Thread: Puma 2.2 110 must upgrades?

Daz,can you PM me your contact details,my Tdi is in need of some long overdue luving. Pat

Best upgrade is to sell it and buy a Land Cruiser.

Originally Posted by specwarop

Best upgrade is to sell it and buy a Land Cruiser.

What they don't have their problems?

I almost sold my defender to buy a Cruiser in the midst of all the issues i was having, until I started to do a bit of research.
I have been unlucky and needed a few things replaced but I can honestly say that I'm confident my issues are now sorted. The vehicle drives better than when I first bought it.
I have no regrets and couldn't be happier, I've never had a vehicle put a smile on my face the way my land rover does......I love it, but you land cruiser owners just don't get that.
Leaf sprung rear end, massive lazy engine that chews oil and eats fuel, wheel track from front to back 100mm out, front diff prone to bending like soft cheese, front axle is easily overloaded (people in the mines have been complaining about weak front axles), fuel pumps etc...........I could keep going.

The land cruiser is a excellent vehicle, no doubt, but I can't stand that every land cruiser owner thinks that they somehow own Gods chariot. Forums are a place where one can get advice and ask for help, as a result a lot of what is available to read is negative, no different to a Toyota land cruiser forum.

I started this post as to rectify and weak points that my defender has, every vehicle has weak points. If you don't have anything to contribute to the conversation then please refrain from commenting.




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Originally Posted by Surrufus

Would most newsagents have this? Or is it a special order kind of thing?

Isubscribe.com.au OR LRO.com for a subscription. A little gift comes from the postal gods each month for about $100 a year. If you have an interest in older or unique LR's it's a great publication. Recently there was a cover of a 110 with a 5.9ltr cummins turbo diesel on 37's. Land cruiser owners eat your heart out, the cummins will climb a tree off torque on idle. MLD

Originally Posted by specwarop

Best upgrade is to sell it and buy a Land Cruiser.

I have owned two land cruisers in my life. An 80-series wagon and a 75-series cab-chassis. Both had the 1HZ engine.

I owned the cab-chassis for a few years and never had a single issue with it. Never a breakdown nor any other reliability problem (and I took it all over the place with lots of low range driving, and quite extensive touring through 3 states). I loved that vehicle. I also stuck to a strict service regime and it never missed a beat.

However, vehicles (like people) are not all the same, despite mass production techniques. Some are better than others, even within the same make and model run. As mentioned already, quick checks of the various forum sites for other makes will certainly show any number of problems (some common, some unusual).

I bought my 110 Puma new (delivered April 2014). I drive it to work every day, and out to play in the Brindabella ranges as much as I can. I recently completed a driving trip back home to Qld, via western NSW, and back to the ACT via the coast. I did not have a single issue with the vehicle.

To date, I've done just over 21,000 km and have not had one single problem or reliability issue. As with many other Defender owners, I get a huge smile every time I drive it, and find myself taking the long way home more often than the short-cuts

Each to their own, regarding vehicle preferences, but reality and history shows every vehicle can potentially have problems.

Enjoy the drive

I'm at 70,000KM now.

Apart from recalls and me wanting to change the jackshaft

I've not had a single issue with it

Originally Posted by specwarop

Best upgrade is to sell it and buy a Land Cruiser.

On Saturday my bog standard Defender 110 on original tyres went everywhere at Emu Creek 4WD Park near Tabulum that my BIL's 80 series, with a lift, big mud tyres and a rear locker, managed - except for one spot where the only issue was clearance, since the 110 is not lifted like his 80. I could have gotten up that climb if I had been prepared to scrape the fuel tank.
He commented that he was having to use the 80s power (recently retuned) and charge obstacles which my 110 just idled over. My low-first was much lower than his low first. In fact, most of the time I used second or even third low, saving first-low for the steepest descents and ascents, mostly just to protect the tyres from big bangs and to not have to use the brakes while descending. Even without a lift, my 110 only scraped once on the 110 litre aftermarket fuel tank.
Plus, mine only uses 10 l/100kms while his 80, since the retune, is guzzling 17-18 l/100km.
Pretty clear choice, I reckon.

Originally Posted by specwarop

Best upgrade is to sell it and buy a Land Cruiser.

Did you get the responses you were looking for?. Pat