S III upul

I've tried my level best to maintain the originality of my series 3, but it failed to full fill my requirement. with A/C & P/S, not enough power. On road with 4 speed G/B its really struggling. over heating is another problem too.So I finally decided to swap my engine to a nissan TD27 turbo with land rover LT77s gear box & LT230 T/C.

hi, Did any one had personal experience of restoring a land rover? How hard or how easy etc; please share your thoughts............ best regards, upul

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/145/my1stsii This my 1st series 3 land rover. I've tried my level best to maintain its originality. I'm not a classic car owner, and I don't want to be. I want good looking land rover series 3 with challenging performance. Thank you for your gold tips. best regards, upul

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/9215/yala320 I've heard that, To my knowledge this fault comes with an early series 1 and 2s. pls check that.Thanks for your golden tips.

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/4207/yala2anp4.jpg Thank you for the tips. I'm running on 2.26 3 bearing diesel original engine. Normally its bit noisy and with 4 speed gear box is another issue. recently I've imported over drive from UK for my landy. Its reduce some noise and improve gearing on road too.With the over drive now I really feel I need more power. Nissan caravan engine is TD27 and new one is QD32. I saw an article of LRO magazine, TD27 is a good option For defender, and they do have conversion kit for it too. If I go for TDi 200 or 300, I can buy 2 nos. of TD27s. I'm trying to keep my original gear box as much as possible. And I don't like to change the front grill too. I've improved my front drum brakes to disk brakes, and I'm planing to do it rear brakes too.

Hi, I love to know any possibility to swap my old engine and put a new much smoother Japanese engine to my land rover series 3. I also want to have power steering and air conditioning too. That means I must have more power engine. I try to restore series 3 by my self. I do have a little knowledge and courage too. I don't trust any so called 4x4 specialist. So your advices are gold for me.thanks. Best Regards, Upul