Series III dash and vents

[Leslie]

Leslie, If possible, post a pic of yours so that I can cut the holes in the correct spot. Thanks, Ben

Yes, but.....


A)

Not to throw a wrench in the works here, but if your truck has this limited-production run feature (which apparently did not run the full model year- this is why the VIN suffix is so important), wouldn't you want to preserve it?

What I'm saying is: get the later part which has the holes already. Once they are cut in the irreplaceable part, you can't fix them. Who knows, in another 20 years you may want to do a correct restoration on the truck, and won't be able to get that rare part...

Just a thought.

PS you have to tear the dash apart anyway to keep the chips out from drilling/cutting, so you might as well just change the part out...

I have to agree with this. I really would lean towards swapping out the piece, instead of cutting up the rarer version.


B) At the moment, I don't have a great picture; the only one I have that even comes close was from this past fall, when I was building a replacement top for my heat-box and was installing it. I've attached it, but it's not ideal for your needs; I can take a better one, but if you *really* want a guide to cut yours, if I was you, I would want a bit more precise guide, FWIW...

[kevin-ct]

Your truck is an early series 3. My Series 3 also has no vent in the dash my VIN # 25900058A
I think that Land Rover started the holes after VIN# 00150 (I think) It is nice to have the later dash in the summer as it does get hot.

What is your VIN#?

Kevin

[LH Drive]

Your truck is an early series 3. My Series 3 also has no vent in the dash my VIN # 25900058A
I think that Land Rover started the holes after VIN# 00150 (I think) It is nice to have the later dash in the summer as it does get hot.

What is your VIN#?

Kevin

My VIN is 25900831A and it also has the blocked dash.

[J!m]

My guess is that the dash canged with suffix "B" VIN cars...

[yorker]

fwiw:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin Allan Smith
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: sIII vents


> In message <BAY128-DAV163079E9102EE3FA4864D5B05F0@phx.gbl>you wrote:
>
>> hey Ben you were the first one who brought this to my attention, got any =
>> pics of your modification to your SII?
>> http://www.roversnorth.com/forums/sh...D1159&page=3D2
>
> I don't have any photos off hand. I just cut the holes where they
> were supposed to be with a dremel tool. FWIW #25900409A (March 1972) didn't
> have the cutouts. So it is past the #150 that was guessed on the RN board.
>
> Ben

[Leslie]

Doesn't have to do with the B suffix. Mine is #25901118A. Open vents.
(Was also originally Marine blue, but is now Cameron green, with a full-blown trop top, not just a sunsheet.)

Of course, this is Land Rover we're talking about.... they could have had a bunch of the closed ones, switched to open ones, but had a transition period where one vehicle gets a closed one, the next vehicle gets an open one, then the following has the closed one....

[B. Wallace]

My VIN # is 25900669A, which also disproves the #0150 theory. Leslie, you mentioned buying an extra dash panel to cut, and I thought that was the link you posted, but obviously it was for the other guy about the data plates. Do you know where I can find one of these?

[B. Wallace]

LH Drive,
I was looking at you photo and noticed that you only have one gauge on that lower panel. Which is it? Mine is oil pressure on the left, and volts on the right. You would think that would be the same, and both of ours look mostly original.

[yorker]

LH Drive,
I was looking at you photo and noticed that you only have one gauge on that lower panel. Which is it? Mine is oil pressure on the left, and volts on the right. You would think that would be the same, and both of ours look mostly original.

My old '72 only had one gauge there- Oil Pressure.

[Leslie]

My VIN # is 25900669A, which also disproves the #0150 theory. Leslie, you mentioned buying an extra dash panel to cut, and I thought that was the link you posted, but obviously it was for the other guy about the data plates. Do you know where I can find one of these?

This?

http://www.roversnorth.com/store/p-4050-panel-ventilator-s3-dash.aspx

[B. Wallace]

Thanks, I actually found it immediately after I wrote that. Whoops.

[LH Drive]

B.Wallace, The one gauge I have is for the OIL pressure.

[yorker]

Apparently MID year they had changed over- I'd like to track down a serial # range though. I posted the question here to see if anyone in the UK knew-

http://forum.landrovernet.com/showthread.php?t=86504

[Moose]

Leslie,
If possible, post a pic of yours so that I can cut the holes in the correct spot.
Thanks,
Ben

Maybe a little late, but here is a pic of of the dash with the cut outs.

Brett

[B. Wallace]

Appreciate it Brett, I can definately use that picture as a guide.
Thanks,
Ben