Landrover 110 replacement??

[johnyev]

I helped develop the RB44 whilst working at Reynolds Boughton back in the 90's a brilliant vehicle

I had to google that.

 

[My Old Landy]

I had to google that.

I lived it

 

[Shiny Steve]

wow this thread got some interest, theres still a few LR fans about then.

i totally understand what everyone os saying about parts quality. i try to avoid anything in blue bags, i can feel the dread when you order "OEM quality" and britpart arrive.

and unfortunately i actually quite like the td5 engine sorry 300 fans.

 

[reb78]

and unfortunately i actually quite like the td5 engine sorry 300 fans.

They both have their merits. I hve a 200tdi in the 110, a TD5 in the D2 and the v6 in the D3

Did you use genuine injector seals when you changed them (both seals)? Were the seats on the head clean? You have already mentioned the ait bleed valve in the filter head but what state is the filter head in? They go porous on the D2 and let in air.

Whilst technically fine, I thought it wasn't actually legal to retrofit an older engine? Something to do with going backwards with emissions?

 

[Shiny Steve]

no not genuine, but good quality. the seats were clean. i have debated a new filter housing for a while as the old one is showing a bit of corrosion.

 

[fizzy]

Only once did my Mk1 Discovery almost leave me stranded. Not a bad record in 110,000 miles!
The dreaded clutch arm fault struck at 90,000 miles.
It was very heavy snow. I lived up a dirt road on top of the Brecon Beacons so recovery was not an option. Got quite good at driving it with no clutch for a week until the snow abated.

 

[reb78]

no not genuine, but good quality. the seats were clean. i have debated a new filter housing for a while as the old one is showing a bit of corrosion.

This could be an issue? Genuine ended up about £70 for both sets of seals IIRC when I last priced them up. Seemed like a real rip off but I didn't have to worry about the quality of the parts and without an obvious Bosch or equivalent alternative to genuine I didn't want to chance other aftermarket. The copper washers may be ok without going genuine, but I would worry about the O rings.

My filter housing looked a bit of a mess on the D2 so I changed it. There are several part numbers but i think they are all the same and the earlier ones are cheaper than the later ones I think.

 

[fizzy]

Back in the 90s most of the cockle gatherers around here switched to Japanese 4x4s. They were fed up of their LRs rusting out. They soon found the Jap 4x4s were even worse and they all switched back to LRs!

 

[sako243]

Not sure if you'd be able to drop a 300 into a Td5 (legally) unless you can get it to meet emissions if its a Td5 era vehicle.

If the 110 does what you want and it's purely a reliability issue then I'd say better the devil you know. By the time you've bought another vehicle and sorted any potential issues you'd have a well sorted vehicle that's not going to go down in value for the same money. Until the government outlaws them you'll always have a market for spare parts.

Also most 300s will be long in the tooth these days although they're easy enough to sort out. But the same can be said of Td5s but they are a more modern engine and easily tunable for extra poke. I have a friend with an auto Td5 90 and that thing flies.

You also have plenty of options for upgrades if you fancied.

 

[8ob]

What`s best can change as time goes on, 4x4 mulitpurpose pickups are neither a good car or a good truck. Sometimes its better to have a truck for work and a car.

Bob

 

[HughF]

The slightly bigger Iveco 4x4 `s are good if you have a 7.5ton entitlement on your license. Still transit size but with a decent payload and pull like a train.

Bob

I had one, never got used enough because of the young lads license issue. Good trucks

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Or a Renault b120 if you can find one. Excellent trucks, mostly iveco underneath.

I really rate the mechanically pumped, direct injection iveco 8140 motor, in both 2.5 and 2.8 sizes. It's really really excellent. The earlier indirect engine was total gutless junk though, the DI head made it into something great.

 

[gordon stephenson]

Believe me when I tell you they could outwork most blokes.
Fair bit of ground clearance with those shoes 8ob,

Bob

 

[Stueeee]

Not sure if you'd be able to drop a 300 into a Td5 (legally) unless you can get it to meet emissions if its a Td5 era vehicle.

IIRC, from an MOT perspective, the emissions requirements go with the motor regardless of the year of the vehicle. Certainly was the case when a mate dropped a 1960s V8 petrol motor in a modernish diesel van.

BTW, having recently built up a Toyota Hilux rear axle up for a non-Toyota project, I couldn't believe the (approaching pxxs taking) spare parts prices for the bits where I had to use Toyota OEM.

 

[HughF]

Not sure if you'd be able to drop a 300 into a Td5 (legally) unless you can get it to meet emissions if its a Td5 era vehicle.

If the 110 does what you want and it's purely a reliability issue then I'd say better the devil you know. By the time you've bought another vehicle and sorted any potential issues you'd have a well sorted vehicle that's not going to go down in value for the same money. Until the government outlaws them you'll always have a market for spare parts.

Also most 300s will be long in the tooth these days although they're easy enough to sort out. But the same can be said of Td5s but they are a more modern engine and easily tunable for extra poke. I have a friend with an auto Td5 90 and that thing flies.

You also have plenty of options for upgrades if you fancied.

Any td5 aged landy will be a 'blow less than 3.5 and you're good' emissions check. My '87 Renault master goes through on a fast pass it is so clean off boost, I doubt you'll have any issue getting a 300tdi through.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Could put a cummins in it....

 

[8ob]

Could put a cummins in it....

I dont know anyone that would do such a thing


Bob

 

[Shiny Steve]

that would be a dream truck, there was a flat bed up for sale 6bt very tidy build but i think it was north of £30k

 

[Tinbasherdan]

that would be a dream truck, there was a flat bed up for sale 6bt very tidy build but i think it was north of £30k

Be careful who has built it, there’s one particularly famous cowboy still turning them out

 

[Tinbasherdan]

I dont know anyone that would do such a thing


Bob

Nor I, would have to be a bloody idiot

 

[HughF]

What's the defender lookalike that's built by iveco like? Can't remember what it's called.

There's always the g wagon with a 606 option