Land Rover 130 Chassis swop?

[benedmonds]

Our old TD5 is starting to rot.. There are holes starting to appear in the chassis.

Do people think it is worth a chassis swap.. Its a low mileage under 100K and we only use it as a back up or when 4x4 is required..

 

Is it worth spending £1850 on a galvanised chassis, and another £2000 to fit it..?

 

or should we sell it and let some other mug do it..?

 

It is a 16 year old vehicle.. That lets face it was never very refined... But it is forever repairable..

 

Can you get a non galvanised replacement chassis? I could not find any on a quick web search.. If so are they cheaper? I know a galvanised would last for longer but the standard one has lasted 16 years and I reckon that would be plenty long enough for me..

 

Opinions ..

[treequip]

You wont save much by not galving the chassis, if you can get one.

 

Go for the new chassis, better the dog you know

[scraggs]

Definitely worth putting a new galv chassis on, while you are about it repair and rot on the bulkhead and seat box section and dinitrol them and you are good for many years.

[Andyd1606]

You won't lose money if you put the galv chassis on it they go for even more money when done. I'd go for the galv chassis and the thing will last forever I'm looking into doing my 130 at the moment.

[Shane]

Do it... replace the chassis.

 

I've just replaced my 110 bulkhead with a galv. one. The cahassis is OK (I replaced the rear crossmember a few years back).

I'll do the chassis in about 5 years time, it will then never rot in my lifetime and the price of galved landies just keeps going up. Well worth the inconvenience and cost every time.

 

PS - If you need more comfort you can off-set the seats towards the middle or even replace them with leather RX8 chuck-outs.

Good luck

[Mick Dempsey]

Get rid.

 

You start to think that constantly fixing things is normal with those "vehicles"

 

A sort of Stockholm Syndrome, with you as the brainwashed victim and the LR as the kidnapper.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

Edited November 14, 2016 by Mick Dempsey

[Matthew Storrs]

So it will cost say 4K to do, in its current state, you will lose more money selling it and paying for a newer landy with a decent chassis IMO.

 

I guess it depends long term what you want to do and if you think any 'cheaper vehicle could do its job if you were to sell it- but if long term it is worth spending the 4K. Plus 100k miles is nothing, should easily do twice that and you'd still get good money for it if it was galvanised.

[Matthew Storrs]

Im going to get mine done when it needs it, id sooner spend the 4K on a known vehicle, then take my chances with another used vehicle, and buying new isn't an option for me cos the alternatives aren't fit for work trucks and they all depreciate too quickly

[Eddie Eco]

Do the chassis then sell it at a premium to some fresh out of college budding young arborist - you can't possibly fathom getting started in the arb world without a Landy!

[Matthew Storrs]

Look at what landies are fetching on EBay- mine is worth the same money as when I got it 8 years ago. Its cost me little more than tyres and servicing so pretty cheap motoring in my book.