?Best shop manual for rebuilding/maintaining '67 IIA?

[Leslie]

Good point: That's why, I keep the shop book in the shop, where I can use it as needed, then I also have a copy on my PC, and print off pages if I think I'll get 'em grubby when headin' to the garage.......

[Donnie]

I'm sure opinions will differ on this subject but I welcome the barrage of answers. I just aquired a '67 IIA (my first) and simply need "The Book" to loosely guide me through the restoration and refab. Any suggestions???

My grandfather always told me to read the instructions first... so here I am.

No one seemed to mention, but when I bought my first 2A, I got a set of 3 manuals with it, they are very detaied & have helped me a lot. They are about an inch thick & were white covered when new..I think these were the OEM books, I have others but none as informative.......Donnie

[jcasteel]

Way back before I bought my '62 88 I picked up a few books. While doing phase 1 of my restoration I mostly used the Green Bible, the "Haynes Guide to Purchase & DIY Restoration", and the Land Rover Restoration Tips and Techniques.

The Haynes Guide to P&DIYR turned out to be quite handy. The author, Lindsay Porter, "refurbishes" his 66 IIA. There are over 1000 pictures, according to the back cover, topics covered include rebuilding the 2-1/4 liter engine, body work, axles, brakes, replacing the dynamo with an alternator, steering, fitting an electric cooling fan, etc. etc.

The Land Rover Restoation Tips and Techniques is a reprint of 12 (?) articles from Land Rover Owner Magazine where the author, David Bowyer, locates, purchases and "refurbishes" a 76 Series III. Quite a few pictures and I used it for two purposes. First, it kept me sane as "toilet room" reading material while I tore my rover apart and put her back together. Second, there are good sections on maintenance of the rover and that was a major goal of mine. After fixing any major issues (bulkhead), I wanted to do as thorough a job as possible to get my rover back on the road. I plan on a major restoration after getting another degree and a better job, having a galvanized frame and parabolic springs drop out of the sky, and when my daughter is a little older so that she can enjoy the fun. I figure 6 years.

These three books let me do a frame off; replace the clutch while everything was out; some frame repair; bulkhead replacement (still waiting to fix the original bulkhead); a respray (I had never sprayed a car before); a complete rewire and alternator upgrade. And all the other "little" things that I'm forgetting.

The Green Bible, I think, is absolutely necessary. But the other books bring some of that work to life.

[superstator]

i bought the bible on cd rom and it's great....except you can't install it on you're computer. you must run it from the cd while it's in the drive to view the pdf's.
maybe like so many other cd programs there's a registry hack to get around it but i haven't found it.

Depending on your skill level with a pc, I'm sure something like Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools would do the trick.

[Cosmic88]

Ask = Receive

I asked for a barrage and got it. I decided to get both the "Green Bible" and the Haynes manual...figured they could compliment each other and fill in gaps each will surely have. I really appreciate all of the feedback and suggestions from each of you. Once I get her (the cosmic 88) restoration underway you will see the progress pics posted here.

Thanks again to everyone!

[Cosmic88]

Here are the BEFORE pics... '67 IIA 88 2.25

These pics are a good indication of what I have ahead of me. Hey, it could be worse.... at least she runs well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cosmic88/sets/72157614491199268/

[SafeAirOne]

could[/I] be worse.... at least she runs well.

WOW! You don't see too many of those turbocharged 2 1/4 petrol engines around!

EDIT: Interesting "Land Rover" nameplate/badge on the back...

[Cosmic88]

WOW! You don't see too many of those turbocharged 2 1/4 petrol engines around!

EDIT: Interesting "Land Rover" nameplate/badge on the back...

and the phillips screwdriver / rear door hinge was free! *

*-with purchase

[Eric W S]

WOW! You don't see too many of those turbocharged 2 1/4 petrol engines around!

EDIT: Interesting "Land Rover" nameplate/badge on the back...

I have heard rumours that the 2 1/4 was turbo'd by some folks. Not a factory option but it has been done.

[wooday]

I recently got my Land Rover Series II, IIA and III 1958-85 Owner's Workshop Manual for $6.10 US plus $8.73 US shipping from Abesbooks in the UK. Delivery takes 2 weeks, but for $14.83 you can't beat it.

(love the GBP/USD exchange rate right now!)

[I Leak Oil]

I have heard rumours that the 2 1/4 was turbo'd by some folks. Not a factory option but it has been done.

DAP used to sell a turbo kit for the 2.25P. I'll have to look but I might still have one of their old catalogs around with it listed.
Jason T.

[MerlynIIa]

Your can pick up some additional info. from the site http://www.bearmach.com/

They are a British Rover parts place but have online downloadable high quality exploded diagrams of late Series Landies. Just click on "downloads" and pick out the Rover you want, in our case Series.

Good luck!