do lightweights use normal land rover running gear?

[frrfrr]

hi there , can anyone tell me if a s3 lightweight uses the same running gear as a normal s3 landy?

was thinking of buying a lightweight s3 and was wondering if the axles , brakes , gearbox , steering use the same components .

any help would be great

fraser

[western]

used similar but with narrower axles & shorter drive shafts IIRC.

[Swifty oh no]

used similar but with narrower axles & shorter drive shafts IIRC.

On the early ones yes. On the later ones that stuff was the same as "normal" SIII's

[101sean]

As said, later ones had rationalized axles and brakes along with civvy production. Main difference in earlier ones was half shafts and drive members. If you want more detail, get over to the EMLRA forum, guy there collects them and will tell you down to dates how things changed!

[101sean]

Mark Cook's book 'Half Ton Military Land Rover' will also tell you all you want to know.

[Tony Jones]

As above but if you were so minded and had the parts available you can retrofit all the later gear. I kept the rear axle casing on mine and fitted later stub axles, Range Rover Diffs and Stage One V8 Drums front and rear on mine.