Damn!

[difflock]

Sniff!

As the proud possessor of a 1998 "G" Wagen.

(i) Whats a thrust bearing

(ii) Whats an oil leak.

(iii) Whats these "bearkdowns"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An the last What?

The difference between a "G" Wagen and a Landrover?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A "G" Wagen keeps the oil in and the water out.

 

 

 

Boom boom

[hedgesparrow]

in the old days of the british bike if it did not leak oil then something was wrong with it see LR are carrying on the tradition . had two discos and always something wrong with them. got rid of them. and bought a nissan d22. and that blew up its engine due to wrong parts put in by the spanish. but apart from that touch wood it is a cracking truck. the LR could be so good if they only came into the modern times. and not stick with something from the second world war. when i say LR the defenders not the chelsea tractor that the disco and range rover have become. if the defender had the comfort of a jap. a chassis which has been galvanized. and the cobra engine be a good truck. make the japs look up.

[difflock]

Galvanising chassis rails is a poor substitute for proper design, steel, prep and painting.

The heat necc for hot dip galvanising tempers (ie softens) the steel.

Therefore must be made thicker and heavier than necc.

"G" Wagen chassis at 30 odd years of age with any reasonable care are still 100% sound.

They are "merely" painted.

No HGV that I am aware of uses galv chassis rails.

Why?

cheers

m

[Bren.]

Had a s2 Discovery.

My mates used to call it the Recovery.

[Gary Prentice]

Having just spent 2 days replacing the thrust bearing on my Defender, I now have a nagging feeling that I forgot to pack it with grease.:cursing:

 

Isn't it strange, the opening post is about an error whilst spannering, every other post is about faults with landrovers:lol::lol::lol:

[fergusonforestry]

more landys work for a living than poncy g strings

and as for hgv chassis have you seen some of them!!

if your land rover isn't leaking oil it has none! fill immediately!

[Hodge]

My 130 has just had 2 new drive shafts and universal joints on the front and. The suspension link arm bushes. It does heavy work all year round. I would not change it for anything, it gets down narrow drives to chip or drop logs, gets in tight fields and narrow lanes and carries 3.5 (approx) of Woodchip. I wouldn't change it for anything.

 

 

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[geoff]

A good landy will be quite reliable with routine servicing, they work hard compared to a lot of other 4wds.

Mine have earnt me good money with no big issues.

[Matthew Storrs]

My 130 has just had 2 new drive shafts and universal joints on the front and. The suspension link arm bushes. It does heavy work all year round. I would not change it for anything, it gets down narrow drives to chip or drop logs, gets in tight fields and narrow lanes and carries 3.5 (approx) of Woodchip. I wouldn't change it for anything.

 

 

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Yep mine too, tows digger around pretty much daily on steep Dartmoor hills gets it in and out of fields and woods and has done 150k miles. Parts I have replaced in nearly 5 years= universal joints, radiator(by choice) and clutch and other small wear items.

Cracking truck would not change it for a million Nissan/Toyota's/mitsubish.

IMO the Defenders which cause problems are usually ones which are hopelessly neglected and abused(because they can be).

[agrimog]

land rover chassis is one of the stupidest designs out there, who came up with the idea for a box section chassis rail for an off road vehicle, mud, road salt , water and all the other crap get in , and cant get out, chassis rots from the inside out, real clever design, look at srious off road vehicles, a heavy duty "c" section chassis, nothing to trap the crap inside,but then again university trained designers, they must be right...lol