one up for Defender

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Originally Posted by goingbush

If Sutton say that about the LT230 it implies they think the rest of the car pretty ordinary, or that they dont know what they are talking about.

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A word in their defence: they've been working on Land Rovers for over 25 years to my knowledge and given the conditions that the vehicles that they see operate in I'm guessing that what they don't know about Land Rovers probably isn't worth knowing. (the guy in the workshop owns at least 2 of them!).

I imagine that the comment was in that context - if something is going to go wrong with a landy it's unlikely to be the transfer box. And yeah, probably a back handed go at the mechanic who over-torqued it.

Well you've got me interested, so make with the pics and details already. With 10 weeks to go till I'm in the middle of the Canning, the itch is starting.
Oh and I'm nearing the end of the paranoid overmaintenance stage.

2stroke, it may take me a while but I'll do you a deal. I'll knock up a decent trip report if you do one for the canning.

I'll give you some stats of our trip for a tease. I was popping pellets like a goat before we went. The dynamics were huge but I am very happy and proud to say we all made it work.

We had 12 adults two of which were unknown to the group. 10 children aged from 1 to 8, the average was 4-5.
The guts of the trip was Birdsville, Inside track, Rig Road, WAA, Alice, Madigan, Birdsville. Some came up through Walkers Crossing from Innamincka and Coongie lakes. We would be together anywhere from 3 to 5 weeks.

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Originally Posted by Westie

A word in their defence: they've been working on Land Rovers for over 25 years to my knowledge and given the conditions that the vehicles that they see operate in I'm guessing that what they don't know about Land Rovers probably isn't worth knowing. (the guy in the workshop owns at least 2 of them!).

I imagine that the comment was in that context - if something is going to go wrong with a landy it's unlikely to be the transfer box. And yeah, probably a back handed go at the mechanic who over-torqued it.

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My apologies, I guess I'm just smarting over my current R380 issues, after just having had the LT230 rebuilt 15000k ago.

But even so, only a small hiccup in the scheme of things, and Defer will be out of the sick bay soon and back doing what its built for.
If you were worried about what could or might go wrong you would never go anywhere !

Great to see some positive stories like this. This forum seems to me at least as a place that puts the -ve spin on defenders.
We need to see more of the +ve's.

I had some some water ingress issue during the first week I bought the new 110 but all sorted now and doing well.

Am off for a day trip tomorrow together with a 70 series cruiser and next week for a 4 day trip together with a Pajero.

Keep Smiling :D

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Originally Posted by ProjectDirector

Great to see some positive stories like this. This forum seems to me at least as a place that puts the -ve spin on defenders.
We need to see more of the +ve's.

I had some some water ingress issue during the first week I bought the new 110 but all sorted now and doing well.

Am off for a day trip tomorrow together with a 70 series cruiser and next week for a 4 day trip together with a Pajero.

Keep Smiling :D

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Where was the water coming from, & how did you rectify?
Cheers, Pickles.

Same as you Jason, never lifted the hood on the last 2 trips... Ran perfectly...

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Originally Posted by newhue

2stroke, it may take me a while but I'll do you a deal. I'll knock up a decent trip report if you do one for the canning.

I'll give you some stats of our trip for a tease. I was popping pellets like a goat before we went. The dynamics were huge but I am very happy and proud to say we all made it work.

We had 12 adults two of which were unknown to the group. 10 children aged from 1 to 8, the average was 4-5.
The guts of the trip was Birdsville, Inside track, Rig Road, WAA, Alice, Madigan, Birdsville. Some came up through Walkers Crossing from Innamincka and Coongie lakes. We would be together anywhere from 3 to 5 weeks.

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Wow, still yet to do the Madigan, envious! We've only seen the couple camps etc that intersect the Hay River track. Guess I better get a few snaps while we're away then. Ours should be interesting, 7 people, all know each other well, straight to Halls Creek, Wiluna to Yulara via the Gunbarrell and Great Central, Kulgera to Mt Dare via Finke, then WAA and QAA. My '95 130, a '04 100 series Cruiser and a '84 40 series.

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Originally Posted by newhue

One had a large piece of wood spear it on the Fiiinnnkkk road. It was a Maxxis Bighorn. Amazing really, 150km on the States worst road, littered with old Ghan Rail spikes and a lump of wood does the damage.
The other was an 11 year old General Grabber. Side wall spike at 12psi going cross country to Madigans first camp. It was plugged and gave no further issue.

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Ain't that the truth, our group also did a general grabber early in the madigan line. I suppose it's just the way the cookie crumbles.


Martyn