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AbyssDJ:
sse wagon?

Range Rover Blues:

--- Quote from: "thermidorthelobster" ---In Gambia I had a conversation with a Toyota owner who had a '89 4.2L NAD model.  I was in the 101.

By that time I'd had to tweak & balance the carbs, replace the crank oil seal, clutch plate, gearbox mount, engine mount, exhaust mounts, the exhaust manifold was blowing, a couple of hubs were weeping, the swivels were leaking, and the gearbox was leaking.  I'd also had to bodge a migrating anti-roll bar and replace a steering ball joint.  In 2 months.  I was shortly to bust a diff and lose 6wd.  (To be fair, Gambian and Guinean roads are capable of swallowing trucks whole, so the thing was getting totally hammered.)

Tony had driven right across Africa from north to south and back again, over many months.  I asked him if he'd ever had any problems.  "Oh yes," he said, "the switch for the headlights packed in once and I had to replace it."

 :twisted:
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But then your 101 was quite seriously modified and probably carrying a lot more weight I'd guess.  All that after a full career in the forces who aren't known for pampering their vehicles.

What year was your 101 built? I don't think many hiluxs last quite as long no matter how reliable they are.

Evilgoat, I wouldn't assume that just becasue it's Japanese it will never break down, so consider the costs of running/fixing it.  Yes Land Rovers break, but that's why the bits are so cheap and you can pick them up anywhere.

Just my 2 penneth.

thermidorthelobster:

--- Quote from: "Range Rover Blues" ---But then your 101 was quite seriously modified and probably carrying a lot more weight I'd guess.  All that after a full career in the forces who aren't known for pampering their vehicles.
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Yes, 5 tonnes all in, which to be fair is always going to put a lot of strain on components specced for a 2 tonne vehicle.  I don't think it'd had much action in the forces - I think most of it came from NATO vehicles which on the face of it had spent most of their lives in mothballs.


--- Quote ---What year was your 101 built? I don't think many hiluxs last quite as long no matter how reliable they are.
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It varies depending on which bit of the 101 you're referring to 8) , but about 1976.  OTOH, I seem to have had just as many problems with my 1990s Land Rovers!

Muddy_Porcupine:
i'd def. go for a 110, we'v had the same one in the family for years, its a 1996 300tdi and it just keeps truckin' !! My votes with a 110, i think all the points have been covered but ye, they are easier to mod and there are hugely available parts for them, be it spares or accesories!


They also look cooler  :wink:

G-mod:
Hi-LUX all the way.
My business partner had one, did over 200k in 4 years. never dropped a beat and that thing was pushed to its limits every day.
I used to have a 90, that just dropped things  :lol:

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