my motivation's sapping

[taff]

humour me on this one.
i've got a series 1 disco and recently bought a pretty modded county.
i'm going through the county and finding more and more wrong with it and am thinking it's never going to end which is starting to get to me.

i've 2 options either keep on going and persevere with the county and finish it off though god know's where it's going to end

or (and this is where i'd like most advice)

find out what is interchangable between the county and disco and make the disco into 1 mean disco and then wreck and sell off what's left of the county together with what's not needed off the disco

some of the mod's on the county include:

Rear diff is a Detroit locker with standard axles. Front is an ARB air locker 24 spline diff with Mac Namara axles. Rear springs are Kings +2" with spacers, front are H.Duty rangie rears with spacers. belly plate, sliders & rear quarter sliders. upgraded steering arms,engine mounts etc. from rovacraft, strengthened rear trailing arms along with 35" super swampers and beadlock's

[RonMcGr]

How about a list of what's wrong with the Country, first? :)

[D110V8D]

humour me on this one.
i've got a series 1 disco and recently bought a pretty modded county.
i'm going through the county and finding more and more wrong with it and am thinking it's never going to end which is starting to get to me.

i've 2 options either keep on going and persevere with the county and finish it off though god know's where it's going to end

or (and this is where i'd like most advice)

find out what is interchangable between the county and disco and make the disco into 1 mean disco and then wreck and sell off what's left of the county together with what's not needed off the disco

some of the mod's on the county include:

Rear diff is a Detroit locker with standard axles. Front is an ARB air locker 24 spline diff with Mac Namara axles. Rear springs are Kings +2" with spacers, front are H.Duty rangie rears with spacers. belly plate, sliders & rear quarter sliders. upgraded steering arms,engine mounts etc. from rovacraft, strengthened rear trailing arms along with 35" super swampers and beadlock's

Howmuch?:)

[Relay]

I'm hearin' ya. Heh, invested in a County not so long ago ourselves...spent on repairs more than we've paid for it thus far! Kinda wondering when to stop, but then again, there'll come a time when everything's new and I can stop worrying!:D

[taff]

what's wrong with county?

gearbox ($1700 for a rebuild)
transfer case ( almost done)
clutch (sorted now)
rear cross member rotten ( not looked into cost yet)
need's new roof or some major work.
needs new dash and pretty much most of interior
needs a respray
engine could do with a rebuild though i have a spare 3.9v8 just need a loom and ecu to complete it

this is most of what's been found so far obviously i new of most but it's going to cost a lot of time and $$ to get it to how i'd want it.

same here relay though i've spent a fortune on the disco as well and it's got to stop somewhere before she leaves me! :D

[RonMcGr]

what's wrong with county?

gearbox ($1700 for a rebuild)
transfer case ( almost done)
clutch (sorted now)
rear cross member rotten ( not looked into cost yet)
need's new roof or some major work.
needs new dash and pretty much most of interior
needs a respray
engine could do with a rebuild though i have a spare 3.9v8 just need a loom and ecu to complete it

this is most of what's been found so far obviously i new of most but it's going to cost a lot of time and $$ to get it to how i'd want it.

same here relay though i've spent a fortune on the disco as well and it's got to stop somewhere before she leaves me! :D

Looks like you have a choice.
Fix both and step carefully round the wife.

Talk to the wife and give her the options:

Turn the Disco into a mean machine and flog the Defender, or flog the Disco and fix the Defender.

I'm sure you will get an answer :)

[amtravic1]

Hi Taff,
I was going to ask if you bought the County I looked at but it seems you've bought another one.

Ian

[taff]

Hi Taff,
I was going to ask if you bought the County I looked at but it seems you've bought another one.

Ian

hey ian - i'm kinda regretting it now tho :D :D

[taff]

Looks like you have a choice.
Fix both and step carefully round the wife.

Talk to the wife and give her the options:

Turn the Disco into a mean machine and flog the Defender, or flog the Disco and fix the Defender.

I'm sure you will get an answer :)

flogging the disco isn't an option at the moment as we both want to keep it. i know how much parts are for landy's so i was thinking if i part it out then i should recoup most of the money i've already outlayed.
perhap's i've just had a **** week and it'll all seem better come monday, but either way by monday i need to have my mind made up or i'm just going to be throwing away more cash.

