Vehicle & Technical > Defender
Looking at buying a defender...got a £5k budget. HELP!!
Rasbo:
i agree td5s are good engines, theres alot of say about early heads cracking and the ecu etc. but at the end of the day if you treat it like a landrover and not a ferrari it'll be fine. dont think ive heard anything but good from them recently. if you are planning on going swimming put the ecu up nice and high.
JimsMowing:
Still hoping to hear from the chap with the Td5.
Anyway....just went and viewed this tonight. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250234337992&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting
Thought it could have been half decent. Unfortunately the rear cross member is rotton on the left hand corner and corroded all allong the inside. The auxiliary? belt is cracked so would need replacing. All window rubbers are split and perished. Needs a new prop as stated, play in both the lhs wheels (although its supposed to have had a front lhs wheel bearing).
There is no service history bar what the owner has had done through a mechanic mate. Unfortunately he doesnt know if hes done a cambelt on it, although he apartently has done a major service on it, inc filters, adjusting tappets.
Onwer had only had it a just under a year, wasnt sure how many mpg it'll do nor how many miles to a tank...not sure but got an overiding feeling that something was amis. Maybe im being paranoid.
Looks good in pictures..but i think not for me. Anyone else seen this?
TDi90:
if it doesnt seem right... walk away.
you never know the week after something even better might come up :roll:
Rasbo:
i'm with rob, bought mine from eblag with a "perfect" chassis, 2 months later it snapped on an incline and caused me to stick the 90 on its rear end :oops: what was a bargin turned out to be the most costly investment ever... still got her tho :roll:
pux:
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