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Thanks for the feedback. Was it the tank itself or a replacement outrigger? I've still got my DDS Metals tank yet to fitted but like you I thought it looks and feels good quality. The DDS tank was recommended to me by a Land Rover restorer who has fitted over a dozen of them.

Brookwells has a DDS tank, though is a bit more than I paid: https://www.brookwell.co.uk/product/dds-fuel-tank-552174 https://www.lrworkshop.com/parts/552174

gdiproducts sells DDS Metals products on eBay, also available from Bits4Landys/Emberton Imperial.

I got a 109 rear tank recently - Britpart is all that's available for these. The rear bracket hole centres were 12mm out and I had to get the bracket cut off and re-welded in the correct position. I complained to Britpart and they said they had no returns in the last two years and had sold...

I bought a rear door from Paintman Panels and it did not have this bracket. I know because my old door did and there is nowhere to put the brass block.

No seat belts required on side-facing seats, though if present they must be worn - even though they are lethal and you are better off without. Side facing benches perfectly legal to sit on. Side facing benches were fitted until 2007. For some reason the DVLA put '2' in the number of seats box...

Personally I'd steer clear of anything with inconsistencies like that. Dealing with the DVLA isn't the easiest at the best of times, much less so when there is anything less than straightforward. There are several possible explanations for the incorrect details and no-one on this forum is...

As three different countries are involved, the problem has three distinct parts, as there are three separate and distinct national registration systems involved. For UK built vehicles you can get a BMIHT heritage certificate for £46-odd, but the records do not include vehicles exported from the...

Have a look here: https://www.lrworkshop.com/diagrams/land-rover-series-3-tools/toolkit I got an early 1980s tool kit as per the image wit h AF spanners, ex-MOD tools rolls come up on eBay and they have metric spanners.

If you want to stick with 7.50s I'd say a wheel up to 6.5" wide. Military Land Rovers used 7.50s on the Wolf rims. There are two Wolf variants; one for tubed tyres and the other for tubeless.

DDS Metals, made in Coventry, available from Bits4Landys or gdiproducts on eBay. Made of decent steel, great quality, looks factory. Just bought one for another 88. Better than pretty much everything else out there at a surprisingly reasonable price. The one that came off was also a...

The (formerly) cheap oil seems to have increased relatively more than the better stuff so now much better oil costs little more. Castrol 20w50 is another example - now around £33 - £35 for 4.5 litres. It is another fairly basic oil sold at a high price because it is in a metal can. For £33 - £38...

To round this off, while replacing the lower dash on the weekend I used the 0.75-inch extra access behind the instrument panel to check the instrument earths. They are held to the back of each dial with a knurled aluminium knob on a steel thread with what looks like a copper piece for it to...

That would be very irritating. It's difficult finding decent people to do work on these vehicles now.

I've found this page really helpful - the procedure at the bottom of the page has worked a treat on two different vehicles. https://www.glencoyne.co.uk/carbs.htm

I agree, there is better stuff than Waxoyl these days, it was good back in the day. I've used B-H stuff for over 10 years and it is superb. The S-50 wax for cavities and the UC for exterior. The 600mm lances for the aerosols are excellent and really get it in there. I also love the Electrox...

Yes indeed. I put the lance on a Ferrosol can and blow that through it to clear the tube.

I've used Paintman Limestone which is an exact match for the original paint on my 88" hard top. The aerosols are excellent and will duplicate a factory finish but it is easy to get runs. This can be managed through working out what is the appropriate application technique. Deep Bronze Green...

I'm using the modern 20,000 mile service interval solely to illustrate the scale of oil technology improvements over the last 50 years. My Alfa Giulietta interval was 18k miles and VW Caravelle was 2 years/20k miles. Irrespective of my preference to change it sooner, it is the manufacturer...

But is it? Some slick marketing hype sells Castrol Group 1 mineral at the same/slightly more than a Penrite Group 3 synth as I said earlier in the thread. In any case, the price difference is irrelevant in the scheme of things - compared to, say, the price of an engine rebuild. And Halfords...