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Oh !!!! and to weld the galv just grind back the plated surface and burn it well in, if you can weld you have no issues, if not then get practising.

Just get the galv chassis, 99% of it will be protected perfectly, the small area you will weld will be insignificant, just treat it well after, waxoil etc etc, as for the fumes, yes they are not very clean but having done lots of galv welding years ago when people didn't realise the health implications i have to say I am still very well indeed. To be honest, a half hour welding will do all you engine / gearbox mounts with ease, no health probs there, I've done 30 yrs plus, and still going , you choose ( just chooose galv for the rest of the chassis sake ! ).

Make sure you confirm the availability of the pistons and rings before getting the machining done. I did mine out to plus 60 only to be told by paddock they were not available any more.

........I beg to differ as on the 5mb engines with the prefix 361.......the Rover manual clearly states that the main bearing bolts must be replaced. Indeed they put great emphasis on this point. It may well be that you can get away with not replacing them,.

Thankyou for a very interesting and informative posting ! I am seriously considering going down the same route as yourself and was wondering if you could help me with a few basic questions. I suppose I could ask an LPG kit supplier but they are biased arn't they ? Anyway here goes . How does this affect the insurance of the landrover ie , does it cost more ! and do you need an engineers report to satisfy the insurers ? Also, what are the service implications, can you do it yourself and is there much to it ? Sorry to be a pain but I am just now getting to grips with lpg and all advice would be greatly appreciated. I hope that I'm not hijacking the thread but what other tank locations have all you other forum users used and are happy with ? Many thanks.

Many thanks for your inputs, am keen to give it a go as I have a lot of work and money invested in my landrover and the thought of selling it for a car turns me pale !

Advice needed.........Due to a back injury I am having to have fitted a set of parabolic springs to my series 3 swb in a search for more comfort. It will now only be used on the road ( 99.5 % of the time ) apart from going up the dirt track to my home. Has anyone any preferences as to which make of parabolic springs are the best suited to road use? also anyone have suggestion on what make of dampers to fit to suit. Many thanks in advance .