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I found something like that on this forum somewhere, in a stickied post, is that the one? Will print it out if so! May still buy the Haynes to show me where to find various bits and bobs but as long as the info is there in the workshop manual I should be ok.

That could be why the wash part doesnt work! I may have knocked a wire off it or something. When I come to that part, which may be sooner than later I'll but genuine switches and wire them in one by one. Gathering by the fact that the wipe and wash switch are different it's been bidged about with so may need help deciphering the wiring diagram that wil be in the haynes manual I will be buying in due course. Also want to find out where all the wires go that are on the dash. There was a rear worklight on the back that I took off and insulated the wires off as it was broken. Found another non broken spot in the cubby box so will wire that up and see what happens, or put a tail light through the wire and see what happens. From what I can gather the wire runs through the main loom, but I havent looked that closely TBH! Going to have the dash top off hopefully this week so will have a better look. Just had a £75 windfall so will be buying the brake overhaul kit and fitting that this weekend hopefully so that's a bonus as well!

True. Car parks out of public view, as well as being security patrolled and CCTV everywhere. At night the security van drives around the whole industrial estate so that's a deterrant. Plus most people at work know it's there as well. My boss said it looks like something out of Jeepers Creepers! Once I'm insured to drive it then I can be a bit more flexible about parking it on the drive to work on it but long term and short term it is fine there! Plus I can look out of my window and admire it!

Some of the toggle switches are on their last legs. The washer jet one did work but was very loose nad bendy. It now doesnt work, which atm I'm putting fown to the fuse or switch itself. Will find the part number at some point and buy a new one! The main job on the list is the brakes. I found these: http://www.paddockspares.com/pp/SERIES/Bra...yl_engine).html Can someone with knowledge confirm to a newbie that these will do the job? I'm going by the assumption that the whole lot will need/would be better renewed than leaving it! I have no service history with the truck at all! If that won't work does anyone know where I can go? (nothing rude!) Parked it in the work car park for now (just over the road from my house and safer) and got loads of attention. Loving it last night it was parked with my mates 90 and mine got more looks! Did my first landrover wave to a 110 last night as well whilst taking it around the block with my stepdad. Cheers.

Wow, loads of great info there! The Saab seats will be replaced with 3 normal series seats! The 'BEAM' indicator on the dashboard does work, the fusebox needs some attention. We lost indicators Sat night, until a good wiggle/remove and wipe fuseo n coat operation restored indicators and beam dash light to order! So some box work there! This weekend myself and a friend, along with his Landy serive agent uncle are going to take the wheels off and inspect the brakes. He also wants to cut off and buy the Harvey Frost of me and overhaul and keep it, to which I have no problems with. Found 2 new inertia series belts on ebay for £25 each BIN, and the middle lap belt for £12.99 so will be purchasing those ASAP! Landy is currently parked at the work car park due to lack of weekday space at home so can't do too much work this week, but I think fusebox seatbelts and brakes are the first priority! RE the canvas post, was delighted when I saw the hooks and holes already in place! Means an easy pickup cover, or a soft top! Am I right in thinking that if I take the cab back, roof and door tops off I would be legally allowed to drive it as an easy soft-top? Thinking of an easy winter conversion. Once I get the back window working then people sitting in the back won't be lonley, and my friend (person above) is throwing out his 2 rear 90 bench seats in a few weeks when he replaces them with 4 individual seats, so Will put those in the back of me truck, once the winch has gone and buy 4 more lap belts.

To be honest I'm not 100% certain about taking the Harvey Frost out either, bit I'll be using this landy to learn to drive in, and I just feel it'll be a hindering experience, let alone trying to get into car parks et.c. If it wasnt half welded to the chassis I'd just unbolt it and store it in the garage. Went out in her tonight, with another friend driving. Went to a house party, where it was the centre of attention, and upon leaving at half 4, with the choke out she started fine first time! The fuses have had it though, the indicators conked out halfway through the drive, and with a quick wiggle of the fuses are working again. Going to buy new ones all round tomorrow, and see what starts working! Power to the radio would be nice!

