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 Engine warm up and Temperature gauge position |
ceefax
 7th Dec 2016 8:04pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 26 · Views: 12593 · Subject: Engine warm up and Temperature gauge position |
Mine is blowing slightly warm air in just over a mile, and takes three miles of city driving at up to 40mph for the gauge to get to normal.
It's been down to -4C this week and with heater on max a ... |
| How much play is ok in front propshaft / transfer box? |
ceefax
14th Aug 2016 1:42pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 10 · Views: 7385 · Subject: How much play is ok in front propshaft / transfer box? |
Propshafts UJ's are tight. no movement there at all.
Parked up, in gear, with the handbrake on, the slack / backlash is in both the front diff or axle and inside the transfer box.
The weird thi ... |
| How much play is ok in front propshaft / transfer box? |
ceefax
12th Aug 2016 3:53pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 10 · Views: 7385 · Subject: How much play is ok in front propshaft / transfer box? |
Hmmmm - 120 views and not a single reply.
I've taken to walking the streets asking Puma owners if I can twist their propshafts 
so far I've tried three others, and they all have a littl ... |
| How much play is ok in front propshaft / transfer box? |
ceefax
7th Aug 2016 11:53am
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 10 · Views: 7385 · Subject: How much play is ok in front propshaft / transfer box? |
With only a couple of thousand miles on the clock my 90 is going back for warranty repair - the front output seal on the transfer box is leaking, so after every run there's a little puddle ... |
| 1978 (?) Lightweight |
ceefax
1st Dec 2015 2:39pm
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Forum: Series Land Rovers · Replies: 40 · Views: 21969 · Subject: 1978 (?) Lightweight |
Yes, FK was British Army 1970/71 - as a left hand drive it might have done service in West Germany - maybe explains why it ended up in Poland?
http://www.militarylightweight.co.uk/reference/militar ... |
| 1978 (?) Lightweight |
ceefax
1st Dec 2015 8:16am
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Forum: Series Land Rovers · Replies: 40 · Views: 21969 · Subject: 1978 (?) Lightweight |
Nice one!
BTW, if it's 1978, that makes it a Series 3, not a series 2A, the last of the 2A's were in 1972
Not many things changed though, syncromesh on all four gears and the ignition switch mov ... |
| Possible Snow next weekend, how to tow someone if needed? |
ceefax
17th Nov 2015 8:29am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 35 · Views: 12884 · Subject: Possible Snow next weekend, how to tow someone if needed? |
| five or six years ago it snowed a lot, so I went out for a play in my old Series landy. Was making steady progress up quite a steep minor road, covered in fresh snow, maybe doing 20-25, when I see fla ... |
| Return to Islay |
ceefax
11th Nov 2015 11:28am
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Forum: Pictures & Video · Replies: 17 · Views: 6835 · Subject: Return to Islay |
| And if you are on Islay, you should really take the ferry across from Port Askaig to Feolin on the Island of Jura (mostly sideways as the tide rips through at about 8 knots). The road up the east coas ... |
| Seat belt requirement for 1966 Series 2a. |
ceefax
10th Nov 2015 8:16pm
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Forum: Series Land Rovers · Replies: 14 · Views: 10659 · Subject: Seat belt requirement for 1966 Series 2a. |
.....although reading the MOT regs I think my tester might have been a bit lenient  |
| Seat belt requirement for 1966 Series 2a. |
ceefax
10th Nov 2015 7:56pm
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Forum: Series Land Rovers · Replies: 14 · Views: 10659 · Subject: Seat belt requirement for 1966 Series 2a. |
I have a 1980 military Series 3 soft top. It was fitted with three static lap belts when de-mobbed from the army, and passed many MOT's without comment from the tester.
So to answer the original qu ... |
| Alternator : Lucas 2.25 petrol |
ceefax
9th Nov 2015 6:29pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 11 · Views: 3802 · Subject: Alternator : Lucas 2.25 petrol |
| No worries Keith, completely understand - and have just spent nine months rebuilding a suffix C gearbox - nine months because I was not prepared to fit badly made Britparts and had to wait for old sto ... |
| Alternator : Lucas 2.25 petrol |
ceefax
9th Nov 2015 2:13pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 11 · Views: 3802 · Subject: Alternator : Lucas 2.25 petrol |
Early Suffix A or B petrol engines might need a new bracket though
http://lodge.glasgownet.com/2012/02/29/land-rover-series-3-alternators |
| Alternator : Lucas 2.25 petrol |
ceefax
9th Nov 2015 2:07pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 11 · Views: 3802 · Subject: Alternator : Lucas 2.25 petrol |
Isn't the 17ACR Lucas alternator a drop in replacement ?
Brand new they are only about 40 quid on the 'bay or 48 from L R Series |
| Slow Dealership |
ceefax
6th Oct 2015 12:53pm
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Forum: Land Rover Customer Relations · Replies: 47 · Views: 24985 · Subject: Slow Dealership |
| Regardless, they should have clearly explained the timescale to you. Have you actually paid a deposit? or is it just a verbal agreement to purchase? |
| Gathering winter fuel... |
ceefax
30th Sep 2015 1:57pm
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Forum: Pictures & Video · Replies: 8 · Views: 3908 · Subject: Gathering winter fuel... |
That is a BIG log..... 
Hope it was going to a sawmill and not just for firewood? |
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