Nearly 2 years of searching & researching, finally got a 130!

[Bobby D]

Well I must say I'm pretty bloody excited to have acquired her!

2006 TD5, Crew Cab 130. Picked her up last weekend from a really nice bloke who lived just outside Canberra.
She's been very well looked after, no leaks, plenty of extras (EGR removed, chipped, bigger intercooler, poly air bags, uprated rear axel, winch, bbar, sound proofing etc) and only 166,000 on the clock. I'm pretty confident I've got a good one!

I've spent a lot of hours on here, reading up on what to look for, what to watch out for, TDi vs TD5 etc. So many thanks to all your collective wisdom!
In fact my partner got so sick of me spending so much time reading up on Landies she basically forced me to buy this one, hahaha, thats one way I guess!

She'll be put to work straight away pulling my tool trailer (I'm a carpenter) and I'll make up some drop sides for the tray. But I really can't wait to get her off-road.

I feel like I've joined an exclusive club, and got my first "Defender Wave" the other day (A Green Puma 130 with canvas canopy) and the wide eyed look on my family and friends faces as I pulled into their driveways to show them the new(ish) Landie was priceless, Mum is a fan.

Every morning I can't wait to get out of the house and start her up! Big smile everytime.

Any more solid gold nuggets of advice you good people could lend my way? (she's so far so good, knock wood)

So if you see a big black deefer 130 on the road around the A.C.T. make sure to wave!

[weeds]

Good to see......

[Beery]

Advice? Just love it for the big, perfectly imperfect, beast that it is!

Be careful, they get under your skin

[Bobby D]

Advice? Just love it for the big, perfectly imperfect, beast that it is!

Be careful, they get under your skin

Already starting to happen, I told my partner that just give it a little while and she'll be wanting a 90 before too long.

Lucky Canberra was wiiiiide roads, that turning (or lack there of) circle!

[El Rey]

Big congratulations, that looks like a real rig.

If it was me I might be tempted to take a sleeping bag out and sleep on the tray rather than be parted.

With the Canberra chill, do you plan to leave her parked out of doors, or is there shelter involved?
Where I live there's no more undercover parking, and even parking her on the driveway would block
other vehicles that have to get in and out. So I'm trying to come up with a plan for what to do when
I have the 110. Considered asking the neighbors if I can use some of their large driveway
rather than left out on the street covered in goodies that someone could happen upon in the
night watches.

[Beery]

With the Canberra chill, do you plan to leave her parked out of doors, or is there shelter involved?


Yes, try and arrange some warm stables for her if you haven't done already. She'll thank you for it

[Bobby D]

Unfortunately she's half a metre too tall to fit in our garage. So instead is left out in the open to ice over, the poor thing.

I'm considering my options, but they're limited, as we live in a granny flat out the back of a house owned by the father in law.

New carport is out of the question, so the only options are a waterproof sale to park under.... or, take the roof of the garage and raise it.

[El Rey]

It's a pity there's not a 360 degree batwing awning from someone like Bundutec. You could open it out once you get home so your rig sat under and had some protection. Condensation wouldn't form at the least.

On the plus side, there's all manner of portable car covers you could consider - from cheap to expensive.

https://www.carsolut.com/portable-garage-ideal-car-solutions-for-protection/best-portable-one-car-garage-shelter-pictures-013/

http://www.performancecarcovers.co.uk/store/product.php?printable=Y&productid=16196





Unfortunately she's half a metre too tall to fit in our garage. So instead is left out in the open to ice over, the poor thing.

I'm considering my options, but they're limited, as we live in a granny flat out the back of a house owned by the father in law.

New carport is out of the question, so the only options are a waterproof sale to park under.... or, take the roof of the garage and raise it.

[Grumbles]

My oh my....so much enthusiasm....indeed so much that it spilled out from the PC screen and splashed all over my keyboard........scratch one keyboard.....lol. Just funnin'.:D

Seems like you got a ripper and well set up too..........let the fun continue.:BigThumb:

[NovaRover]

Congratulations she's a beauty, can I ask what the previous owner used for soundproofing? I'm a builder and I still can't wait to start my 130 each morning to head to site . Can't think of a better way to start the day.

[PTC]

Advice? Just love it for the big, perfectly imperfect, beast that it is!

Be careful, they get under your skin

I could have bought a house by now if i had not gotten into camping and 4wd'ing. They do take a lot out of your pay check. But i would never give up the experiences i have had while away.

Most of my mates think i am crazy for spending up to $150 a weekend on fuel to sit in the bush. Where as they waste more than that on booze and smokes and don't remember their weekends.

[Will Wallace]

2 weeks to go before I pick up my 2000 Td5 130. Can't bloody wait.

[El Rey]

I could have bought a house by now if i had not gotten into camping and 4wd'ing. They do take a lot out of your pay check. But i would never give up the experiences i have had while away.

