Egg Bango

Hi all, I am pulling my petrol Land Rover Lightweight S3 FFR/24v out of sitting in storage for the last seven months. I am going to pump out the fuel tank and put new fuel in, but hopefully apart from that she will fire up and run. I am also going to carry out a full service as she probably needs one. is there a service operations guide anywhere that tells me what I should service, or are any of you able to help guide me with a list? Many thanks for any help.

You guys certainly know your stuff. It would be great to fit out my LR with the right radios, but it would limit options on general use, and sounds like it would be a hunt and a lot of expense to source a full URS setup. The half-ton trailer though sounds like an interesting add-on option worth investigating, though shame it wouldn’t be correct to be a pack Howitzer deact (assuming I could find one) as that would be a bit if an experience.

I’m amazed, thanks for the great responses from all of you, and in particular @10FM68 - that is a wonderful offering, a brilliant interpretation, I’ll take it! No surprise she was an ordinary work horse for many units and didn’t see action, but there is honour in that. Would my LR have towed a 105mm pack howitzer, or would 32 Light Regiment have used something else as the tractor? I found the following, not my LR obviously but useful to see they were used to tow:

Hi all, I’m four years into a slow refurb of my ‘76 project Thingy FFR OAW 146P, but still haven’t figured out which units she served with. Looks like she went into service with the Royal Artillery Jan ‘76, sold 11th July ‘85 / ‘86 to its first civvy owner via Walker, Walton & Hanson, OSDD Ruddington: Question is, who are these units and what role did they provide? VBP32 LT REGT RA 1 QC HOLDERS 1 QUEENS 1 QUEENS R/PTY VBT VEH DEPOT ASHCHURCH 111 ENG REGT 130 FDSQN VD ASHCHURCH 111 ENG REGT 130 FD SQN I R ANGLIAN 2 QUEENS When I bought her, she had the Commando Dagger insignia on the bonnet, but looking at the above units, I suspect that was wishful thinking by the previous owner? Now removed and replaced with the Royal Artillery ‘Fire over water’ insignia which I hope is a correct reflection of a unit she served with. Help appreciated from those who can decode the history.