Thread: Tyre width 16" AYG-8038 rims

Hi Warrick,

Refurbishing on an affordability basis certainly does take time. I now have to take pictures before and whilst I dismantle anything as I forget where everything goes after leaving it for a few weeks. It can even be some months before the re-assembly is finished.

Have you converted the drum brakes to discs to make your Stage I stop with the higher hp engine? When Land Rover launched the Stage I, they had to de-tune the Rover 3.5 L V8 down to 91 bhp to enable it to stop in an acceptable distance and time!

Attached is a picture of my 1979 Land Rover SIII GS FFR (General Service, Fitted For Radio). It has the Rover 2.6 L 6 cylinder fitted with a standard gearbox and transfer box. It no longer has any radio equipment, only the large auxiliary battery box behind the front seats and the two side vented dual battery boxes. It also has a removable gearbox crossmember fitted by the Australian Army so that the gearbox could be removed in the field without having to remove the floor and seat box etc.

LRT

Very nice truck LRT. I like the exhaust set up. Is that how the Army ran them?

As far as the disk brakes go for the Stage One, I am looking at using the Timm Cooper disk brake conversion kit for both front and rear axles. It is a matter of getting the engineering permits first though. It is on the list along with a new set of GB Parabolics. Should be a half decent rig then. A couple of Stage One owners in the UK have gone down this path and have been very happy with the performance of the brakes and suspension after using these parts.

I will post photo's as I go but it will be an ongoing project, a bit like everything at my place.

Regards Warrick.

Hi Warrick,

I look foreword to seeing pictures of your ongoing project.

The exhaust is standard fitment to the FFR. Mine does not have the mini brush bar to protect the exhaust and to reduce the fire risk in long grass and bush. Here is what the Registry of Ex Military Land Rovers (REMLR) states about the front exhaust:

"To maintain battery charge when the FFR was 'in-field' operating as a base station or a relay station for signals the engine was continuously run at a fast idle for hours at a time. Therefore the cooling systems for both the engine water and engine oil had to be very reliable. Care had to be taken to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning to personnel whilst the engine was idling. But what to do with the toxic not to mention hot exhaust gases? A FFR parked for an extended period in spinifex grass, dry scrub or even deep leaf litter with a hot exhaust system presented a fire hazard... so caution had to be exercised when setting up a sig post and concealing it every time, everywhere, whether the crew was just fresh out on exercise and eager... or whether the crew was severely fatigued from a week's round-the-clock operations."

Hence the solution:

"The exhaust noise muffler was large and fitted east-west under the front bumper. This mod required a strange looking reversed exhaust. An EMEI was later released to retrofit the FFRs with a mini brush bar bolted on the low section of the normal brush guard to provide some protection to the front mounted muffler."

For further information on FFRs, see the following REMLR link:

Series 3 Fitted For Radio -REMLR

Regards LRT