Buying A Land Rover Defender

[seaswood]

Buying A Land Rover?

Do you know what is under the hood/bonett?
Or under the seat for that matter?
Or have an idea what it takes to fix it for that matter.
A lot of elbow grease & luck with fixing things.
Replacing nearly every fastener, not that you have to but it helps.

[seaswood]

Always interesting to see what lives underneath the seat.
Or what lives under all that oil, not necessary just curiosity.
Then again curiosity can get one into some odd circumstances.

you buy this Land Rover but you spend more time under it than driving it, that is owning a Land Rover.
Or is it that it owns you?

[seaswood]

Then must have wings to fly a Land Rover or no wings.
those fenders I really did not want to fix but in the end they needed fixing.
There is always the question of which part goes where for light duty or heavy duty.

[seaswood]

Why bother all this work?
Good Question I have often asked myself.
A clean paint job does help the aluminum stay doing what it was meant to do.
This is what you could do given motivation, time, $$$.
Elbow grease.
Before & After.

[seaswood]

Then under the bonett I did basic maintence to the 2.5 diesel.
rebuilt the injectors or had them rebuilt.
The firewall was good with exception of one corner that is back to new, mostly.
It is not until you actually go to rebuild a set of fenders/wings you find out how much of the truck is built around those parts & how it all fits together. & how long it takes to do.
The paint although not a lot of fun does make things look good when done.

[Les Parker]

Nice progress !

Lots of elbow grease and time. I just put other used bits and bobs on, you have more patience than I do to under go this project.

[seaswood]

Then as you add parts an equal number of parts are removed to fix an entirely different issue. Hoping I am now at the point of just adding parts.

[seaswood]

Evidently I have exceeded my allowable use of digital space for this application. out of luck
I have exceeded my quota for this month.
Buyer beware old vehicles require new parts to make them healthy again.
It is just the way it is, you may not take everything apart as I did but you may need to to.
The doors BTW after the rear section was removed as were the fenders & rebuild all rebolted correctly.
The doors shut just by letting go.

[mongoswede]

Rovers are one of the best vehicles in existence for hiding their true condition. Sure the Aluminum does not rust

[I Leak Oil]

Rovers are one of the best vehicles in existence for hiding their true condition. Sure the Aluminum does not rust

That's for sure! Classic line in most used Discovery 1 ads around here. "Body has no rust".....ya right....