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DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
By: DarrenH Date: March 11, 2015, 5:16 am
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our nan passed away last year (in her nineties) and a small
amount of money filtered down from the will. i wasnt expecting
anything to be honest so it was quite a surprise. i didn't want
to stash it or blow it on pointless stuff (he says, introducing
a project he didnt really need :D ) so decided to look for a
physical keep sake, which in my mind translated as car !
something familiar, potential to be future classic and increase
in value, plus be fun to drive and have a good owners scene
behind it. having owned a very early (pre release) 1984 ninety
which i sold a couple years ago i started looking at series 2a
and 3. i viewed a couple and this one came up locally at a good
price, so about a month ago i went for a viewing and ended up
buying it.
its a legit S3 station wagon 2.25 petrol (verified by vin)
109,000 miles but had engine rebuild in 1998 including new
valves, guides, unleaded conversion, weber 34ich carb. it had a
decent respray in the noughties and sits on an excellent
condition chassis, no welded repairs anywhere (theres a printout
of an old ebay advert in history which claims it had a new
chassis, but have no documented evidence). its been waxoiled
every few years which has kept it in good shape! the engine
number comes back correct vintage 8:1 5 main bearing and the
vehicle is otherwise original untouched or gracefully restored.
it has fairey overdrive and freewheeling hubs which are nice
bonus. it also came with a wallet of history dating back to its
purchase from dutton forshaw (oxford registered). in the
history is a little note book in which the second owner started
writing down servicing and parts details, then each subsequent
owners have carried it on which is awesome ! even has date of
purchase, price, name and address at each change of hands,
amazing !
HTML http://www.darrenh.co.uk/landy88/landy88_10.jpg
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HTML http://www.darrenh.co.uk/landy88/landy88_14.jpg
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to do list...
heater box is bypassed with rubber hose, replacement came with
vehicle
sort bonnet catch as it wobbles up and down 1/4 inch
replace door mirror as it has a little peep mirror on it
(helpless)
door glass wont slide, felt runners are swollen/jammed with moss
door tops bow out at speed, possible replacement or rewelding
roof lining is mouldy
one tropical roof vent jammed open
rear side window runners (bottom) are rotting/swollen with rust
cross bars in rear door starting to rot
rear door check strap pulled out of floor pan
water pump is leaking out of the drain hole
choke cable rusted solid internally
heater control cable rusted solid internally
indicator stalk not self cancelling
reverse light not working
awesome 80s sharp head unit not powering up
biggy is the gearbox pops out of 4th occasionally, 3rd and 4th
syncro are also non existent (update on this later)
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
By: Hissing Sid Date: March 11, 2015, 6:56 am
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Thank looks like a really nice truck.
Ref: gearbox might be worth checking that the main shaft nut is
tight, special castle nut.
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
By: DarrenH Date: March 11, 2015, 7:24 am
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[quote=Hissing sid]Thank looks like a really nice truck.
Ref: gearbox might be worth checking that the main shaft nut is
tight, special castle nut.[/quote]
thanks HS :) i'm doing this thread retrospectively but its
only out by a couple of weeks
in the end the gearbox required a new primary pinion (because
its got drive teeth for 4th inside it), new 2nd gear, new 3rd
gear, plus all new baulk rings. bearings, seals, gaskets. oh
and a new borg+beck clutch
heres the primary pinion, the clutch goes on the splines arrowed
green. red is the drive teeth for 4th gear, well there's no
actual "gear" for fourth it just a direct drive.
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heres a close up of the teeth for the direct drive (4th gear)
i.e the red arrow above. notice the edges have become bevelled
with wear
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this is the gear/syncro for 3rd and 4th. when pushed in one
direction the inner teeth slide and mesh with the teeth inside
the primary pinion from the previous pictures, this then
provides the 1:1 direct drive to transfer box (4th gear)
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HTML http://www.darrenh.co.uk/landy88/landy88_gearbox_3rd_4thsync.jpg[/img]
close up of the teeth for direct drive (4th gear) so this
horrendous wear/chamfering, plus the bevelled wear inside the
primary pinion is why it kept jumping out of 4th gear, it was
literally pushing itself apart
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HTML http://www.darrenh.co.uk/landy88/landy88_gearbox_3rd_4thsync2.jpg[/img]
heres the other gears that were replaced due to the syncromesh
teeth being terribly warn
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it drives really nicely now, the gearbox is tight and quiet,
snicks into gear like a bolt action rifle (by bolt action rifle
i mean opening the sluice on an 18th centrury water driven corn
mill :D ). very happy with it
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
By: mandylandy Date: March 11, 2015, 12:11 pm
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That Sir, is a real sweetypie!
:smilewide:
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
By: Arjan Date: March 11, 2015, 12:22 pm
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Very, very nice :thumbs:
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
By: Rob1769 Date: March 11, 2015, 5:41 pm
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very nice.. sort the basics and get using it :giddy:
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
By: Hissing Sid Date: March 12, 2015, 5:47 am
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Flipping heck that gearbox was well worn.
