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my new truck
« on: July 05, 2014, 12:43:00 pm »
Well I saved my pennies and got my self a new toy. Still have to sort the cab and front out but it's a start. Let me know what u think.
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« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2014, 06:54:07 pm »
110 or 130? Looks ok complete Allways good with a landy what's it for work or play
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« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2014, 09:51:17 pm »
She's a 110 with full ally sides but steel bulk head. Has a decent tipping ram on it as well. I need to change the dampers and fit an anti roll bar as sherrolls a bit lol
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« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2014, 10:33:11 pm »
Terrafirma shocks are good on road I had them on my disco and my dads got them on his I would vouch for them
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« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2014, 11:41:57 pm »
It's a nice looking truck that. Should be a decent workhorse for you for a few years.

I wonder if we can talk Brian into letting us have a Land Rover section? :P
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« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2014, 09:08:34 am »
Yeah I'm looking at getting terrafirma big bore shocks. There's loads still to do on it but I'll get there slowly lol. Yeah Brian seems very quite at the mo..., maybe he actually likes it :-p
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« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2014, 10:35:59 am »
They do say that youngsters can hide their true love for something by being mean to it... Perhaps that could be the case here? ;)

I've got to admit that there were some parts of Land Rover ownership that used to bother me a lot. They do offer up something that no jap truck can, but at the same time I often used to wonder why they would break so much?! It's rarely a major problem and is usually a cheap fix, but something used to fall off of mine with such regularity that I got a bit fed up with them. I've had several Defenders and all were the same. My Ranger on the other hand has (touch wood) never broken down in all the time I've had it. It's the most boring truck to drive that I've ever had, but it works.

I do loosely keep an eye out for a nice crew cab 130 to appear locally. I think if I found one I may buy it. The Land Rover bug is a bit like HIV - once you get it it never goes away even though there are lots of reasons to wish that it would! :D
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« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2014, 11:09:59 am »
Another way to increase load stability and reduce roll is fit an airlift kit to the back. I did this with my old 300 tdi disco and the difference was amazing. It used to spend aot of its time with in the region of 3/4 ton of kit in the boot and a fairly heavy nose weight recovery dolly behind it.
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« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2014, 12:02:02 pm »
Nice truck, land rovers really look the part for tree surgery, i still think about getting a 130 tipper then i drive my mates 110 and its not long in knocking that notion out my head  :D
Ive own defenders and various series landies in the past and its a given they break, my current hilux I've had for a few year has 190 thousand on the clock and never gives me a moments bother ( touch wood) mogs on the other hand…………. hahah  :)

Cool looking 110 though mate, good luck with it.
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« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2014, 02:53:31 pm »
One of my clearest driving memories is in my old Defender pickup on a trip down to Devon for my annual holiday. Seven bloody hours on the M5... Stopping and starting all the way in the holiday rush. It took my left knee most of the holiday to feel anywhere near normal again after all that clutch work!
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« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2014, 07:55:04 pm »
Quote from: njc110381 on July 05, 2014, 11:41:57 pm

I wonder if we can talk Brian into letting us have a Land Rover section? :P

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They do say that youngsters can hide their true love for something by being mean to it... Perhaps that could be the case here? ;)

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« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2014, 08:04:51 pm »
He's getting defensive lads. I think he's about to crack. Either that or ban me! :D
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« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2014, 08:09:38 pm »
Haha! I thought that may be the case! :D
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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2014, 08:50:26 am »
Just read this post when, I was seventeen I bought a Land rover or two but moved onto harder stuff.
Spent the yesterday fitting a new input seal to my Doka it's been leaking for about ten year and Brian would top it up (good lad) I've had this Mog for over eighteen years and added more and more kit more and more weight. I think this is the first ever repair mechanically I have ever had to do. she was like new inside when I stripped her down all the bolts came apart no problem, it's not an easy job the input seal on a front hub, but once in nearly twenty years of hard graft, I can live with that! Unimogs buy it right service it and work it hard you gotta love.
Ps I still have a soft spot for series 2 with a Essex engine (rose tinted glasses)  :)
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