German Shepherd Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Being a new owner of a series 3 Land Rover, I am in need of some help please. Having recently retired i bought a 1973 swb series 3 with the intention of restoring, however when I completely stripped the old girl I found that the chassis was well gone so I bought a replacement rolling chassis which was in fair condition, however after stripping and rebuilding the engine, I have tried to refit the engine and box to the replacement chassis and found that the slave cylinder is fouling on the engine cross member so it is stopping the box going down far enough to bolt on to the mountings. From reading a number of posts on various LR sites, it looks like I have bought a series 2 chassis, which has a different engine crossmember to a series 3. So to cut a long story short, can I grind out sufficient of the crossmember to enable the slave cylinder and box to fit? Plus are there any other major differences between the series 2 and 3 chassis? Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Yeah just get the grinder out. There are a few differences, but the bellhousing crossmember is the main one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Shepherd Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 Thanks for the response, grinder will be out tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 You can buy that crossmember as a repair section, it may be worth just changing it t a series 3 one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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