another unit and it...

Well, true to their word, DVLA came back, in less time than they said eg 5 weeks as opposed to the 6-8 weeks they initially indicated, and the Series III is now registered as an Historic Vehicle. Even better --- just yesterday a Refund Cheque from DVLA arrived!! All in all ----- a very happy...

Contact DVLA and explain that you now have official certification stating that your Landy was built in 1980, although it was registered for road use with DVLA much later, and is therefore actually in the 'Classic Car' bracket. You will then likely be asked to send your V5C, V10 and V112 (both...

Excellent, that's you MoT and Tax exempt now?

I think I may be a bit uckier than you in that I don't think there have been any real mods carried out and the Series does appear to be in more or less original condition --- aprt from air filter. Good luck with your hunt for the truth!!!

Great thread!! That is one cracking garage you have there ----- sooooo jealous!!!

I have just fitted front wheel bearings to my Series III, they too are the larger internal and smaller external ones and, I believe, are the same as the rear. I got kit from Bearmach (contained both bearings, oil seal, gasket and split pin but --- unlike Britpart --- no grease). I made sure the...

I too went down the Heritage Cert route and found it very useful. Gave me Date of Build and Date of Despatch. Turned out my Series was registered a year after manufacture and thus explained things like 1980 wheel bearings on a post 1980 vehicle!! I therefore contacted DVLA who, I have to say...

Update on Year of Manufacture: I applied (and paid for) a Certified Copy of a Factory Record from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust through the link as suggested by 300bhp/ton, https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/archive/heritage-certificates Turns out that the Series III was built in...

This forum is an excellent source of info as this was just the question I was about to ask!!!

Superficially there doesn't appear to be anything major changed, only noticeable thing is the pancake air filter replacing the original big lump. As noted I got the bearings sorted and there is now very noticeably lower vibrations when driving. For my first venture into what I viewed as a bit of...

Glad to report that I have managed to change the bearings and the Series no longer drives like a bucking bronco!!!

Decoded all except actual year of manufacture, I can only get range 1979-84. I am looking to go through British Motor Museum system to see if I can get a definitive year.

Thanks, as said before I'm new to this therefore I'm learning and that is what I shall do in the future. Any advice will be welcome!!

I guess I'll go down the route suggested by 300bhp/ton as the free websites all give me a range of 1979-84. The reason I'm keen to know is that the Series, although registered in 1981, is throwing up issues such as having pre 1980 wheel bearings, where inner bearing is significantly larger than...

Ratae, thanks for that ---- as you say certainly worth a read. I'll take my time tightening the nuts --- no power tools!!

Couldn't gain access with a larger hacksaw and did also use chisel and hammer. I'm getting there ---- learning a lot. Thanks for your response Flossie ---- I guess it's stainless steel going forward!!

After having taken about 4hrs, having to use a mini hacksaw blade, to cut through the severely rusted bolts and nuts securing an ex bump stop mount on my Series 3, I am wondering if fitting the new bump stops using stainless steel nuts and bolts would be the way to go? Would this minimise the...

Road Fund Licence ---sorry probably using old terminology ---- basically the date of vehicle being registered for road use with the, now, DVLA