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Security is like a multi layered approach.... is a decent steering wheel lock better than nothing? Absolutely, but combine that with a few other things and you'll make thieves go after someone else's car instead. Also where you live is important too, I've probably gone a bit over the top...

I do fear mine might be one of those! 1988 but only covered 84k as it's sat off the road from 2001-2024. Although I do have a feeling she's had engine work done at some point before being laid up so maybe... I'll have to try and check if possible before any long trips.

This thread has got me slightly paranoid about my clutch fork giving up now! :oops: I guess there's not really much you can do to check it without actually having the box out? Unless you can take the slave cylinder out and get an endoscope in if there's enough space?

This is exactly what I've been finding out on my 110 so far... There is no such thing as an easy/quick job, every job is a struggle and becomes a bigger task than it should be :rolleyes: Although mines a 1988 and been heavily waxoiled in the past, I imagine it's better to work on that some...

Is it definitely stuck? no movement at all between that and the hub? I mean I'm not an expert but having done mine recently I'd just be beating it with a hammer on the sides of the drum. I don't think you're supposed to as I imagine they could crack being cast but if there's few other...

Absolutely, but the point I was getting at is do they know any better? Who's telling them what they should and shouldn't be doing? Who are the good examples to follow? Ok you could argue that they should've all read the GLASS guidelines etc but I can imagine a lot of people don't. Again I'm...

IMO this is what happens when it gets to the point where TD5 discos are cheap as chips and plentiful. Any idiot with a couple of grand spare can pick up a D2/3 or an older Range rover... or any other flavour of cheapo 4x4. Although to play devils advocate is there a wider issue with clubs not...

Hi All, So this has been on my mind for a while but I just keep ignoring it... my 2.5 Petrol seems to be a bit noisy/on the knocky side and I'm not sure what it is. I have one of those mechanics stethoscope things and still can't really seem to pinpoint it, so I was just wondering what...

Well today I started off tidying up the rear door on my 110 with some checker plate... naughty I know but it looks better than holes! Went out with the dog and I could smell petrol after a while... pulled over and looked, petrol spraying out the hose to the carb where it'd perished on a...

That is exactly what my temp gauge looked like with the earth issue! Very quickly up into the red, when in reality the engine wasn't even up to temp at that point as someone had removed the thermostat :rolleyes: I knew right from the start mine wasn't actually overheating as I checked with an...

What did I do today? Well started off investigating a headlight earth issue, found the connection at fault and now I have 2 fully working headlights on the 110! Then I binned the points/condenser and put in an electronic ignition kit, with a bit of bodging along the way. Surprisingly it...

It might be worth checking the grounding of the gauge and the wiring? I had a very similar issue with my new to me 110, the needle on the gauge would go right up into the red looking like it was overheating, but actually the issue seemed to be the lack of earth to the gauge. Not sure how it...

Honestly I don't think this one leaks at all! I know its practically unheard of with any Land Rover, never mind one that's almost 40! There could be a small leak somewhere I haven't spotted yet, but I got way more on the ground trying to drain and refill everything. It's parked on gravel I...

The next problem... oh yes, absolutely! I will have owned this 3 weeks tomorrow, and I've already done the rear brakes, every oil possible and thermostat. Still to make the drivers door lock and figure out if its actually burning oil or not, she was putting out a little bit of blue smoke on...

Update for anyone interested: So I worked out with some testing with a new temp sender (PRC2505) and taking the gauge out to test separately that there was an earthing issue with the gauge. Connected up on my bench to a power supply and the new sensor, put in hot (75-85C) water the gauge was...

So I haven't got all my new bits yet (I foolishly thought I could order from John Craddock and actually get things within a week), I did get the new PRC2505 sender though. I thought I'd test it out so connected it up and stuck it in a cup of near boiling water, which was about 91C when I left my...

It is an original 17H, not been swapped, although it does raise the question has the gauge been swapped at some point? I was reading that the gauges and sender need to be matched and was hoping this would just be some sort of mismatch between the two. On doing some more googling it seems that...

Hi All, So I thought I'd put this in the series section as there isn't a dedicated subforum and I know some people do swap the 2.5 17H petrol engine into series Landys. Backstory is that in my newly acquired 110 the temp gauge is getting quite high and almost into the red when the engine is up...

I'll see how I get on at the weekend! She's been off the road since about 2000/2001 until last year, its MOT'd etc but still yet to travel more than a mile under its own power! I'm gonna go around and change all the oils at the weekend, check the rear brakes that seem to be sticking a bit...

Around Glasgow, so not quite as far north as you. Although I'm not a native, I migrated north about 6/7 years ago!