Advice needed...urgently

[spudfan]

Decision time. Driving along there is an incessant droning noise from the passenger side. The Puma is that quiet that it is even more annoying. Was checking the suspension yesterday and there is a pronounced sagging. The body work used to be A1,now there are places where it is upsetting to look at. Before I could rub my hand along the body work and get a smile of satisfaction on my face, but now...
I know if it was the Defender I could remedy these faults but it's the wife I'm talking about. Any advice?

[travelrover]

Time for a trade in for a newer model that doesn’t yet show the wear and tear of everyday use??

[fitzy]

It sounds a bit like my 1985 110 with 485,000 on the clock.
You tend to just put with the annoying faults after a while and spend a bit on maintenance items. You know all the faults by now.
New models have faults as well , you just don’t know them yet , sounds risky.
New 20” tyres
Special creams and waxes
Electrical gizmos
The list goes on and on.
I’m nearly through a refurb on my 110 and have lost a few kilos along the way, they tend to add up over the years.
Maybe spend some cash on the old girl and she might come up looking a treat.
A guy on a bike asked me the other day how many klms on the thing , he was amazed when I said 485,000.
A v8 with extractors and a 3” exhaust will help with the droning sound, just be careful with the resonator as sometimes they can make a droning sound at cruising revs, not ideal.
If the droning is still audible increase either revs or exhaust size.
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[spudfan]

Time for a trade in for a newer model that doesn’t yet show the wear and tear of everyday use??

Great idea. Already looking forward to the test drive...[biggrin]

[travelrover]

Great idea. Already looking forward to the test drive...[biggrin]

Oh yes. Must try before you buy

[Blknight.aus]

and dont forget to cast an eye over the companies preceding model, excluding aftermarket plastic bits and bodywork mods you can usually get a good idea on how well the new one is likely to age.

[rick130]

My god you love to live dangerously, Spud! [emoji23]

[rick130]

and dont forget to cast an eye over the companies preceding model, excluding aftermarket plastic bits and bodywork mods you can usually get a good idea on how well the new one is likely to age.Not 100% reliable IME but a valid comparison tool, Dave.

[Blknight.aus]

Not 100% reliable IME but a valid comparison tool, Dave.

Ive found its a pretty good comparator on the whole...

just as an example mostly you can look at an old shed class or a newer one and they hold up well in comparison to each other, The defender (and all shed class in general) as we know have good genes from the get go so they age well..

now your average cruiser or patrol if you compare one from the same vintage as the defender in the previous example, they dont fare so well mostly you find them discarded on junk heaps rusted out or sickly waiting for their latest injection of illegal crap to keep them functioning on the same level as the trusty landrover. The examples of them that dont fall into this category have had obsene amounts of money lavished on them and likely havent done an honest days work in their sad excuses of existence. You can always spot them, buffed and shone bodywork, every bit of bling that never gets used just a money pit that looks good.

Theres the odd one here or there thats stood up well and represents a fair exception to the rule and in the same vein even landrover got it wrong occasionally but generally if you're prepared to allow a slight bias that excludes the exceptions you'll be on the right track.

[rick130]

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[goingbush]

The only suggestion I can make is don't convert to EV . Maybe an Isuzu 3.9 retrofit is the way ahead .

[Xtreme]

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[Ean Austral]

Beer googles may be a cheap alternative for the short term . They worked amazingly well in my younger days, only trouble I had was I needed a new prescription the next day. or more beer ……[bigrolf][bigrolf][bigrolf]

Cheers Ean

[V8Ian]

The best advice I can give you is, don't let 'Er indoors read this page.
You're a braver/sillier man than most.

[spudfan]

My god you love to live dangerously, Spud! [emoji23]
I'm the James Bond of Aulro. Fear is my bread and butter. But like mr Bond I do take my life seriously so I will be changing my password for the Aulro site, just incase Mrs Bond is in a perusing mood.
......Trouble is, Mrs Bond usually does this stuff for me. Methinks this could be Mr Bond's last outing.