Well, drove up to stoke for 10am, and bought the series 3 I was talking about in the insurance thread. Engine is sweet, starts first turn and idles almost silently. She was pulling 80 (speedo was all over the place but stopped at 80 so presume that's the top speed) down the hills on the M40. Bodywork is sound, chassis has some surface rust and a few flaky bits in non important places. The Harvey Frost winch is a wicked piece of kit, hope I get to play with it a bit more before I angle grind it off the chassis and sell it! However, there are a fair few BAD points! The steering is very out. My buddy who drove her home was almost scared, very vague. The brakes are borderline illegal, pressing the pedal at all causes the whole vehicle to weave and pull in both directions and the gearbox is very clunky at changing, sometimes not going into gear first time (however that could be because me buddy is used to an LT77 box) We're gonna have the wheels off tomorrow to check the general condition, I hope it's just buggared brake pads! Steering I will research (saw the steering relay thread just now) and I need to weed the windows! Talking of windows, all the material in the slides has completely had it, is wet and growing various plantation. How difficult/expensive is it to completely renovate them. The glass is fine, but put new running tracks and seals in? Talking the door windows and the sliding one on the cab back. The washer jets don't work either! She has 2 Saab seats, the drivers one has caved in completely, but I consider that a bonus, means I sit lower down so am more comfortable. The fuel guage is useless as well, always on empty, even after putting £80 to get home. The 'BEAM' light doesnt work either, but I havent checked the bulb in it yet. Think that's everything. Going to be LOTS more random landrovery questions to come I'm afraid, but for now, some pictures... http://www.flickr.com/photos/solex/ There are some pics of my friends 90 (same bloke who drove landy home!)

Well, it may be a happy ending after all! Turned out, at about half 8 that the landy is on trade insurance, which the guy is willing to leave on for 24h, so a quick phone call to my mates insurance and we're good to go! Little Landy may still find a new home yet! Will start a new thread with pictures etc when/if she comes home. Happy and excited now.

Good idea, but it's a bit late now sadly. No, he's only 3rd party on his 90 and only 21. Hey ho, better keep looking! Anyone got a s3 for sale mot and taxed for under 650 quid give me a buzz!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...9447%26_fvi%3D1 Right, having major insurance problems with this one. The above link is the ebay listing for it, what would it come under insurance wise? Don't want to drive it back uninsured for 150 miles and then find out I cant get insured on it at all! Any ideas? need them pretty quickly I'm afraid, leaving (potentially) at 6am.

The guy apparently uses it in his yard, so prob why there's no tax. picking it up from Tunstall. RE the 2.6 post, anything I should look/listen out for? all I managed to get with my vague questions that it starts fine when cold and the choke goes back in on it's own! Taking a friend who owns and has rebuilt the engine/gearbox etc on a 1987 90 with a 3.5efi rangie lump in it, so hopefully he should be able to say yes or no to it! plus he's insured to drive it home, im not

This will seem a very vague post, so apologies in advance! Currently going to view a 1983 reg S3 109" Pickup on Saturday. Currently, the landy has a Harvey Frost winch on the back, as the current owner uses it for moving cars around on his yard. Done 83,000 miles and has a 2.6 petrol under the hood. According to the DVLA site, Little Landy PMA 124Y was built in 1978 and registered on 25 07 1983. When I put that plate into tesco compare, money supermarket etc it isn't found. (Although that could be as the vehicle is being taxed tomorrow for the first time since 01/06/1998, not sure how that part works!) Was the S3 LWB available in a cab back back in '78? Havent got any chassis numbers to check, and to be honest I doubt the guy would know where to look for it. Is there any way I can trace the landy using the above info? Also, what is normally the reason for a 5 year gap in-between the landys manufacture and registration? My boss said that back then you could buy a car unregistered, so it could have had an agricultural life for its pre-teen years. Any info you guys can supply would be great! Going to view it in Stoke-on-Trent on Sat morning so will hopefully get to see some paperwork for it and can update you if I buy it or not. Cheers Landy Lovers

They are absolute rubbish. I got a TD5 bulkhead from them in 'complete condition' The dash was torn and incorrect, no cubby box the steering wheel was bent and the bulkhead was warped. It took about 18 phone calls and a threat from the credit card company to take their funds back for them to send me the correct parts. The upshot is I had enough spare parts from the incorrect items they sent me to make the money back on ebay! But I would heartily reccommend staying away from them!

I bought a hood stick set from them, and whilst it looked nice the instructions were useless, the galvanisation left a little to be desired and most of the bolts cross threaded themselves. They talked me through the fitting over the phone though, so that was ok, and the canvas I bought from them was tip top!

Hi All. After a long time lurking I finally registered! Myself and a friend have rebuilt his 87 90. It's 90% mot ready, but there are a few small niggles. We put a brand new 90 loom in (from Autosparks) and have it almost wired up, apart from the handbrake. Although the brake works, the park light does not come on. I know there should be a wire with a bullet connector going into the lever, but havent got a clue where it comes from or the colour (could probably find the colour but havent got a haynes book at work!) Does anyone know what I should be looking for? Secondly, the dashboard illumination doesnt work! Again, what wires do I look for on this? Thirdly (going to be a long one!) the hazard light on the dash doesnt work, but the hazards them selves do. Does anyone know how to wire up a TD5 temperatue and fuel guage with the 90 kit? At the moment, the fuel guage shows full all the time, which may be something simple. Lastly, does anyone know where to get hold of a half rear door (it's a softopped beat now) with hinges, handles locks capping etc? Hope some of these questions are answerable!