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My wonderful wife bought GF8434 for me, a series 3 from 1973. That makes it older than me by about three years.

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Tall Person Changes Fuel Costs Links Overdrive Pictures To Do ...before I go off-road ...real soon ...Sometime

Tall Person Changes

Being tall, I've had to change some minor things.

First to go was the spare tyre from the front bonnet. Its now living in the back.
Also the rear-view mirror got flipped upside down so it is above the windscreen top.
All unnecessary stickers have come off too, and at the next WOF the sticker goes in the middle.

Fuel Costs

The motor is a Holden 186 and runs on LPG or petrol.

Two months into owning the car, I drove to Oxford and back. 88 miles (according to google earth) read only 63 on the odometer. So all my mileage readings were under by 24%. So far the worst tank has returned 15.11 MPG / 5.29 Km/L and the best tank was 20.2 MPG / 7.06 Km/L

In December 2006, LPG is 92c/L whereas petrol is $1.42/L so financially the land rover is cheaper to fuel than our 1.8 L 4 cylinder 1990 mazda sedan.

To Do...

...before I go off-road

Install tow hooks, front and rear DONE
Bolt or rivet the fire extinguisher down. DONE
Waterproof it more - both replace the rubber seals on all three doors, and to fill all the holes with bolts or something. HALF DONE
Waterproof the distributor and coil some more.
Fit this snorkel DONE
Complete the first-aid and tool kits.DONE
Get a PRS radio that works. DONE
Get a tow rope or two, and bow shackles. Got a 30M tow strap, a 5M rope, and a snatch block so far
...real soon
Learn to weld... BUGGER BUGGER BUGGER!!!
Fix the water leak - Wynns radiator stopleak is good stuff DONE
Speedo panel light - the speedo was not connected to negative earth. Reconnecting it to two floating wires fixed that (and eliminated two floating wires in the back rats nest) Mind you the speedo itself is in Miles, and is rather inaccurate too. DONE
Fix the speedo - during the above fix I unscrewed the speedo cable. Everything reconnected fine. However now its reading 60 mph at about 20 mph, and can read anything up to 30 when stopped dead. Also it tends to make a speed-dependant tak-tak noise. Speedo has now died completely... the needle did a full turn of the dial and is now stuck on 0 mph at any speed. This is now a warrant failure so gotta fix it. Speedo Link DONE Got it properly rebuilt by Parretts for $100.
Odometer underreads distance by 0.76 - needs recalibration for tyre size.
Side light was not going - first thought that rust on connectors was interfering and bought two new sidelights from trademe for $20 each. Later found that a bullet connector near the horn had failed. Recrimping that fixed the problem. DONE
Straighten and paint front bumper - some knob has used a chain or rope around the bumper to tow/be towed. After banging it straight, found the bumper was made from two pieces and joined at the starter hole which was ragged. Moved the licence plate to cover the hole which can't be used with the holden anyway. DONE
Waterproofing - the landrover cannot keep oil in or water out. So here are all the water leaks to fix.
- Door tops - specifically the top/forward corner. Needs replacement seals or something similar.
- Guttering - all around especially in the front corners. Intend to drill out every rivet, raise the top of the roof, clean out all the sealant that has been put there over the years, seal it and re-rivet or possibly rebolt the lid.
- Rear view mirror - don't know how but it drips
- Bulkhead - theres heaps of holes in this, mostly for bolts etc. Will put rivets or rubber grommits in the round holes and seal around cables.
- Tub/lid seam - the rubber is not lined up correctly. Need to lift the hard top and reposition the seals and rebolt. DONE
- Floor panels - Intend on replacing both panels with some alloy for lightness. Will gunge all around the edges at that time.
...Sometime
Fit the two replacement side lights that I got from trademe. DONE
Carpet the middle panel - the suicide seat came out because it has no seat belt, so I wouldn't let anyone sit there anyway. Also seal the hatch a bit better. DONE
Middle seat went back in cos I needed to carry two passengers. I've had a lap belt and harness fitted thanks to Michael Fiddymont. Works great (but my 3 y/o can sometimes kick the gearstick out of second or fourth) DONE
Replace the two side doors with some one-piece doors from a defender 90.
Add an interior light that works
Add these side mirrors. DONE
Mount spare wheel better - presently its bungee-tied down in the back to this awesome mounting point and you can reduce squeaking by spraying the contact surface with dry-glide (spray the vehicle, not the tire. Let it dry before replacing.) DONE Now its lying flat in the back, and strapped to two pairs of tiedown points. Photo to come...
Do something with the passenger's seatbox... its an empty void at the moment and could be a good storage spot. I'm thinking of mounting my car computer there, or behind the drivers seat.
Clean/replace the side back windows - they have a weird bloom discolouration. Turns out they're delaminating with age.
Head job - had a burned valve on cylinder 5... had the head cleaned up professionally.
Right/Driver's doortop replace. I slammed the door getting in, and one of the two doortop bolts fell off. There's nothing there to weld to, so I ended up getting a new doortop frame for $140 and fitting new homemade window track, and transferring the glass over. Note - the yellow undercoat on the aluminium is only transport protection. You should remove it completely before painting, else it peels in a couple of weeks. Bugger!
Install this front drive-shaft $46. Got to clean it up and paint it nicely first. The old one was loose in the sliding splines.