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Fixing old Land-Rovers, and other interesting things

1956 Series I/RRC 88″ hybrid

  • 1956 Series I/RRC 88" hybrid
  • Land Rover – 57 Varieties

    Posted on 4th January 20164th January 2016

    This is not a Land Rover for purists. At some point in the dim and distant past, it was an 88″ series 1. Then it was turned into a hybrid – by someone with not very much skill, as I discovered once I started stripping it down… It seems that the series 1 donated (most of) […]

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  • 1956 Series I/RRC 88" hybrid
  • Propshaft Universal Joint replacement

    Posted on 3rd January 20163rd February 2016

    Not the most interesting of jobs this, but I’ve been tripping over this propshaft in the garage for ages and it’s grim outside. One of the universal joints (UJ’s) had seized in one plane, meaning it (or possibly the whole prop) needed replacement. First thing to check was whether the telescopic splined section (which allows […]

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