Thread: New Project...

Hi Themadmob,

Parts purchasing for a Series Land Rover can be an experience all in it's own..!

I buy a lot of stuff from E-bay - as I don't have much time to go into shops and purchase things over the counter. There are multiple Australian companies that sell Landy stuff (that's one of the good points - you can get stuff from different companies).

Like everything - I have experienced good and bad results. A lot of companies sell "pattern" parts. These parts are not original OEM land rover, and sometimes they work fine - other times they don't fit at all! It can be quite frustrating to hand over your money, buying something that it advertised only to discover that it doesn't actually fit...

Another trap - often Series Land Rovers have been modified (sometimes extensively) by the previous owners. So you ring up a company, order a "Series 2 brake reservoir" - and it doesn't look like the one in your car. Further research tells you that the previous owner changed your reservoir to a Series 3 unit, and you've ordered the wrong thing!

Get a parts manual (I think that you can get them on CD here) - look at the part you want to replace, and make sure that you have the right part number according to the parts manual!

I often find that buying from the UK is cheaper for the part, but it takes a while to arrive and often freight can be a killer (so buy in bulk).

Everybody has their own experience - I have found the Australian companies (all 4x4, British offroad, Four Wheel Drives in Blackburn) and Dunsfolds, Autosparks in the UK are good. I often use Ebay a lot to try and find the part - and then try contacting the vendor.

My last tip - try and build up a relationship with the vendor. I find it useful to either talk to them directly or communicate via email. I often email a picture of a part, just to make sure that I am on the correct track. One of my vendors recently noticed that my front brakes were on the wrong way around - it was how the vehicle came and I had no idea! If you have a good relationship with a vendor, they tend to be reasonable if you want to return a part - especially if you have ordered stuff from them in the past.

I hope that this helps - hopefully

Hi All,

Well Super Gav and Mighty Mick came up yesterday and we did some jobs on Roger...

Gav installed the clutch slave cylinder, clutch fork, etc:



Mick pulled apart the front axle/drive shafts - ready for checking, cleaning and re-assembly. This was done as part of the other job - swapping the front backing plates that had been installed back-to-front by the previous owner:


I installed new rubber in the top of the tailgate (no photo) and I also spent quite some time searching for parts. Luckily I found them all - phew!

That's it for now. Cheers!

Great to see things moving on Roger again.

John

I had fun pulling apart someone else's Landrover. Didn't cost me a cent.
Oh, and thanks for offering to house and restore my SIIA. I'll consider your kind offer.

your work is so inspirational, keep it up. Cant wait to see it all back together

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

I had fun pulling apart someone else's Landrover. Didn't cost me a cent.
Oh, and thanks for offering to house and restore my SIIA. I'll consider your kind offer.

Heheheheheheehheheheehe......

Originally Posted by Johnno1969

Heheheheheheehheheheehe......

I don't know what you're laughing about. I've arranged to get mine shipped up to you.
Idle hands...and all that.

Originally Posted by Ozdunc

I don't know what you're laughing about. I've arranged to get mine shipped up to you.
Idle hands...and all that.

Hehehe. Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut. Then again, you don't mention me shipping it back, so maybe I could be onto a good thing.....