Thread: Cracked chassis defender 130 2010 puma

Day 2 in our nightmare continues.
LR are loosing their shine with me...customer service not.
Thanks for all your advice.
We are sticking with our local dealer as they sold and recommended the tray...read "this is what we do...like it or leave it!

Is the actual chassis cracked or is it the brackets that the tray is secured too? Any pics?

Originally Posted by garrycol

Is the actual chassis cracked or is it the brackets that the tray is secured too? Any pics?

It's the chassis
The vehicle is at the dealers 1.5 hours drive away...so convenient.
haven't taken my own pictures as didn't think it would be a drama

Thanks - definitely a selling dealer issue to sort out for you.

Garry

The NSW RFS had 130s as rapid response vehicles and in the end the weight and loading issues on the chassis resulted in the RFS issuing an edict that the 130s were not to have a crew and water at the same time. So the crew travelled in a troopy and the water in the 130s and soon after most 130s went out of service.

Originally Posted by alanw

When welding ----fixing a cracked landrover chassis is very easy. Mildsteel plate and normal mig welder wire and gas. And a can of chassis black paint.

Hi alanw

Don't do as some have done and forget the wiring loom inside the chassis while the welding is being done.

On mine which is a 110 by the way, the crack I had to deal with, was where the outrigger for the back of the cab, meets the bottom on the side on the chassis.

That crack was there when I brought my Land Rover, with about 200,000 Klm's on it at the time, looking at it and the fact that I had to replace the badly squashed seat cushion on the drivers side, I reasoned that the PO was large in body and the corrugations took their toll.

Using a bit of 16 gauge wire, I fished around through one of the holes drilled in the side of the chassis, until I snagged the loom and then used that wire to hold the loom in the middle of the box section until the metal had cooled.
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Hi azureindi

There is enough evidence here already, that there is a design issue that has to be addressed by Land Rover.

The maximum tray overhang is a measurement given to Dealers by Land Rover.
To build any special equipment on the chassis and if while doing so this measurement has been exceeded by the manufacturer of the tray, then the warranty is the responsibility of that tray builder IMHO.
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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

The NSW RFS had 130s as rapid response vehicles and in the end the weight and loading issues on the chassis resulted in the RFS issuing an edict that the 130s were not to have a crew and water at the same time. So the crew travelled in a troopy and the water in the 130s and soon after most 130s went out of service.

I bought an ex Shoalhaven RFS 130 and its been a beauty.