What he said x2 :)
I have all way thought of land rover as truck design, car built.
Cheers Hall
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What he said x2 :)
I have all way thought of land rover as truck design, car built.
Cheers Hall
Well, Jeremy did buy, online, a 3.9 FI RR, and wound up with a 3.5 carby version....Quote:
Originally Posted by DeepBarney
But yes, it was a stunning piece of design ( the British were so good at that ), let down so badly by execution.
If you read history at all, it isn't hard to see why this was. WW2 was an incredible drain on everyone involved, except for the US. When the war ended, the US was the richest country on earth. They then chose to do repatriation and remedial works in Japan and Germany, and ti a lesser extent Italy.
Great Britain, remember them, the first to take on the Nazis, was left to rebuild alone, with the Americans insisting they paid all the "Lend Lease" agreements they forced on them in the time before they joined the war proper. Not sure John Wayne or Ben Afflick ever mentioned that.
The Range Rover could have been the best car the world has ever seen. Instead, everyone buys Landcruisers. So, blame Roosevelt and McArthur, because they set up Japan to rule the world. Guilty conscience? Who knows?
The Range Rover changed everything, and was the most important car ever made. But everyone forgot....
Expecting a hit on this one..
Cant say they i have felt that my D1 was a badly built vehicle, of course you curse the crap out of it when you have issues but then you fix it and think that was easy compared to other makes.
Compared to every American car I've ever worked on (and I've wrenched on a fair few) they're not near as easy to fix. That said they're not unusually difficult.
As far as the spot of history, I am aware of what occurred economically following WW2. But in my opinion that doesn't excuse Land Rover for such poor fit and finish circa 1997 (several shoddily secured trim pieces come to mind).
This all said, I'd love to have this car back home in the States and will likely own another Landy (an imported Defender or Series would be particularly neat).
No, I agree, but I was responding to your comment re "an exemplary piece of design", done back in the days of Harold Wilson ant the Trade Unions running GB.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeepBarney
And, it has to be said, the US turned out some shoddy cars as well, as a lot of Jeep owners wiill testify.:)
Oh I won't argue that. Just about every vehicle manufactured in the US during the 80's was crap (not to say they're aren't examples on either side of that era that also were crap), but they still remain easy to work on pieces of crap. But then I suppose American auto design always has been a bit simpler sometimes to the point of being crude.
Jeeps were actually quite good up until the mid 80's when AMC owned them
Fitted the snorkel to the 300Tdi.
Damned cheap crapo products tho!
I've never fitted a snorkel, but the process looked easy nuff.
Put that here, and that there and eventually you have a snorkelled intake.
The type I got was a cheap $100 special copy of what looks like a Safari, the s-bend tube(btw air box side and snorkel inner wing tube bit)was a hard plastic type. Way too loose to not use a hose clamp.
Problem was that the tube was a hard plastic!
The type that hose clamps have no effect on :confused:
Like trying to use a hose clamp on a 2.5" exhaust to clamp onto a 2" exhaust.
Had to cut 4 slots(easy) with a hacksaw .. but the point is that it should have been done at the factory!
Or a softer material should have been used for the s-bend tube.
Lol.. The well known Crown Vic, or the Chevy Caprice, spring to mind.. These cars were, of course, available here, in disguise, but smaller, so jobs like plug changes went from simple to difficult.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeepBarney
Ha mine was cheaper and just as nasty too :D Did not need the hard plastic S bend tube though.Quote:
Fitted the snorkel to the 300Tdi.
Damned cheap crapo products tho!
Made a custom filter housing that a standard Land rover filter fits. My Disco is a 3.9 V8 on gas. So even the original air filter housing had been well butchered. Next I will be getting a universal wiper water bottle to replace the some what huge tank that the disco`s have. This will allow me to move the power steering reservoir to near the fire wall and the finally I will be able to fit a second battery.
Cheers Hall