One of the rear axle brake lines on the 127 was looking a shade… (drum roll)… rusty. Wow. It’s almost like that’s some sort of a running theme. Thankfully brake line replacement is a fairly quick job to do – the rear axle lines in particular are easily accessible and not very long or complex. You can […]
1987 127 Marshall Ambulance
A-frame ball joint replacement
The A-frame ball joint is the meaty ball joint sat atop the rear axle on all the older coil sprung Land Rovers. It allows the back axle to pivot about the joint relative to the upper links (which, cunningly, look a bit like a capital A, hence A-frame): What it doesn’t do is let the […]
Wheel refurb
One of the first things needing (loosest possible use of the word) sorted for the 127 was a set of wheels – it was fitted with 9″ wide modulars. Mingin’. Alas, proper 6.5″ wide 127/130 rims (as opposed to 5.5″ rims used on 90’s and 110’s) seem to cost a small fortune now. ANR1534PM are available […]
Bye bye series II, hello 127 Ambulance
After a summer of camping in the back of the 110, I’ve been musing for some time over getting something a bit more suitable for dealing with extended trips in Scottish weather. The roof tent was good, but only really provided somewhere to sleep. There was nowhere to sit around in the evening if you […]