And you wondered how LRs were built....

[29dinosaur]

take a look at this video clip of how east german cars were put together and then ask how were the poms any different with LR or how the Indians will be when they finally take over LR :D;);)

Building East German Cars - LiveVideo.com (http://www.livevideo.com/video/F4B5854611D141AFA19359F36DCDC74F/building-east-german-cars.aspx)

http://www.livevideo.com/video/F4B5854611D141AFA19359F36DCDC74F/building-east-german-cars.aspx

[BigJon]

At least they were having a go at getting the panel gaps right :D.

[p38arover]

At least they adjusted the door and then tried it for leaks. I'm sure LR never checked the Disco for leaks.

[loanrangie]

At least they were having a go at getting the panel gaps right :D.

Yes, at least some form of quality control, Trabants arent they ?

[HSVRangie]

many years ago while building the automotive assembly plant in Thailand for merc, we watched a car go down the line, at the end the lifter picked it up and out fell motor and g/box.

:D:D


Michael.

[Searover]

Looks like Holden,s Commodore production line training video to me!!!!!

[Bigbjorn]

Aligning doors with blocks of wood, steel levers, hammers, etc is normal practice on assembly lines. Many of the odd tools are nutted out and made by the assemblers. The guys get pretty good at aligning panels in the restricted time available at their line station. Frightened hell out of me the first time I saw a door being slammed onto a block of wood at GM-H Pagewood, or a block of wood jammed in one end of the boot lid and a great steel lever applied to the other. P76 fit-up was so bad in many cases that nothing would help. Some of the rejects we got as company cars, you could insert all fingers into the gaps.

[procrastination inc]

Boeing 777 wing tip fairings had similar panel fit procedures...

[87County]

similar fine adjustments are often made at that "pre-delivery" service that they charge you for

[Blknight.aus]

we dont even got that at work...

I generally use a steel reinforced leatherbound rubberised size 11 terra boot.

[Lucus]

Looks like there where prettty effcient at it....:) If that was the LR factory the guy doing the leak testing would need scuba gear.:angel:

When the first guy with the mullet was mucking around i saw the big shiny chrome pipe i thought it was going to be a video featuring some exotic over the top turbo charged euro buggy...sadly it wasnt.....:(

[29dinosaur]

we dont even got that at work...

I generally use a steel reinforced leatherbound rubberised size 11 terra boot.


:Rolling::Rolling:;)

yes the water test was excellent and yes they did check the alignment as well .... bet their roof lining never sags either...

[graceysdad]

They look like the little Trebants, a pile of crap if there ever was one, you have to remember up until recently cars in Russia and Communist parts of Europe were prohibitively expensive and of bad quality and you had to wait years and years to get one and have four wheel barrow fulls of money.
India still builds the Morris major as a new car and a few other relics long forgotten here, India is getting its act together though, last few years they have come along way with quality, still very behind the times but manufacturing wise they are getting so much better, Still I wouldnt touch a Landrover made there, I just dont think they have the know how to build such a complex machine and a milestone of modern engineering, its such a shame big buisness is so money orientated these days, its all about quantity and who can supply the cheapest parts and getting maximum dollar at same time and killing you forever with spare parts.

Surely a Landrover without leaks is not a Landrover?

[Bigbjorn]

India makes & exports machine tools, electric locomotives, diesel engines. Also make their own supersonic aircraft, nuclear reactors, nuclear weapons. How complex is a Land Rover in comparison? Like comparing a longbow to a Vulcan rotary cannon.

[paulthepilot_5]

Ha Ha, I'm sure Land Rover have done the same leak test over the years, it's just that some boofhead probably forgot to turn the water on. lol :D

[Rovernaut]

Ha Ha, I'm sure Land Rover have done the same leak test over the years, it's just that some boofhead probably forgot to turn the water on. lol :D
ROATFLWABAAPM:D:D:D:D

(roll all over the floor laughing with a belly ache and P*issing myself)

[Rovernaut]

I'll have to get one of those special hammers, then I can replace all those torx, sae, metric, whitworth tools I need for my Land Rover.:D

[dhard]

I just pulled my door seal down slighty to fix the gap. Maybe some tools like in the video would have been the correct method.:eek

[Reads90]

take a look at this video clip of how east german cars were put together and then ask how were the poms any different with LR or how the Indians will be when they finally take over LR :D;);)




mm you not been to the midlands in the Uk before have you :):)


Indians have been making land rovers for years :D:D:D

[isuzurover]

mm you not been to the midlands in the Uk before have you :):)


Indians have been making land rovers for years :D:D:D

Excellent point! At the moment Indians make land-rovers with BRITISH quality control.

Things can only improve under the new management :Rolling:

[RonMcGr]

Yes, at least some form of quality control, Trabants arent they ?

They sure are.
From: Wikipedia
"The Trabant was a steel monocoque design with roof, bootlid, bonnet, fenders and doors in Duroplast, a form of plastic containing resin strengthened by wool or cotton.
The duroplast was made of recycled material, cotton waste from Russia and phenol resins from the East German dye industry making the Trabant the first car with a body made of recycled material."

Now you can see why they were er.. adjusting the panels.

Cheers

[29dinosaur]

They sure are.
From: Wikipedia
"The Trabant was a steel monocoque design with roof, bootlid, bonnet, fenders and doors in Duroplast, a form of plastic containing resin strengthened by wool or cotton.
The duroplast was made of recycled material, cotton waste from Russia and phenol resins from the East German dye industry making the Trabant the first car with a body made of recycled material."

Now you can see why they were er.. adjusting the panels.

Cheers



More from wikipaedia:

"Since it could take years for a Trabant to be delivered from the time it was ordered, people who finally got one were very careful with it and usually became skillful in maintaining and repairing it. The lifespan of an average Trabant was 28 years. Used Trabants would often fetch a higher price than new ones, as the former were available immediately, while the latter had the aforementioned waiting period of several years."

Only thing different between it and a LR is the last sentence......


Wait ... I found a better quote:

"The car took 21 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Km/h) (62 mph) and the top speed was 112 km/h (70 mph). There were two main problems with the engine: the smoky exhaust and the pollution it produced; nine times the amount of hydrocarbons and five times the carbon monoxides of the average European car of 2007. The fuel consumption was a modest 7 liters/100 km.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant#_note-1) (34 mpg (US), 40 mpg (Imperial))."

Now that sounds like a 300tdi


Wait ... there's more... a set of steak knives:
"In the early 1990s it was possible to buy a Trabant for as little as a few marks, and many were given away. Later, as they became collectors' items, prices recovered, but they remain very cheap cars. Green Trabants are especially popular as they are said to bring good luck."

Now if that's not LR I don't know what is......