I am pounding the crap out of that thing

[zed]

The guy that "corrected" it was a dmv vin investigator.. its fine.

no its an sIII 88" I have registrations going back to the early 90s, its been a 2590xxx5B manufactured 7-73 since then.

At this point it doesn't matter if its accurate or not, just that it matches what is on the vehicle, and in the computer and not reported stolen. Its been "verified", its golden for the state of hawaii.

Now if for some reason that isn't a series III, I'm interested, but the state of hawaii need not be involved. But i'm pretty sure it matches up with this:

141xxxxxx - 145xxxxxx: Series II 88 inch petrol

146xxxxxx - 150xxxxxx: Series II 88 inch diesel

151xxxxxx - 155xxxxxx: Series II 109 inch petrol

156xxxxxx - 160xxxxxx: Series II 109 inch diesel

161xxxxxx - 165xxxxxx: Series II 109 inch petrol station wagon

166xxxxxx - 170xxxxxx: Series II 109 inch diesel station wagon

222xxxxxx - 229xxxxxx: Series IIA 109 inch petrol One Tonne 6 cylinder

231xxxxxx - 235xxxxxx: Series IIA 109 inch petrol One Tonne

236xxxxxx - 239xxxxxx: Series IIA 88 inch petrol airportable ('Lightweight')

241xxxxxx - 245xxxxxx: Series IIA 88 inch petrol

246xxxxxx - 250xxxxxx: Series IIA 109 inch petrol One Tonne

251xxxxxx - 255xxxxxx: Series IIA 109 inch petrol

259xxxxxx - 259xxxxxx: Series III 88 inch petrol

261xxxxxx - 265xxxxxx: Series IIA 109 inch petrol station wagon

266xxxxxx - 270xxxxxx: Series IIA 109 inch petrol One Tonne 6 cylinder

271xxxxxx - 275xxxxxx: Series IIA 88 inch diesel

276xxxxxx - 280xxxxxx: Series IIA 109 inch diesel

281xxxxxx - 285xxxxxx: Series IIA 109 inch diesel station wagon

286xxxxxx - 290xxxxxx: Series IIA Forward Control petrol

300xxxxxx - 304xxxxxx: Series IIA Forward Control petrol 6 cylinder

305xxxxxx - 305xxxxxx: Series IIA Forward Control diesel

310xxxxxx - 310xxxxxx: Series IIA 109 inch airportable (military)

315xxxxxx - 319xxxxxx: Series IIA 88 inch petrol station wagon

320xxxxxx - 324xxxxxx: Series IIA 88 inch diesel station wagon

325xxxxxx - 329xxxxxx: Series IIB Forward Control petrol

330xxxxxx - 334xxxxxx: Series IIB Forward Control petrol 6 cylinder

335xxxxxx - 339xxxxxx: Series IIB Forward Control diesel

343xxxxxx - 343xxxxxx: Series IIA 109 inch petrol 6 cylinder station wagon (North America)

345xxxxxx - 349xxxxxx: Series IIA 109 inch petrol 6 cylinder

350xxxxxx - 354xxxxxx: Series IIA 109 inch petrol 6 cylinder station wagon

524xxxxxx - 524xxxxxx: Series IIA 88 inch petrol station wagon (North America)

895xxxxxx - 895xxxxxx: Series III 88 inch diesel airportable ('Lightweight' - military export)

901xxxxxx - 905xxxxxx: Series III 88 inch petrol

906xxxxxx - 910xxxxxx: Series III 88 inch diesel

911xxxxxx - 915xxxxxx: Series III 109 inch petrol

916xxxxxx - 920xxxxxx: Series III 109 inch diesel

921xxxxxx - 925xxxxxx: Series III 88 inch petrol station wagon

926xxxxxx - 930xxxxxx: Series III 88 inch diesel station wagon

931xxxxxx - 935xxxxxx: Series III 109 inch petrol station wagon

936xxxxxx - 940xxxxxx: Series III 109 inch diesel station wagon

941xxxxxx - 945xxxxxx: Series III 109 inch petrol 6 cylinder

946xxxxxx - 950xxxxxx: Series III 109 inch petrol 6 cylinder station wagon

951xxxxxx - 955xxxxxx: Series III 88 inch petrol airportable ('Lightweight')

956xxxxxx - 960xxxxxx: 101 Forward Control 12 volt

961xxxxxx - 965xxxxxx: 101 Forward Control 24 volt

[zed]

I'm also curious as to how to tell which year my engine is. I am thinking it MAY be a replacement from an earlier or maybe later model. some emissions stuff seems to be missing. a couple plugged hoses.

[XtremeMarine]

Zed; go to LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum (Powered by Invision Power Board). Look under the members vehicles section, just above the series section. A few of us have been talking about that just this week, and they're some good links that give you the engine numbers. Were posted by turner engineering, so definitely accurate.

[zed]

thanx

I know what the vehicle is and that its a 2.25.

Just wondering if I can tell the year etc the engine is. Does it belong to that vehicle or does it belong to an 83 or a 53.. something..

Maybe I didn't find the right thread. I just clicked on ones you had been in. Found one talking about vins.

[zed]

More pounding on the rover.

This time I succumbed to torching it much faster than the last time.
I am going to go out and buy that propane torch. Seems everything needs it.

Today it was trying to do an alignment. You can believe that there was no moving those ball joints without a good deal of work. One came right out.. one was frozen till heated quite a bit. (gas camp stove) Luckily I had a new pair in my parts box.