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#Post#: 102247-------------------------------------------------- |
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Series 3 109" diesel |
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By: TheLordJohn Date: April 3, 2017, 5:06 am |
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Hi all. |
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I have (in the past year) bought a 1978 LWB. |
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[IMG] |
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http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk53/sturobinson88/14088401_1110387292384876… |
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[IMG] |
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http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk53/sturobinson88/14051742_1110387289051543… |
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I drove it from Carlisle to High Wycombe earlier on this year |
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and it performed wonderfully! |
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Sat at around 45, sometimes 50, took just 6 hours to complete |
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the trip. Didn't use as much fuel as I was expecting it to, |
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either. |
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But it has its' problems, and no longer has an MOT. |
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The things I know that will stop it passing an MOT are the |
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wipers and horn aren't working. |
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Does anyone know of a Land Rover friendly mechanic/MOT centre |
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than is also friendly on the wallet!? |
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Happy to travel a little from HP14. |
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Thanks in advance everyone, Stuart. |
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#Post#: 102255-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Series 3 109" diesel |
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By: PROPERJOB Date: April 8, 2017, 12:12 am |
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Hi, |
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Nice motor. The 2 faults you list sound easy enough to fix and |
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could be as simple as a loose fuse. If you were a bit closer |
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then would be happy to hop over and help sort it out but |
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hopefully somebody on here will be close by? |
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#Post#: 102256-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Series 3 109" diesel |
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By: Doug_T Date: April 8, 2017, 12:52 pm |
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That does look like a nice one. I'm not a million miles away |
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from you, and I'll be happy to pop over to have a look one |
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evening. As far as MOT goes, I can't help you with any round |
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there, but there's a chap on here going by the name of NoelC who |
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used to work for one of your local bus companies, and I think he |
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may have mentioned using the place that the buses went to for |
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his LR MOT. |
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Noel? |
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Re: Series 3 109" diesel |
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By: TheLordJohn Date: April 10, 2017, 10:53 am |
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Afternoon gents. |
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Thanks for the replies! |
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I've sorted all the lights now (numerous weren't working so just |
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replaced all 8 smaller ones and fixed the headlight (low output |
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from bulb due to bad earth) |
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Wipers are now working but still no horn. |
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Are the stalks common failure points as the horn isn't getting |
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any power when i press the end of the stalk. |
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Thanks again, Stuart. |
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