Its been a few weeks since an update, but ive been busy....., everything is in theory complete! The welding on the back is done, and all painted (see pic below), swivels no longer leak, gearbox levers and floor pannels all back together. Window washers work. Track rod ends replaced and The Halegen lights are now also fitted and working a treat too.
I have even sorted out the insurance, and fingers crossed it is now booked in for MOT on 3rd March. So i am just going over bits now and making sure we are all working. Next update should say its passed the mot............ :)

It works :) Whahooooooo

Yep the new gearbox is in, everything all connected back up and working great. Not been on the road yet but im am able to select all gears and attempt to drive.

Now i can put everything back together and get back to the welding.

Well the new gearbox is back in. This new box is a series 2A box and went in no problem (swopped the main shaft with my old one from the S3 box). Also the clutch was changed and the clutch pressure plate, and of course the release bearing.
Over the next week i will be connecting everything back together and see if its all working again. See pic below of the fitted box.

Lots of progress lately, had to move the LandRover to my dads for a couple of reasons, first he has a garage and a driver way (stone) to work on, where is was, it was just too boggy. Plus we also found that 3rd or 4th gear would not select no matter what we did. When i Dropped the gearbox oil, a couple bits of metal (gears) came out with it, so that was that, the gear box had to come out.

Over christmas i dropped the gearbox, after disconnecting and removing everything associated with it. See pictures below of the removed gear/transfer and drive box.




Further investigation into the box showed that the selector arm for 3rd and 4th gear had (for some reason?) broken and hence was jammed between the gears and stopping them being selected. The only way to get round this is a complete strip down and rebuild.
Back in July i managed to get hold of another gear box very cheap, we looked at this box, and decided that everything seems to be working fine, all the pannels were removed and everything checked visually. So we are currently in the progress of fitting this box into the landrover.
It was found that this box is actually a Series 2a gearbox. After a lot of research its found that this will be stronger (better for off roading) but ill have to learn how to double de-clutch. What it did mean though is we have to swop the bell housing over from my box to this new box.

Currently waiting for a couple parts before fitting this box in, i am also changing the clutch, the clutch release bearing, clutch presure plate, and the oil seal within the clutch housing.

Introduction

The purpose of this Blog is to keep an update on the progress of my Land Rover which is currently being put back on the road. Latest updates and pictures will be added as progress is made.

The land rover was bought towards the end of July 2006, i found it on ebay going for a very good price and was local to me being in Warrington. It is a 1971 Series 3 Model, with a 2.286 ltr petrol engine.
Overall the land rover is in very good condition, the chassie has not had any welding done so far, and has no rust what so every (the previous owner told me it was stripped down and repainted / clean up). The paint is starting to flake off now but overall it is in good nick. The rear cross member is the only bit of the chassie requiring some attention.
The bulk head again is in good condition, only the passenger side footwell needs some work, but this isnt that bad so will get away with plating it rather than replacing the whole thing. The drivers side had been done already, together with the door pillar.

The engine is sweat, she starts up first time and sounds a dream. The head is currently an un-leaded head, but reading posts and advice i am going to run for a while on leaded or lrp until this needs replacing. The gear box has a bit of a wine (dont they all), but this will get a fresh oil change and we will go from there.
The only other initial problem i could find was that the indicators are not working, the heater is seized solid and the drivers side head lights dont work. This should be just a case of follow the wiring through, remove the instrument pannel etc and work it all out.

Below is a link to all the pics which were taken the day after picking up the landrover, you may notice that this has had in the past a twin door conversion at the rear. I personally am not sure if i like this, so i will see if it grows on me before converting back to standard. All the pictures are kept here and are always updated with new ones. Will also contain more detailed pics:

http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o182/andynxn/LandRover/


Progress to Date

Rear Floor removal - The rear floor was removed for a couple of reasons, first the previous owner had made a new floor which was fitted on to of the old rotten original one. So i could remove the old one to allow me to get access to the chassie (to re-rub down and paint) and also aid in the welding of the rear cross member. Removing the floor was a right pain, it was all riverted in so these needed to be drilled out all the way along. One big advantage now is the new floor will be bolted in, so if i ever need to access underneith again it will be so much easier to remove.




Passenger Footwell - This has now been patched up, together with the door piller. I sort of cheated too, once it was welded i used sealer to go around the weld and along the seams, this will create a nice water tight seal and once painted will look nice and smooth (well it was my first welding experiance - pigeon poo comes to mind....). There is not really much more to say about the footwell, the pics below shows the before and after, nicely clean and painted. The intention is to paint the inside of the cab, this will be done once she is on the road.