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  1. 24th July 2007, 08:49 PM #1
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    Question Defender 130 chassis strength

    Hi there,

    I am new to the forum and am looking at a Defender 130 however I have heard that some of them had the potential to develop cracks in the chassis.

    Is there any truth to this shall I say rumour?

    Thanks
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  2. 24th July 2007, 09:17 PM #2
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    Sorry i dunno.
    But Welcome to the Fourm
    iam sure someone will be able to help you. what motor are you looking at getting ??
    Regards Adrian
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  3. 24th July 2007, 09:27 PM #3
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    I've got an ex-Telstra 130 Crew Cab that's had a pretty hard life by all accounts, and no chassis cracking on it at all. Telstra beefed their chassis up a bit to try to stop these problems.

    Some have had chassis cracks in their 110s (or was it the early Discovery IIs?).

    There have been a few threads (quite old now) so a search might dig up something.
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  4. 24th July 2007, 09:35 PM #4
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    i have a 2000 TD5 Defender130 ......

    and its hard a extremly hard life

    no cracks as yet
    130's rule
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  5. 24th July 2007, 09:42 PM #5
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    http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread...=chassis+crack

    http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread...=chassis+crack


    http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread...=chassis+crack
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  6. 25th July 2007, 11:16 AM #6
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    Hi gents,

    Thanks for the replies.
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  7. 25th July 2007, 07:18 PM #7
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    Went and looked at mine all is well.
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  8. 25th July 2007, 09:04 PM #8
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    can this happen on a 110 ?? if so where should i be looking to find the cracks ??
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  9. 25th July 2007, 09:41 PM #9
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    G day all

    I have a 130 and it had chassis cracks on both sides at the point where the dual cab end and the chassis starts to sweep up. I had it repaired in Kunnunurra and hopfully it will be fine. I looked at another blokes in KNX and it was cracked in exactly the same place. His had had an extremely hard life by the look of it. Mine I bought second hand and at a guess I reckon it carried a big load around on the roads about Alice Springs as it was sold there. Plenty of corrugations, to much air in the tyres, big load something has to give.

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  10. 26th July 2007, 06:02 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Defender=1st View Post
    can this happen on a 110 ?? if so where should i be looking to find the cracks ??
    Thanks
    Regards Adrian
    Any chassis can crack given the right circumstances, but there is no history of cracks on 110 (or 90 or 120) chassis. The 130 has not only a substantially higher rated load, but a lot more room to fit a bigger overload, as the increased wheelbase all goes into loadspace plus more overhang, and it would seem the chassis may not have been beefed up enough for this.

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