Thread: Please share your Defender 130 problems

Originally Posted by Sparkys

Thanks Guys. Lambrover, who is the 'they' that compared the 110 to the 76? I would like to read that.

It was in a 4wd Action magazine, even though the rover went further the cruiser still scored higher.

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"my mate had a puma 130 and I jumped under and yep it was loose so we fixed it up there and then"

Lambrover sorry for the ignorance but how did you test that it was loose?

Sparkys I was only up in Strath a couple of days ago with my 130, I do come up there every now and then so if you want to have a look over it PM me and we can probably arrange a time. My only major criticism of the 130 in 12000kms of ownership is the size of the fuel tank. And strangely enough I haven't had an issue with either rain or dust although as you would know we haven't had a lot of rain lately but we have had plenty of dust.

Originally Posted by jplambs

"my mate had a puma 130 and I jumped under and yep it was loose so we fixed it up there and then"

Lambrover sorry for the ignorance but how did you test that it was loose?

Sparkys I was only up in Strath a couple of days ago with my 130, I do come up there every now and then so if you want to have a look over it PM me and we can probably arrange a time. My only major criticism of the 130 in 12000kms of ownership is the size of the fuel tank. And strangely enough I haven't had an issue with either rain or dust although as you would know we haven't had a lot of rain lately but we have had plenty of dust.

You park the car on flat ground or chock the wheels, hand brake off and in neutral then jump under the car and grab the pinion and give it a shack there should be no play at all in the pinion.

Whilst your under there check your uni joints as well.

From memory they have a collapsable spacer for getting your pre load on the bearings, if that is stressed and it collapses when loaded up you loose your bearing pre load and the pinion won't run correctly in its alignment and cause premature wear and ultimately diff failure.

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Thanks jplambs, I would love to have a look over it. And Lambrover, thanks for the heads up on the comparo. I watched about 10 of the 4WD Action DVD's on the weekend with Jamie's 130 Defender in it, and the car seemed to get stuck a LOT more than the LC40, GQ shorty, LC60, LC80 and GU that it travelled with. Do you think that is because of the wheelbase?

What year did the defenders get air bags?

Originally Posted by Sparkys

What year did the defenders get air bags?

As far as I am aware they don't have them yet..

Originally Posted by brendanm

I have had a 130 for around 140k kms. Often off road in heavy going. My biggest problem is my friends in the V8 landcruisers can not keep up. They are are happy to have me tow them through or winch them out. All our vehicles are heavily modified.

So, so true. I can't keep up in my County either.

Originally Posted by Sue

As far as I am aware they don't have them yet..

Awesome! That's a tick in their favour for me