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I've recently got a Td5, lovely engine, tows great, there are some pictures two pages back. I wasn't too worried about head as they are easy to work on, and parts are cheap. Land Rovers do require more routine maintenance than Jap pickups, however imo are more capable. Also looking at the issues some guys on here are having with new Hiluxes maybe jap reliability is not as good as it was? 

 

Will you be up for defender driving position? its an acquired taste:lol:

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5 hours ago, HuntingHicap said:

I've recently got a Td5, lovely engine, tows great, there are some pictures two pages back. I wasn't too worried about head as they are easy to work on, and parts are cheap. Land Rovers do require more routine maintenance than Jap pickups, however imo are more capable. Also looking at the issues some guys on here are having with new Hiluxes maybe jap reliability is not as good as it was? 

 

Will you be up for defender driving position? its an acquired taste:lol:

Haha it is indeed! I used to drive a defender mewp at work so know about the elbow out of the open window... In all weathers ? 

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Yes that position is a bit like the bolt upright position you find yourself in in bed when you realise you haven’t deleted your search history and your Missus is on your lap top down stairs.
As for the window arm cramp issue, my window dropped off the x rail quite some time ago and smashed on the tarmac courtesy of the Defender doors legendary inability to resist rust on the steel inner strengthening ribs !!!!
Never had a problem with elbow room since.......[emoji23]
Hypothermia though .....yes [emoji32].
Rear window rattle ..... wedge a stick in it ....works just lovely and you can talk to it in traffic jams

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2 hours ago, MattyF said:

I drive a landy mewp and It’s the rattling back window and inability to move my right arm that can bring a beautiful forest drive to near madness! I’m still tempted to buy another swb pick up but the prices are crazy now.

There's two things you need driving a landy mewp on anything over than a motorway at 50mph + & that's biceps n bollocks! ? used to end up driving faster off road to stop the bloody thing sinking ! 

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My 53 plate defender 130 has 209K on it. Only needed 2x clutches, a transfer box and rear diff in its life. It tows heavy trailers on a regular basis, has rear air springs and a JE Motors Stage 2 system.
It does what it says on the tin. Find a good specialist to service it - I use Foley Land Rovers.

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Hi fellow Land rover owners... i'm debating selling my 110 hi cap 3.5t tipper as not really using it enough to justify keeping it as also got a transit and another tow vehicle... whats a sensible price to ask for it? as unsure of its value and prices seem all over the place on ebay

 

its got about 160k ish miles and is a 2005 td5 with a custom built alloy tipping body with steel frame with barn doors and tool box etc. 

 

The motors in good overall condition and hasn't wanted for nothing and always been serviced/repaired when needed.

 

Cheers Simon

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