[bblaze]

I'm the James Bond of Aulro. Fear is my bread and butter. But like mr Bond I do take my life seriously so I will be changing my password for the Aulro site, just incase Mrs Bond is in a perusing mood.
......Trouble is, Mrs Bond usually does this stuff for me. Methinks this could be Mr Bond's last outing.

I am surprised you are still posting or maybe this is Mrs bond build a alibi
cheers
blaze

[spudfan]

I am surprised you are still posting or maybe this is Mrs bond build a alibi
cheers
blaze
Please don't put ideas into her head.
I was going to say that there is lots of room in there for them but I'd better not...just incase.

[spudfan]

Update. Please note that Mr Spud Bond is currently reacquainting himself with the outdoor life in a tent in the back garden. Also ALL privaledges have been withdrawn.[wink11]
Mrs Spudfan.

[spudfan]

Back in action, well on parole really.
Well I just returned from exile and, and, and......I don't know how to put this but the first thing I saw when I returned to my kingdom was (and I am faint with trepidation here), the "Sixty Shades of Grey" dvd's sitting by the tv. It gets worse. There was Mrs Spudfan sitting on the sofa and patting the space beside her. Horror of horrors but the aforementioned body work was on full view!!!!! There's more but I just can't bring myself to relate the terrors I have suffered. As a condemned man is allowed one last request, I requested that the lights be turned off and to be allowed to wear gloves. But my request was DENIED. I may never recover from this. I may never be normal again. I just can't relate anymore. If I did and you read it you probably would not be able to sleep.
You can have my kingdom but only if I can return to my tent...

[LRJim]

Back in action, well on parole really.
Well I just returned from exile and, and, and......I don't know how to put this but the first thing I saw when I returned to my kingdom was (and I am faint with trepidation here), the "Sixty Shades of Grey" dvd's sitting by the tv. It gets worse. There was Mrs Spudfan sitting on the sofa and patting the space beside her. Horror of horrors but the aforementioned body work was on full view!!!!! There's more but I just can't bring myself to relate the terrors I have suffered. As a condemned man is allowed one last request, I requested that the lights be turned off and to be allowed to wear gloves. But my request was DENIED. I may never recover from this. I may never be normal again. I just can't relate anymore. If I did and you read it you probably would not be able to sleep.
You can have my kingdom but only if I can return to my tent...This is the best thing ive ever read on the internet [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

[V8Ian]

Back in action, well on parole really.
Well I just returned from exile and, and, and......I don't know how to put this but the first thing I saw when I returned to my kingdom was (and I am faint with trepidation here), the "Sixty Shades of Grey" dvd's sitting by the tv. It gets worse. There was Mrs Spudfan sitting on the sofa and patting the space beside her. Horror of horrors but the aforementioned body work was on full view!!!!! There's more but I just can't bring myself to relate the terrors I have suffered. As a condemned man is allowed one last request, I requested that the lights be turned off and to be allowed to wear gloves. But my request was DENIED. I may never recover from this. I may never be normal again. I just can't relate anymore. If I did and you read it you probably would not be able to sleep.
You can have my kingdom but only if I can return to my tent...
In a far off land, long, long ago.............[wink11]

[DiscoMick]

If you are anything like me, you can't afford a new model, so make the best of what you've got is my advice.

[spudfan]

In a far off land, long, long ago.............[wink11]
Touche!:BigThumb:
and not far enough away...[biggrin]

[AndyG]

In a time gone bye, you would get a pristine model , straight from the show room and whisk it home and keep it forever,
Then it came fashionable to change models on a regular basis, but you blow your dough on the changeover every time
Then it was short term loaners or rentals, but never really satisfactory , and the homestead is always a mess
Now, a lot to be said, become a pedestrian, glance in the show room window as you wander past, but keep your wallet securely hidden, and keep walking.