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       #Post#: 102247--------------------------------------------------
       Series 3 109" diesel
       By: TheLordJohn Date: April 3, 2017, 5:06 am
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       Hi all.
       I have (in the past year) bought a 1978 LWB.
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       I drove it from Carlisle to High Wycombe earlier on this year
       and it performed wonderfully!
       Sat at around 45, sometimes 50, took just 6 hours to complete
       the trip. Didn't use as much fuel as I was expecting it to,
       either.
       But it has its' problems, and no longer has an MOT.
       The things I know that will stop it passing an MOT are the
       wipers and horn aren't working.
       Does anyone know of a Land Rover friendly mechanic/MOT centre
       than is also friendly on the wallet!?
       Happy to travel a little from HP14.
       Thanks in advance everyone, Stuart.
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       Re: Series 3 109" diesel
       By: PROPERJOB Date: April 8, 2017, 12:12 am
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       Hi,
       Nice motor. The 2 faults you list sound easy enough to fix and
       could be as simple as a loose fuse. If you were a bit closer
       then would be happy to hop over and help sort it out but
       hopefully somebody on here will be close by?
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       Re: Series 3 109" diesel
       By: Doug_T Date: April 8, 2017, 12:52 pm
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       That does look like a nice one. I'm not a million miles away
       from you, and I'll be happy to pop over to have a look one
       evening. As far as MOT goes, I can't help you with any round
       there, but there's a chap on here going by the name of NoelC who
       used to work for one of your local bus companies, and I think he
       may have mentioned using the place that the buses went to for
       his LR MOT.
       Noel?
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       Re: Series 3 109" diesel
       By: TheLordJohn Date: April 10, 2017, 10:53 am
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       Afternoon gents.
       Thanks for the replies!
       I've sorted all the lights now (numerous weren't working so just
       replaced all 8 smaller ones and fixed the headlight (low output
       from bulb due to bad earth)
       Wipers are now working but still no horn.
       Are the stalks common failure points as the horn isn't getting
       any power when i press the end of the stalk.
       Thanks again, Stuart.
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