Most of my mates think i am crazy for spending up to $150 a weekend on fuel to sit in the bush. Where as they waste more than that on booze and smokes and don't remember their weekends.


Yes. I hadn't done it in years until recently, and it was a real life-changing moment to be by a fire in the middle of nowhere, with the Milky Way putting on the best show on earth.

[Bobby D]

It's a pity there's not a 360 degree batwing awning from someone like Bundutec. You could open it out once you get home so your rig sat under and had some protection. Condensation wouldn't form at the least.

On the plus side, there's all manner of portable car covers you could consider - from cheap to expensive.

https://www.carsolut.com/portable-garage-ideal-car-solutions-for-protection/best-portable-one-car-garage-shelter-pictures-013/

Performance Car Covers - Bespoke Indoor & Outdoor :: Land/Range Rover :: Land Rover / Range Rover ADVANCED 3 Layer Waterproof & Breathable Outdoor Bespoke Car Cover (http://www.performancecarcovers.co.uk/store/product.php?printable=Y&productid=16196)

This is a great idea, need to keep the bird poop and sap from the trees above off the big lass too, those tarps are so bleeding expensive though... Considering Colorbond garages are so cheap nowadays.


Congratulations she's a beauty, can I ask what the previous owner used for soundproofing? I'm a builder and I still can't wait to start my 130 each morning to head to site . Can't think of a better way to start the day.

Cheers mate! He used what seems to be a 10mm foil backed insulating foam, with about 3 or 4mm rubber matting over the top. It's surprisingly quiet inside, the Turbo is the loudest thing in the cabin and I really like the sound of that.
I'll take some photos of the sound proofing for you.
Yeah I'm really keen to kit mine out for work. They sure are head-turners, hopefully drum up some attention for the Company!


I could have bought a house by now if i had not gotten into camping and 4wd'ing. They do take a lot out of your pay check. But i would never give up the experiences i have had while away.

Most of my mates think i am crazy for spending up to $150 a weekend on fuel to sit in the bush. Where as they waste more than that on booze and smokes and don't remember their weekends.

That's it, you really can't put a price on exploring our great country. I'll be fortunate enough to claim fuel/repairs/servicing on the Company but yeah years ago I was the same as your mates, now i realise there is a bit more to life. I'm lucky there is some good 4wheeling around Canberra.

[Grumbles]

From experience I can tell you that fitting and removing a car cover becomes very tedious/onerous very quickly. Fitting/removing a car cover to a large car such as a fourby is best accomplished with two people. Doing it solo results in much frustration especially if the cover is wet, covered in frost or it is windy.Doing it in the rain is just a miserable experience. Keeping the inside of the cover dry and free of foreign bodies - dirt, lawn cuttings, moisture etc is also a pain.

There is also more to a car cover than you might think aka type of material, breathability, lined or unlined.

[Pacemaker]

Congrats . Im sure you will enjoy it for a long time. Looks like you found a good one.
I notice in the picture though that the tray is very low. From the pic it looks like your tyres will hit the tray before your rear diff touches the bump stops. Just thought i would bring this to your attention from experience.
I bought a 130 with a low tray too and i had all sorts of dramas on my first offroad outing.

Cheers
Michael.

[karlz]

Well I must say I'm pretty bloody excited to have acquired her!



Nice intro Bobby.

I'm in same boat as you, but with 110. Yours is bigger than mine

[Bobby D]

Congrats . Im sure you will enjoy it for a long time. Looks like you found a good one.
I notice in the picture though that the tray is very low. From the pic it looks like your tyres will hit the tray before your rear diff touches the bump stops. Just thought i would bring this to your attention from experience.
I bought a 130 with a low tray too and i had all sorts of dramas on my first offroad outing.

Cheers
Michael.

This has crossed my mind. I haven't done any serious off-roading just yet but we will see how it goes. The lower tray is handy however for loading things on and off, which I do everyday for work. I measured the clearance from top of tyre to underside of tray and it's 160mm. Which doesn't seem huge, though from bumpstop to diff it's only 105mm. I'm guessing you had lots of scrubbing on the underside of the tray when you took it offroad?

Would you think this is enough clearance underneath? I've got Poly airbag assist in the rear coil so I can always pump that up a little more I guess for another few mills. A problem I can foresee in the future though is that when my Baja ATZ's wear out I want to get some taller MT tyres and that will reduce that clearance further.

From what I can see the tray frame is welded to the chassis so I would assume it would be a decent amount of effort to raise it.

[jimr1]

That's a nice looking 130 , I'm sure It will give you lots of pleasure , good luck , and the wave always brings a smile !!.. Jim :):)

[defmec]

Congratulations . you have a ultimate camp rig . to fix the turning circle get someone to turn the wheel while you wind in the steering lock screw on the inside of the hub until the tire is just about to touch the radius arm