Thread: Leyland Suid Afrika?

There was a Land Rover factory until the early 2000s, just like there was a Land Rover factory in Sydney untill the 1990s.

Does it have an instruction plate like this?

The clunk-clunk coming to a stop may be because it is stuck in four wheel drive, but more likely is that the handbrake is dragging, either due to incorrect (or seized) adjustment or, more likely, oil from a leaking rear seal. May be adjusted too tight to try and make it work with oily shoes.

John

Thanks JD forgot to mention it has free wheeling hubs they were in the lock position when I picked it up but I unlocked it before setting off. That's why I was puzzled on centre diff wind up.

Here is a couple Lotz

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Sorry for some reason can only put one pick up per post on iPad

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Originally Posted by 78RRman

Thanks JD forgot to mention it has free wheeling hubs they were in the lock position when I picked it up but I unlocked it before setting off. That's why I was puzzled on centre diff wind up.

Here is a couple more pics Lotz
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That would make the clunking perhaps even more likely to be "stuck in four wheel drive", but in my experience, the symptom you describe is almost always due to the handbrake dragging.

John

Welcome to series III ownership

Can we have some more pics of the unique top and bench seat?

Mrs hh

I'm thinking that too, my 2 door used to do the same thing. I'm going to pull the floor and seats out then it's going to my mechanics for open heart surgery on the box and transfer case I can't live with the noise coming out of her I want it right. I know nothing about gear boxes.

Originally Posted by 78RRman

Thanks JD forgot to mention it has free wheeling hubs they were in the lock position when I picked it up but I unlocked it before setting off. That's why I was puzzled on centre diff wind up.

Here is a couple Lotz

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My SIIB came from South Africa via Tas, I had to acquire an SA name plate from Joh'burg because the original was removed either in Vic or Tas.

Just on a point of accuracy, the SIII has a dog clutch arrangement to select 4WD, the centre diff are only a function of constant 4WD vehicles like the Range Rover, Disco and Defender.

Have you pulled the hi low range lever into low whilst pulling up on the yellow button? You sometimes have to do this quite hard to get everything to operate when the mechanism is sticky.