May be worth checking for anything similar in your neck of the woods.,

Hi Threshed, et al.

Thanks for your comments and advice, but you have probably forgotten who you are advising. Do you remember the little song that I'm guessing you sang at school?

"There's a hole in my bucket, Dear Henry, Dear Henry!"

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OT. My doctor's surgery expects me to carry a mobile phone, so I can summon their "Man Mountain" to come and push my wheel chair up the entrance ramp.[/b]

I know this is a long winded post but I have copied the contents of an email from the FBHCC about difficulties some people have experienced when trying to fuel a vehicle with a hidden filler.  This is pertinent to those who have land rovers with an underseat fill.  The last bit suggests how to approach filling at a station that you don't usually use.

Peter

The PRA represents independent fuel retailers, motorway service operators and supermarkets, accounting for 65% of all UK forecourts.

There are there are several vehicles, mostly classics, that have fuel fillers either in the boot or under the bonnet that require the boot or bonnet to be open during refuelling.

In the Technical Update, issued to all forecourt members, PRA technical director Phil Monger explains best practice:  "Modern Ford Transits require the passenger or driver's door to be opened to gain access to the fuel filler in the side of the van.

"Examples of cars are: Hillman Imp and derivatives such as the Singer Chamois and the Sunbeam Stiletto, Renault 10, Fiat 850, and VW Beetle.

"Early Land Rovers have the fuel tank under the driver's seat so the driver's door has to be open during refuelling,"

This issue relates to the filling of portable containers. The Petroleum (consolidation) Regulations 2014 require only suitable containers to be filled, which are specified. It is an offence to allow the filling of unsuitable containers.

The site operators' guide, The Red Guide, also makes it clear that the filling of a container in the boot not only prevents the bonding to earth of the container which is done by standing it on the ground, but also leaves a boot full of flammable vapour and high risk of fire or explosion if ignited.

If the bonnet or boot are open, it is impossible to see a container, and an open boot or bonnet would suggest to the forecourt attendant that a container is being filled.

With certain classic cars, this is a legitimate case of filling a vehicle tank, and the issue should be easily resolved by a discussion taking place between attendants and motorists by way of the Tannoy.

The PRA would suggest to the motorist that before attempting to fill the vehicle, to alert the attendant to the need for a raised bonnet or boot lid, and access would be granted.

What do ppl use that are good phone sat nav holders? for a series that is

I'm (always!) ready to be corrected, but LR had specific chassis numbers for different outcomes. On Forward Controls, they were as per my database decoder attached.

We have (6) Dormobile conversions on 343... chassis numbers (LHD 6-cyl petrol NADA), then others on 262... denoting RHD export petrol 4-cyl and 282 (RHD export diesel). Shout if I've misunderstood. The first destination listed in the factory records for these is always Martin Walter, (who later rebranded as Dormobile of course).

Quote from: Mycroft on May 15, 2024, 11:11 PMMy pleasure Dave - the FCs are one of my 'to do's generally. I've got yours down as a red export 6-cyl, registered in May 1972 if that's right. Be great to have the engine number.
James

Thanks, the engine number is 33001426A
It is Red and a 2.6 6 cyl. I don't know any history on it and DVLA won't help so export is a surprise but could easily have gone overseas and come back. It's a Carmichael fire engine conversion on it.

Is it possible all chassis released to approved builders for body etc conversions carried an export#, even FC's ?

IIRC all the Dormobile 109s went on export chassis#, even the ones released as UK RHD.

Cheers Dave. That's the original engine, per the database sequence of 1971 FCs.

Quote from: Mycroft on May 15, 2024, 11:11 PM

Quote from: DogDave on May 15, 2024, 10:32 PMHi James, if you can fit one more in I'd welcome any info on my 2B FC, reg BTV 9K chassis is 33100509E - I'll look for the engine number in the morning

My pleasure Dave - the FCs are one of my 'to do's generally. I've got yours down as a red export 6-cyl, registered in May 1972 if that's right. Be great to have the engine number.

James

Thanks, the engine number is 33001426A


It is Red and a 2.6 6 cyl. I don't know any history on it and DVLA won't help so export is a surprise but could easily have gone overseas and come back. It's a Carmichael fire engine conversion on it.

Collected another load of junk valuable saleable Series Land Rover parts

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Treated my Land Rover to a pressure wash. The pressure washer wasn't so obliging and it took 5 pulls to start this time. Not much crud came off and I fixed the leak on the washer by tightening a connector.
Afterwards I checked that the lights and indicators worked, all ok.

306 not listed in James Taylor's book on Series 3 Land Rovers. Maybe it's a reconditioning number.