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The bodger that sprayed waxoil all over the chassis of my series 11a has covered everything - even large lumps of mud that he could not be bothered to wash off first. when you see this you wonder what the chassis is really like. I don't fancy lying on my back trying to remove all this mess so...

Yeah - 'Restored' was somewhat misleading. Having said that, I have paid £42 for a recon alternator and £10 for a radiator flush and it is now running well. Whoever did it up seems to have done a nice job in places and then been a bodger elsewhere. With the underseal he has sprayed...

I made biodiesel and ran it in a 60 series landcruiser for 2 years. I changed the fuel hoses to synthetic rubber and it ran beautifully. It is true that BD attacks rubber - I had a garden hose that the bd was pumped through when filling up the car. After a few weeks the rubber starts to sweat. I...

I hesitate to say all is OK but it looks like it might be. I bought a two part rad claeaner and followied the instructions - this mornign have been for a run and the temp is right in the middle of the guage... Yesterday when I got home the temp was at the top of the red on the guage. I felt...

Yeah, I don't want to change the engine - there must be a cheaper fix - and as you say, it is a good motor. I didn't check for cold spots. I will try some rad flush and try going for a drive again. ... then see if this helps and check for cold spots...How do I get an independent temperature...

I don't want to give up quite yet but I have been down the road tonight an the temp guage was up on the red line in 3 miles. Before i went out I cracked open the bolts on the thermostat housing - I started the engine and water was coming out of the crack at some pressure. Seems to me the water...

Clivees I don't have any heater. There are a couple of pipes leading off from the water pump - these have been blocked off - I figure they were for the heating. I can't see and blocked pipes elsewhere on the cylinder head so presume that the cylinder head must be plumbed into the block...

True - So then it is the water pump that is faulty?

...prepare to get wet... Those words were ringing in my ears as I got a soaking when I got it wrong. I have got pretty good water pressure at home and managed to get a good clean through flow of water going down the rad - into the bottom of the block and back out the top. I guess there are no...

I have swopped the alternator for a recon one at the auto elctrical place. Cost £42 which didn't seem too bad - now need to fit it. Bloke at the autoshop said he thought the battery would be toast too...??

Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question - do you mean blow air into the top of the rad through a hose?

Thinking about it, I see what you mean - there is one way into the engine for the water and one way out - so I guess one could be blocked but we know one isn't. I need to get home and sort this out - wish work didn't get in the way...

This might be a clue as to what has happened - when I had the top of the thermostat housing off, I then opened the top of the rad to look at the colour of the water in there - as I did so, the water from the engine started rising up out of the thermo housing and onto the garage floor. It seems...

I'm not too hot on this subject - Can you explain more what is meant by -'probably dynamo (may not have been converted to Alternator' Is the dynamo in the alternator? Cheers,Jim

I bought a series 11a in London and yesterday drove it back home 130 miles to Staffordshire. The engine is a Ford 3.0 V6 - what they call the essex. The temp guage went slowly up to hot and then stayed there - just in the red. I managed to wedge the bonnet so it was slightly open and this helped...

I made it back from London to Staffordshire (140 miles) but had a few problems. The Landy looks pretty but the paint job is not A1 - inside they have painted over some flaky bits - the outside is good though. Underneath looks tidy - a repair here and there and who know what is under the...

White because I lived in Africa for 8 years and drove a white series 11a - it's a nostalgia trip!

I am going to London on Monday and then driving it 130 miles back to Staffordshire - we should know each other pretty well by the time we get home. I hope the carpets come out - I like to be able to get a hoise onto the foot wells to get the mud off... The bloke selling it sounded genuine...

Oh dear, I have let my impatience lead me into a rushed decision to buy a series 11a off eBay without seeing it. I have wanted a tax exempt series 11a - preferably white - preferably with a safari roof - restored - all for less than £2,000 I saw this one: eBay.co.uk: Land Rover Series 2A...