Htownscott

Turns out 2 things were at play here. The handbrake may have jammed on. It wasn't releasing that well when I checked it. Also being up on blocks meant I couldn't see all wheels so when I ran it up I could only see the rear drivers hub. Once my brother was down for xmas I got it started and was in business. Next a check of the brakes and I'll try getting it to move under its own steam :).

Thanks for the input guys I'm not very good at explaining, especially when I say "into" instead of "out" of the transfer case. I bleed the clutch on the chance it was the issue, but no change. I'll look adjusting the throw of the clutch pedal next and also check the hand brake as it didn't cross my mind that it could be stuck too. I'm now thinking the clutch isn't releasing properly as I can spin the wheels when its in gear, should have already checked that. The clutch must be letting a little power through when its running. I hadn't realised it wasn't going into gear now because we put it in gear, reverse and third, when we unseized the engine. This might have killed the clutch I suppose as it had sat for a number of years. I've also noticed the lever for hi/low just drops down, doesn't stay up which seems wrong. Of note this is my first land rover apart from a borrowed one when I was in the UK and I never used the transfer case. I'd like to get the wheels to turn before I start to do the restoration, purely to put a smile on my face. Either way I'll start stripping it down in the new year when shed space is freed up. I have a lead on a chassis that was galvanised many years ago but needs work and is less swiss cheese than mine.

Here is my beauty. Its S3 petrol 83-84 CKD and based on Rego about August 1984 for first registration in NZ. It's a project and i bought it a couple months ago with a seized engine. Engine has been freed and got it going with a little bit of ether to clear out the cobwebs. It hardly smokes so that's a bonus, however seems to be a "lightweight" model based on the amount of holes in the chassis :). Bought it for the challenge and its got overdrive so worth the admission price. Today I struck my first problem, having got it running I pulled all the wheels off and put it up on blocks to check the drive train. Not a lot happened when I put it in gear apart from stalling. I pulled up the floor and can see the shaft spin into the transfer case and I got a tiny bit of movement at the wheels. He's my question could the clutch plate be stuck? I'm not that technical and have no experience to go by. Cheers for any info. Scott