Landrover chassis

Bobthebuilder

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Mixed Farmer
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Timbo

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Gods County
Keep the td5 , but if your selling it send it down here ,
we have a farmer / landrover garage next door , yours wants rechassis ,and a 🙄🙄td5 tune up ,
and he alters seat base ,and puts a smaller steering wheel on for the larger farmer drivers ,
two puma here ,and a highly tuned bowler spec ,
tuned td5 , much better 🤫
would like to put 335 bmw engine ,or old 300 series merc engine with mechanical pump in the old series 3 ,turboed up can get 300 ponys out of them
BMW N57 30d, the 8 speeder and a galv chassis, brake & spring kit . You will not need any more of a vehicle at all if LR 90's are your thing.
 

Hilly

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She all back together now , went to change swivels on the front as they were pitted and discoverd cv joint was not good so new swivels both sides new cv joints etc etc , wheels away getting powder coated and new set of bf mid terrains and she be back on the road , basically all new standard running gear , ready for another 18 years graft . She done well over 120k and the original clutch plate is like new .
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Body repair at the back their took a lot of time had to trawl a few engineering places to find someone with a swanneck press brake and someone with a swna neck press brake that would do it straight away 😂 got their in the end tho probably took a good day to sort that out alone .
 

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She all back together now , went to change swivels on the front as they were pitted and discoverd cv joint was not good so new swivels both sides new cv joints etc etc , wheels away getting powder coated and new set of bf mid terrains and she be back on the road , basically all new standard running gear , ready for another 18 years graft . She done well over 120k and the original clutch plate is like new .View attachment 1010032View attachment 1010033View attachment 1010034That little
Body repair at the back their took a lot of time had to trawl a few engineering places to find someone with a swanneck press brake and someone with a swna neck press brake that would do it straight away 😂 got their in the end tho probably took a good day to sort that out alone .
Looking good hilly.

I have just rebuilt my swivels as they were clicking and leaking, new steering Shaft, shockers all round, little cosmetic work, rust eater and full waxoyl. Even treated her to some new wheels and tyres that a mate had taken off his 15 plate to put some chavvy things on. Mot man reckons another 3-5 years and she will want a chassis.
 

tepapa

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Livestock Farmer
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North Wales
Did some work for a Landover specialist a few years back and his advice if was to start swapping parts for new before you so the chassis.

So do the suspension, brakes, doors/hinges etc, then when you come to swap the chassis all the bits are new with new bolts that you can take off and bolt back on.

If you go straight for the chassis you soon realise that it's not worth bolting the old bits back on after fighting to get them off and the cost soon starts to spiral. Speeds the job up too if you need it back on the road in a hurry.
 
Did some work for a Landover specialist a few years back and his advice if was to start swapping parts for new before you so the chassis.

So do the suspension, brakes, doors/hinges etc, then when you come to swap the chassis all the bits are new with new bolts that you can take off and bolt back on.

If you go straight for the chassis you soon realise that it's not worth bolting the old bits back on after fighting to get them off and the cost soon starts to spiral. Speeds the job up too if you need it back on the road in a hurry.
Sounds a bit irish to me. You will still be spending the money anyway. I’d budget it off the road for a month anyway to do everything, I will buy something else and retire mine when it’s chassis time but mine will have done 250k by then hopefully so I will have had my use and moneys worth out of them motor to retire it.
 

tepapa

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Livestock Farmer
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North Wales
Sounds a bit irish to me. You will still be spending the money anyway. I’d budget it off the road for a month anyway to do everything, I will buy something else and retire mine when it’s chassis time but mine will have done 250k by then hopefully so I will have had my use and moneys worth out of them motor to retire it.
It was more the point that you plan to spend ,what, £4k to swap the chassis but whilst doing it it ends up costing £8k. But if you've already spent £4k over the previous 4 years then its isn't so much of a shock to the wallet. Spreading the cost out rather then one big hit. That was his findings from dealing with customers.
 

Hilly

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Looking good hilly.

I have just rebuilt my swivels as they were clicking and leaking, new steering Shaft, shockers all round, little cosmetic work, rust eater and full waxoyl. Even treated her to some new wheels and tyres that a mate had taken off his 15 plate to put some chavvy things on. Mot man reckons another 3-5 years and she will want a
Did some work for a Landover specialist a few years back and his advice if was to start swapping parts for new before you so the chassis.

So do the suspension, brakes, doors/hinges etc, then when you come to swap the chassis all the bits are new with new bolts that you can take off and bolt back on.

If you go straight for the chassis you soon realise that it's not worth bolting the old bits back on after fighting to get them off and the cost soon starts to spiral. Speeds the job up too if you need it back on the road in a hurry.
With hind sight if I was to do
With hindsight if I were to do it again I’d do it the day she was deliverd !
 
But it’s not my money so you landrover lovers carry on, the door catches will still fail, the turbo boost pipes will still split, the seats will still rip where you have to slide onto them, the drive shafts will still push out and need replaced, the ride will still be terrible and the view out the left hand side at junctions will still be dangerous, the views out the painfully small windscreen will still be terrible and wiped with the worst wipers ever known, you’ll still rip your trousers on the door catch but hey it’s a landrover so it’s all fine
Ah i see some one here is a part time landrover driver , all these things you mention do acure for sure but one tends to learn from experience, I drive a landrover every day as its my work truck and my only vehicle ,haven't ripped a belt loop in years, dont notice the seat rip issue as my puppy at the time ate most of said seat , the left hand junction veiw isn't a problem its just about pre emptying this before junction so you can postion landy in a.way too see , only broken 1 turbo pipe which got replaced with some fancy coloured boy racing hose still the same stuff on it after doing at least 100 thou miles and personally i find the landy much better to drive than the Wife's modern car absolutely no interaction driving that thing so dull to drive makes journeys boring and easy to drift off into a dream world where as the landy one is fully alert looking miles ahead watching up coming sliproads pre emptig slow moving trucks ,basically fully engaged in driving way less boring!
 

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