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I kept ALG until 1996 when I ended up with it as my sole method of transport and needed something a bit better. So I upgraded to a 90Land then progressed through another 300 Tdi, 3 Td5s and a Td4. One of the Td5s was bought from Belgium when it was cheaper to import tyhem at the time. I have to say that the Td4 is the best for driving as they seem to have sorted a lot out - including a decent set of heater controls. The trouble with the Td4 is that there's not much to tinker with as it's very reliable and very complicated.

I've always had a bit of a hankering for a Lightweight Land Rover. Things start getting complicated when you move onto the 90's - in contrast, the lightweight is simple and rugged. In 2013, I finally bit the bullet and bought a lightweight from Benn in the North Lakes.

	Here's the lightweight just after arrival. The engine goes well and is quite smooth. The gearbox input shaft bearing is a bit noisy. Only one of the headlamps works on main beam; also the brake lights don't work (dodgy switch). You can see a dodgy repair on the front of the right wing.
	It just fits into the shed behind. I was hoping to have got that sorted but that's a long story which you will find in another section. You have to make sure the wing mirrors are pushed as far forwards as possible to get in.
	The bulkhead footwells have been repaired but its a bit of an agricultural job. This is one area to sort. I think I'm going to be stripping the paint back to bare metal.
	Final view. The tilt (hood), although recently replaced, needed a bit of sorting as it wasn't fitted into the drain channels so it was very draughty around the ears. The left hand window is prevented from opening by the standard Series botch, i.e. a piece of cardboard wedged between the 2 glasses. This hood has a design flaw in that the buckles that allow you to roll up the sides act as wicks and allow rainwater to drip inside. Good to see that the British still avoid continuous improvement!
	9 September 2013 Collected from North Lakes. I filled up at one of the last attended petrol stations in the Lakes - unfortunately they put diesel in! It doesn't help as you have to remove the seats before you can get access to the fuel tank. Came to a spluttering halt after a mile. A sniff of the petrol tank revealed the reason. Tried to transfer to the left tank but that wouldn't draw. Drained the right tank and carb. Eventually started with the aid of a little additive into the carb intake.
	12 September 2013 Pulled the petrol pipe out of the left tank. Bottom of draw pipe blocked with sludge and bottom of tank doesn't look healthy. Looks like it hasn't had petrol for a while. The brake lights don't work so I tried to adjust the brake switch but it seems to be on or off.
	12 September 2013 Looks like someone has done a headlamp conversion as these aren't the military headlamps. The trouble is that the headlamps don't work except for the right hand side on main beam only. The rim isn't correct - it looks like a chrome one painted matt black. The right hand light seems to be pointing to the right. The correct headlamp units seem to be hard to get (and expensive!) but I found a pair on John Richards Surplus. The indicator one is correct but the sidelight isn't the one shown in the military catalogue.
	16 September 2013 Had a great chat with Richards Chassis. The current chassis has had a fair amount of welding including a new cross member. A problem is that they didn't clean out the loose rust first so you can see lots of it within the cross member section. I've decided to order a new chassis and get the job done properly. So order placed - delivery is 8 to 10 weeks
	17 September 2013 The new headlamps arrived. As you can see they are 24V - when not much is available, you can't be choosy. I've ordered some 12V halogen BPF bulbs and the plugs from Classic Car Accessories
	17 September 2013 I ordered a military parts manual and also got an instruction manual from the vendor. The parts manual is not as good as the Land Rover Series III parts book. One of those most useful thing about a good parts book is that you can see how the jigsaw goes together. This one lists the body parts (but try finding the front wing) but the body isn't illustrated. So the guide to the jigsaw isn't available. All the parts seem to be listed but where they go is anyone's guess. One of the good points is that (in most cases) the size and thread is listed for nuts and bolts, useful when Land Rover used a mixture of UNF and BSF

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