Thread: Show us your Deefers !

Tuff 130.jpg130 Panorama.jpgLooks good! Welcome to the 99 TD5 130 crew!

Originally Posted by sid

Picked up a '99 TD5 130 a couple of weeks ago. Almost pulled the trigger on a new Defender about 7 years ago, and ended up buying my first house instead, so this is my first one. Pretty happy with it. 267,000km, in pretty good overall knick for a 20 year old vehicle. Little bit of rust where the windscreen brackets meet the firewall, and some in the bottom of the doors and side steps, but otherwise stands up well so far. It's got an electronic rust protection system already fitted, and it seems this has protected the chassis from anything more serious than a bit of surface rust.

Added a UHF and some MUD seat rails as need the radio for work and I'm on the tall side. Otherwise no plans to do much as a bit short on cash. Seems most of the preventative work has been done by the previous owner. Removed the awning and roof racks it came with, as they were catching on the rear doors.

Drove it from Townsville to Armidale, which was an 18-hour marathon, but the truck drove very well and much better than I expected.



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Nice 130 and in Armidale too
Have a nanocom in Armidale if you need to borrow one
Here’s my 130

Originally Posted by sid

Picked up a '99 TD5 130 a couple of weeks ago. Almost pulled the trigger on a new Defender about 7 years ago, and ended up buying my first house instead, so this is my first one. Pretty happy with it. 267,000km, in pretty good overall knick for a 20 year old vehicle. Little bit of rust where the windscreen brackets meet the firewall, and some in the bottom of the doors and side steps, but otherwise stands up well so far. It's got an electronic rust protection system already fitted, and it seems this has protected the chassis from anything more serious than a bit of surface rust.

Added a UHF and some MUD seat rails as need the radio for work and I'm on the tall side. Otherwise no plans to do much as a bit short on cash. Seems most of the preventative work has been done by the previous owner. Removed the awning and roof racks it came with, as they were catching on the rear doors.

Drove it from Townsville to Armidale, which was an 18-hour marathon, but the truck drove very well and much better than I expected.

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Sounds great!
Would you be able to treat the rust with rust converter to keep it under control?

Thanks for the offer of the Nanocom mrb505 - good to know if something goes pear-shaped at some point, cheers

Discomick - As far as the rust goes, not really sure. I bought the vehicle largely unseen, except for some photos. The rust under the windscreen seems to be stemming from the fairly corroded aluminium windscreen brackets which I will replace, and probably won't know the extend of the rust fully until then. As far as I can tell though, it's only minimal. The doors aren't a big deal and I figure I'll pull one of them off in the near future and remove the door cards to see the extent of it. Luckily the Armidale climate isn't particularly conducive to rust (very dry air in winter), so I hope it won't progress too quickly and can address properly in the near future. Have got it garaged now so should also slow it down.

Electronic rust prevention system will have had no effect on whether or not the chassis has rusted.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Electronic rust prevention system will have had no effect.

There. Fixed it for you.

Not quite accurate - it has a negative wallet effect on the purchaser and a positive one on the salesman's bonus.

Also is interrupted by rubber bushes.