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Any idea where to find an auto electrician? The motor has gone and makes a terrible grinding noise.
That's the bigger issue, Auto Sparky's are becoming rare things
Any idea where to find an auto electrician? The motor has gone and makes a terrible grinding noise.
Any idea where to find an auto electrician? The motor has gone and makes a terrible grinding noise.
They are. I do a lot myself but I’m not a magicianThat's the bigger issue, Auto Sparky's are becoming rare things
Bearings, if you can get it off pull it apart slowly taking picturesAny idea where to find an auto electrician? The motor has gone and makes a terrible grinding noise.
Any idea where to find an auto electrician? The motor has gone and makes a terrible grinding noise.
I will try and get the number off the father in law as we have had jcb starters rewound before has to be cheaper than ToyotaAny idea where to find an auto electrician? The motor has gone and makes a terrible grinding noise.
Is it possible to get a new chassis? Thanks Angus.Trooper will be hard to replace,found it far nicer to tow with than Landrover,older 1990's Range Rovers and Discoveries. Have contemplated a new chassis,which is the problem area particularly as its done only about 60,000 miles and I've got on top of most of the 3.0l problems,with a lot of help from the trooper forum,but too much work. Been warned off Jeeps by my son who has one for off roading,he doesn't fancy constantly fettling 2 ! I wasn't aware of the increase in tax after 2006.........gives the measure of the age of vehicles I normally look for! Mercedes used to have a reputation for robust vehicles, I guess the ML is probably more car than workhorse then and would assume the Audi ,VW and Volvo equivalents are the same. Not seen a SsangYong close up, are they robust? Looking like a Range Rover,a multimeter and a bag of spanners then...
About 15 years ago we had two jeeps parked outside the door, a brand new discovery and a few year old land cruiser. Only one gave trouble. It wasnt the toyota. Their was a noticable difference in build quality between the two. The land rover felt all saggy and rolled more in bends. Remember driving along one day and all flashing warning lights came on. Pulled over as the suspension had lowered itself whilst driving. Even though it looked the part, it was poorly put together. A lost of other issues with it also. Traded it after 2 years and lost my shirt. I'm sure things are different these days.
The two rear cross members and some of the rear longitudinal bits are becoming problematic as are bits like handbrake cable brackets,headlight mounts etc.. 61,237 genuine miles now. I bought it in 2012 with 37,000 miles on the clock, with records to prove it too. As I said,I considered a re-chassis ,but too many rusty bolts ,brackets etc would be a nightmare to sort.Is your chassis knackered? 60k is extremely low miles for a Trooper.
Which Disco was that?
It’s 2020 there all fecked now I spent the beginning of the year looking for a good clean oneTHERE ARE PLENTY OF TROOPERS ABOUT IN GOOD ORDER, HAVE 5 ALL GOOD AND ALL TOW 3.5 TON THEN YOU WOULD HAVE ONE FOR BITS BUT THEY ARE EASILY FOUND ANYWAY.VERY HARDY VEHICLE
I got a nice pathfinder 6 weeks ago, really good pulling the big trailer, it's an 08, perfect underneath and nice to drive, only draw back the road tax is big, had a sorrento it was good but bad for rusting.
About 15 years ago we had two jeeps parked outside the door, a brand new discovery and a few year old land cruiser. Only one gave trouble. It wasnt the toyota. Their was a noticable difference in build quality between the two. The land rover felt all saggy and rolled more in bends. Remember driving along one day and all flashing warning lights came on. Pulled over as the suspension had lowered itself whilst driving. Even though it looked the part, it was poorly put together. A lost of other issues with it also. Traded it after 2 years and lost my shirt. I'm sure things are different these days.
Late td5’s are very good I have 15p defender and she has done some work.Which Disco was that?
I'd have a td5 in a heartbeat - it's just a Defender 110 with a different body. Very good engine and parts are cheap as chips. Was actually looking at one last week, sadly it sold very quickly... and I don't really need it