Thread: series 3

Ben,
By the sound of it you will have to be prepared to do a fair bit of work on it. A seized clutch can be a whole range of things from clutch pedal bushes to hydraulics to throwout mechanism to clutch plate or flywheel needing surfacing. Could be all of those as well.
Post some pics and the members here can give you a bit more advice.

Good luck,
Russ

A lot of Series Landrovers have been fitted with Holden motors, initially because it was a cheap way of dealing with a worn out motor, later, as Holdens gained more power after the mid sixties, as an easy power upgrade. The Holden fuel and oil systems are unsuitable for steep slopes, but this may not be a problem for most owners. The gearing is less suited to the Holden motor and among the ways of dealing with this are fitting an overdrive and fitting Range Rover diffs that are 3.54 instead of 4.7.

The Holden motor can provide quite a satisfactory result, but one problem is that unless you have full documentation, unlikely in this case, you never know what parts you need until you pull it to bits - for example, what clutch plate has it got? No way of knowing without pulling it out and having a look.

Another problem is that the design and workmanship of the conversion varies from better than a factory installation to downright awful - and it is not always obvious what you are dealing with.

So not necessarily a reason to stay away from it, but definitely a reason to be very cautious - for the right money, if you are mechanically capable, might be a good buy. Perhaps try and find someone familiar with Series Landrovers who could look at it for you?

John

where at mate?

As a rule I reccomend not doing the holden conversion thing for many reasons but a lot of them are due to my driving style and the fact that the 2.25 4 pot has always done all Ive ever needed or wanted it to do.

I'm happy to throw an eyeball at it for you if it might help and if its within range.

Originally Posted by rusty1972

i have the opportunity to buy a series 3 with a 186 holden motor. Not knowing to much about series landy's i spoke to a guy i know with some landy knowledge and said to stay away from it. the body looks to be in fair condition clutch is seized and has been sitting for about 2 yrs in a paddock? any thoughts?
The guy said to stay away because of the holden motor...gearing problems i guess?

Cheers
Ben

I'm a holden motor fan....... but if it doesn't have engineering stay away. it will cost a heap to get registered. please don't ask me how I know this.