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| News: Thursday August 2 2007, the Safari passed its 19th MOT since I bought it. A month or so ago I finally changed the clutch master cylinder which had been leaking since winter, then this weekend we went camping the Landy was fine but on the Monday morning the clutch pedal went to the floor, I checked and the slave cylinder had gone. I bought a new one and fitted it last night. Everything else seemed ok for the MOT. There's some play in the steering box and a corroding brake pipe to be done sometime soon. June 28 2007, Sam's Landy passed its MOT, the steering relay bolts had come loose somehow and the brakes needed slight adjustment, apart from that it was fine. July 27 2006, the Safari passed its 18th MOT since I bought it. I had changed the ball joints on the ends of the longitudinal steering arm last week and as well as tightening the nut on the steering box for the drop arm this has made the steering a lot better. I also took out a couple of shims from the near-side (left) front swivel housing king pin. For the emissions test the CO level should be less than 4.00% and the Safari was well in, then I found the VOSA site, so really only a visual check was required since the Safari was first used in 1973. June 29 2006, Sam's Series 2A Landrover passed its MOT. The Road Tax expired this month too, it's always a joy to go to the Post Office and get a new one. The look on the cashier's face when they realise it's exempt payment is a picture. March 2006, its doing it again, the exhaust manifold gasket is again blowing, must get it sorted this weekend. March 2005, the exhaust started making a horrible noise. Finally traced it to the exhaust manifold gasket, changed it and the noise went. A week later and it gradually came back. Off came the manifold again and low and behold the gasket had gone again. I bought a new one and it seems fine now. I reckon the first one was an old gasket I had kept in the garage for a number of years and it was damp. The heat from the exhaust must have caused the damp to expand and ruin the gasket. I hope that was it anyway. Thursday 6 Jan 2005, could not get to LPG supplier so I had to run on petrol. Started it this morning using the choke, it took longer than normal to warm up enough to run smoothly and the smell, I had forgotten how smelly petrol was. Must fill it up with LPG today. |
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 Corgi model Series III 109", makes an ideal gift from Amazon. |
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The first Land Rover in my life was a 1966 ex-army Series IIA short wheelbase. I bought it from a friend at work, he had worked in Africa and was so impressed with the one he drove there that he ordered one from Richards at Hinstock. Unfortunatly the Land Rover was not entirely suitable for his needs in England so it had to go. |
| After the SWB Land Rover, I always wanted a LWB Safari but they were more than I could afford so that had to wait. It was 8 years before I owned the next one. This was practically identical to the first, a Series IIA ex-army 88 Land Rover. |
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The old Land Rover lasted for 6 years but eventually the corrosion was getting too much so we looked for a replacement. That replacement turned out to be another ex-military Land Rover, this time an ex-Royal Marines Series III 88. It was more like a standard Land Rover without the modifications that had been on the previous two. |
| Even with a trailer the 88" Land Rover seemed to be getting smaller as the three kids grew up. I had wanted a 109" Safari for years and now that dream finally came true. |
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Sam had always said he would have his own Land Rover one day. |
| In 1997 we took a family camping trip to Scotland. First camp was at Oban then on to Applecross. |
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The chassis on the Land Rover Safari was showing serious signs of corrosion and the decision was made to replace the chassis. |
| The development in the autogas technology had reached the point where it was now economically viable to look into converting the 109" Safari to run on LPG. |
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A broken spring resulted in the purchase of parabolic springs. |
| The petrol tank on the Land Rover 109" Safari started leaking in February 2007. |
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