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Question:
Greetings from
Kenya.
I have a 1980
series 3 station wagon which goes well but doesn't stop well.
The front
brakes don't operate evenly with the rear brakes. The result is
under hard
braking, the rear brakes lock while the front do nothing very
much except
laugh at the fast approaching stationary car in front.
The system is
fitted with a servo and has a compensator valve which is
supposed to
close off either the front or rear brake lines in the event of a
failure of
either the front or the rear system.
I've done all
the obvious. New brake linings New wheel cylinders all round.
New master
cylinder (duel piston type) . New seals on the compensator valve.
The brakes have
been bled thoroughly.
Kenya's the
sort of place where you get a ton of advice and opinions. Some
invaluable,
some useless and some dangerous and I'm at a bit of a loss.
I suspect the
compensator's some thing to do with the problem.
Have you heard
of anyone else who's experienced this sort of problem? Any
advice would be
welcome.
kind regards
Guy
Wilson.
Answer: None
as yet!
Question: My
series 111 is a petrol model - which is a really sound, but I am fed up with
getting 20 miles to the gallon in it. One of my friends have suggested that by
fitting a diesel engine from a Maestro it will fit straight in with little modification.
There apparently is a company that supplies all the bits you need and rough
costings of the project. Does anybody know of the address, or any other
contacts. From rupeford@hotmail.com.
Answer: With response to the question of fitting a Maestro engine in to a series
3, I believe that the company who make the conversion kit is 'Dudleigh
Engineering', any good search engine should find them. I think the cost is
about £360 all in.
Thanks to John Killick for this answer.
Question: Is it possible to fit a 90/110 steering wheel straight on o a S111
without much modifying?
Any
answers please send to : rupeford@hotmail.com
and ash@madbadgers.freeserve.co.uk
Answer 1: No, but any
Mini steering wheel will fit.
From Dadu who also runs the biggest and best
Landrover site I have ever come across.
The Landrover Club Check this one out, it will blow your
mind!!!
Answer 2: The very early 90 steering wheels do go on without modification.
From Steve Witham who runs Aylesbury Landrover Fanatics Club
Answer 3: Find a DEFENDER steering wheel from a 94 - 96
model at a scrap yard (for a
tenner) take the old S111 off (nightmare of a job) and fit the new one on. It looks really good, but the only slight
trouble is that it is a bit closer to the dashboard, and therefore it will
squash fingers. I think a small collar will need to be fitted so it draws the
steering wheel out a little. But over all I suggest that anybody with an ugly
old series 111
(look wrong on a s11 or 1) should do it and it would only take the best part of
1 hour to do !!!
From Rupe Ford.
Question: Where can you get remote oil filters?
Answer: Thanks to Uel of the site www.the-specilaist.co.uk for this
answer:
Try
Merlin MotorSport www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk.
They sell their LandRover oil cooler
kits (£250 approx). They may also sell the housing separately.
Question: Parabolics. In my opinion knock spots of standard leafs. So why will the ARC not approve them for racing? (Paul Watson, Sheffield)
Answer: Firstly I agree, parabolics do knock spots of standard leafs. Sadly the ARC feels that all ARC approved vehicles must have the key components of a Landrover coming from the Rover Company. I would dearly love to enter ARC events but cant because I have Parabolics front and rear. Even though the 101 had parabolics, because these cant be fitted to Series vehicles so parabolics will never be ARC approved. It’s just something you have to live with! What I would suggest though is that you approved your local club and had a word with the scrutinieer. A lot of clubs that are ARC do have a lenient view on parabolics. (Ash)