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
By: DarrenH Date: March 13, 2015, 9:29 am
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few pics of the cooling system overhaul. i did it by the book
and removed the radiator, i think i could have struggled around
the fan shroud and what not, but it made many of the jobs much
easier.
i drained the system using the plug on the bottom of the
radiator, and the plug on the bottom of the block. in small
quantities it had a good pink coolant mix, however by the time
the trug had a few inches of liquid at the bottom it was turning
very rusty. will replace it to be honest.
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removing the radiator fixings, had the battery out at this point
too. the whole job was getting a bit "stuff in the way of other
stuff"
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i thought this was a drive dog for capstan winch at first, then
learned its "only" for a starter handle.
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old pump off and the timing chain cover cleaned up as much as i
could in situ
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new pump fitted and timing chain cover dotted in with paint
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painted the pulley and fan, decided i might as well tart bits up
as i go along
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also started investigating the bypassed heater matrix. blanked
one outlet off and stuck a garden hose on the other, i take it
this is outside of normal leak down tolerance :D :D
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then had the old heater box off, the two bolts at the sides are
actually nut and bolts that go through to the foot wells, which
is allot of fun on your own :D found 3 old sweet wrappers and a
biro in the heater box lol
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HTML http://darrenh.co.uk/landy88/landy88_heating_13.jpg[/img]
so spruced up the replacement heater box and bunged up some of
the holes with dumdum. i also did the garden hose leak tests
which came back ok, that was with about 5 bar mains pressure
behind it too, the coolant system on the landy is under 1bar :)
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bolted in place with new foam seal, then started plumbing it
back in.
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also had the heater valve off to make sure its clear and free,
which it is :)
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then into the cabin to see why the heater controls weren't
working. when i moved the lever the outer sheath was sliding
through the clamp, so i tightened the clamp but then the lever
was rock solid. then i took the clamp off, released the wire
core and i couldnt even shift it with pliers on the end :(
ultimately i had to take the cable right off the landy, clamp
the end of the wire core in a vice and pull the sheath off. it
was rusted solid so cleaned it up with wire wool soaked in oil,
then it slid back through lovely :)
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while in the dash i delved into the birds nest behind the dials
to fit the new lucas indicator stalk (forgot to mention that,
indicator wasnt self cancelling due to spring lugs warn off).
no problems with the fitment all the wires and plugs matched,
but the kink in the stalk wasnt quite right, it hit the wiper
button when pushed forward to full beam :( so i gripped the
stalk in an adjustable wrench where i wanted to bend it more,
then tweaked it forward which cured that problem :)
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
By: DarrenH Date: March 17, 2015, 2:24 pm
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further pottering, had a look at the rear door check strap which
had stress fractured and pulled a disk of alloy out of the floor
pan. i decided to use a new metric 8mm (thanks swear filter)
bolt from underneath, two penny washers and some disks of damp
proof course to keep the steel~alloy separate
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bolt inserted from underneath and a nut wound down tight on it,
a small washer, the check strap, another washer, then nyloc on
top :cool:
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also had a quick delve into my favourite thing, ever, old car
electrics. first is the non functioning reverse light which i am
genuinely missing. i popped the lens off to see if the bulb had
blown, erm yeah kinda !
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oddly the bulb still had continuity but when i hooked it up to
spare car battery it lit up then went cloudy like a storm
rolling in. think the glass is cracked and leaking argon
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next popped it in reverse to see if i had 12v at the terminals,
nope. then started flipping the mystery switches on the dash
and got 12volts from the one arrowed below ! i also got 0.4
volts with it in the off position which cant be right :confused:
maybe the switch has carked it internally. with ignition off i
still get 0.4 volts, but pull the switch to the on position it
goes to zero volts. bizarre. think its something to do with
the fact its illuminated (the white portion in the middle of
switch should glow in the on position)
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HTML http://www.darrenh.co.uk/landy88/landy88_switch01.jpg[/img]
then i temporarily wired in a new bulb to prove the switch.
i'll need to buy a new reverse light though as its already had
an araldite repair, one terminal snapped off due to that, and
now the melted holder
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next job was to investigate why my bangin ICE install was no
longer dropping thick beats. it will be my lifes work to get
this thing working, but i swear to god if it chews up my one and
only remaining cassette (thriller) like philliops unit in old
landy did when i had two cassettes (scorpions greatest hits and
thriller) there is gonna be violence of geological proportions
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might be this lot to blame, worlds longest chain of random wires
and choc blocks ?
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eventually worked out that there are two 12v feeds (hence the
two fuses above) one is switched, the earth is a spade on the
actual metal casing. the head unit woke up once i wired it in,
but no dice from the speakers. i traced the wires and they
have been cut in 4 difference places. plus i found 4 or 5 other
random bits of wire doing nothing (one of which was live 12v and
pinched/ cut off under the windscreen frame trims :eek: )
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heres the random dashboard finds. a lolly stick, £2.20, a
rancid foam ear plug, a national pest technicians association
pin badge, some shells, two lengths of speaker cable with plugs,
a piece of ply wood painted stripy black
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
By: niteram Date: March 18, 2015, 3:43 pm
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cool thread, keep us updated,
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