Thread: 1968 Land Rover Series IIA

Good luck to you. that's a great result.

Cheers Rod

Another lovely commute through Sydney traffic this morning. I've refitted my doortops since it's so cold! I must be getting soft - back in the UK this weather would be considered warm and I'd have had my roof off.

I'm going to attempt to get the speedometer to work this weekend, I'm hoping the replacement gearbox this will have cured the problem - I just need to remove the dashboard and hook it up. Not that I really expect the speedo to be accurate and since it's in MPH it's not going to be all that useful here in Australia.. other jobs to do this weekend include adjusting the handbrake (again!), fixing one of my back lights (the bulb keeps coming out of the fitting... Britpart...) and replacement of the exhaust / manifold gasket (again!).. the Land Rover sure seems to keep me busy.

I know what it's like to have a bunch of Land Rover tasks on the go I can assure you! all you can do is go through them one by one ... it'll give you something (else) to do on the weekend!

Well this weekend was remarkably free of Land Rover tinkering. I ended up replacing the points earlier on in the week and it's made a big difference to how smooth it runs. I still need to adjust my handbrake. I seem to spend my life adjusting it! I also need to buy a new water pump - there's a rumble and I think it's on it's last legs. Thankfully these aren't especialy expensive. Just hope I can replace it without having to remove the radiator.

Sunshine forecast here in Sydney for the week so I'm taking my roof off

Spotted last week, the infamous 'Bill'.

Series Land Rovers seem to be getting a bit common over the Northern Beaches.. here's another regular I keep spotting.


Got my roadworthy test coming up in the next couple of weeks so spent the weekend sorting out various known issues... I now have fully working brake lights, a horn and a dip switch... the one fitted was made of the weakest components known to man and it never worked properly before it exploded. I have replaced with a Ford Falcon floor-mounted switch... please forgive me but it's much better quality than the part it replaced.. Now all I need to sort out is the major oil leak between engine and gearbox and the leak from the gearbox itself... I think I have come up with a cunning, temporary plan... I don't really want to take the engine out to replace the seal....

Funny I've got a mirror image of that photo.



Amazing the high quality of person parking outside the local fish and chipper.

It was nice to put a face to a name. The 109 looks great, despite your protestations about the quality of the paint job.

The Old Girl keeps asking about Bill, she seems smitten.

Engine oil leak seemingly fixed.. But replaced by gearbox transfer box leak! Would draining it for the roadworthy test work....

Where's the box leaking from?
If its the main cover (they tend to warp) grab a sheet of cork gasket from SuperRepCheapCoAuto, a tub of Hydromar (or what ever that blue goo is called) and a new blade for the Stanley knife, and you should be good to go in a few minutes.

If it's else where, you could try cleaning the area up, then wiping a smear of silicone over the leaking area. It won't be permanent and you'll need to scrape it off after but it might keep you clean enough to get through rego and deal with it properly later.