[jik22]

but either way by monday i need to have my mind made up or i'm just going to be throwing away more cash.

I can guess how you must be feeling....but with a County or Defender you have a choice - buy what you did with the bits already on, and clean it up, or buy one in better condition like I did, and spend a **** load adding the bits. Swings and roundabouts really.... :(

But, hey, it's a Landy...you knew what you were getting into. Thought you sounded well ****ed off the other night. ;)

(Oh, or be really lucky and spend loads on a newer one already fully modded.....had Tombraider's been up for sale before I bought my 110, I'd have gone that option without a second thought. :) )

[UKLRO]

Keep going with the County!! At least you will know everything is 100% and you can just go out and have a great time driving it.

[alltrans]

The County comes from stable stock, meaning solid landrover product which means "nothing is terminal", all repairable. Suggest keep the County as a "work in progress", but note $ spent will not be re-couped when selling - it's more a case of rebuilding a platform to your specifications on basis of your future requirements. A finished County will provide good road manners and considerable off-road touring capabaility. Good Luck with your final decision. Moreover, if you are able to do most of the work, you will end up with a vehicle that is as equal to even the most modern 4wd at a very reasonable cost.
Think of it this way a new 4wd about $50k plus, for a fraction of that price you rebuild and have a damn good vehicle that comes without "computer mangement".
Comparing the Disco to the County:
Dings and scratches on a Disco is neglect, on a County they are Badges of Honour !

[ATH]

I'm thinking what Andy and others have said Taff, keep it (the County) and you'll have a vehicle you know is right and no computer either.
I've been thinking the same with my 300Tdi Defender now that I spent money on a new clutch, new vac pump, new clutch hydraulics and new tyres.
Plus I took bits off the Td5 before flogging it and stuck them on it and they're worth good money.
Shall I now pretty it up by having the ripples in the doors taken out or shall I flog it and be really silly by buying a new one?
And if I did that I'd be at the mercy of a computer again!!!
Keeping it seems sensible but then I've always been a bit short of common sense.
But keep yours anyway. Clare will still love you........
See you soon.
Alan.

[taff]

o.k o.k i'm keeping it. :D
i'm feeling a lot better this week just had a bad one last week where every step forward i took there seemed to be another 2 back.

progress so far main gear in transfer case sorted, transfer case cleaned of all grease and rebuilt.
gearbox gone to osbourne park to be rebuilt should have it back at the end of the month.
for those that saw the roof before :eek:, it's now almost done and looking pretty good even if i do say so myself.
uni joints done, new clutch fitted, constant energy ignition unit done and most of the panel work done.
i've ordered a new top dash from the u.k. and if it's too expensive to post then claires old man is going to bring it out with him in november. hopefully i'll fit the vents this weekend and with a few late afternoons this week should see me ready for total strip by early next week and hopefully some paint by the week after.
then onto the interior :(

p.s. does anyone know whether the metal bracket that the vent handles attach to are the same on series rover's as newer rover's. i got the vents off a td5 but the bracket was knackered.

[LoveMyV8County]

Keep the County...

...but if it's hitting the hip pocket too hard then slow the pace of restoration down, and fix things based on necessity rather than improvement until the pain has eased. It sounds as though you are trying to do everything at once.

As has been said, you'll end up with a tough vehicle that you know and trust.

Chris

[LandyAndy]

Mate that county rocks!!!!
Get it back up to speed and enjoy!!!!
Andrew

[taff]

you right chris i am trying to do it all at once but only because of the rate at which i seem to break things:D
i figure if i do it all right now then i should have a trouble free run or two before i need to fix something :D.
as for the cost i'm still within the initial budget i set for it but only because i'm having a go at the paint myself (well kind of).
it's just the sheer amount of work that got to me last week. i've had a weekend off and drank away those feelings and am looking ahead again now and am moving along at a fair pace. - photo's will follow when i've got to a stage where i'm happy to post them :p
andy, i know it rock's. That's why i bought it;), but i want it to look as good as it goes
give me a little while and it will:cool: