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winchman:
Bit before my time but I think Fairey where connected to Superwinch, Phil at PG has all the bits to fix them as he has them remanufactured
Range Rover Blues:
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However I know Mitsis are supposedly reknowned for having a huge appitite for heads and head gaskets and gearbox input shafts apparently so
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Well I think that has something to do with it, from my experience of Jap cars, if a head gasket goes it's time to bury it in a shallow grave quite honestly, the price of spares is a bit prohibitive whereas for a LR, well the stuff we use day in day out is cheap enough to upset even Ford owners and they think their parts are cheap.
V8 Head gasket set, all in £36
Disks, £12, vented disks £18
Wheel bearings £4 each or £7.50 for SKF ones.
That's another reason why so many challenge motors start off with a LR.
And another thing, most Jap 4x4 have led an easy life, more up kerb than off road untill they become cheap enough for us to play with, not so for a Land Rover, they genrally earn their keep.
Ours, well it was white, had no sunroof, no electric mirrors (even tough you can't buy them like that) starship mileage and needed a new interior when it was 3 years old. Think police car :wink:
Now it's been an off-roader for about 14 years. 14 years as a TOY, I wouldn't expect a lot of foreign stuff to last 14 years in total.
LOULA:
--- Quote from: winchman ---I am biased as when I set up Winches International ( no longer trading)and was the North West agent for Come Up, I never had one warrenty claim from the Come Ups I sold
Come up winches are available from Paida 4x4 click my link below
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Mudlark:
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However I know Mitsis are supposedly reknowned for having a huge appitite for heads and head gaskets and gearbox input shafts apparently so
--- End quote ---
Well I think that has something to do with it, from my experience of Jap cars, if a head gasket goes it's time to bury it in a shallow grave quite honestly, the price of spares is a bit prohibitive whereas for a LR, well the stuff we use day in day out is cheap enough to upset even Ford owners and they think their parts are cheap.
V8 Head gasket set, all in £36
Disks, £12, vented disks £18
Wheel bearings £4 each or £7.50 for SKF ones.
That's another reason why so many challenge motors start off with a LR.
And another thing, most Jap 4x4 have led an easy life, more up kerb than off road untill they become cheap enough for us to play with, not so for a Land Rover, they genrally earn their keep.
Ours, well it was white, had no sunroof, no electric mirrors (even tough you can't buy them like that) starship mileage and needed a new interior when it was 3 years old. Think police car :wink:
Now it's been an off-roader for about 14 years. 14 years as a TOY, I wouldn't expect a lot of foreign stuff to last 14 years in total.
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There is no problem getting cheap parts for a mitsi - if they wear out and very little of mine has worn out in the past 4 years - still haven't bought a set of front brake pads for it yet.
I don't think it matters what car you buy you are certainly going to get initial teething problems with them get them sorted properly and they last years.
Buy a knocked around heavily abused Land-Rover or any 4x4 if it comes to that... Errrr..... no thanks one careful lady owner or one jap owner will do me. I prefer something that hasn't had the guts revved out of it to get sky under the wheels thank you #-o #-o #-o
davidlandy:
no brake pads in 4 yrs - you clearly havent been using your motor hard enough ole chap :!:
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