Thread: Never ending D2 saga

Chin up old boy
Its a Land Rover

I dont have any advice as Im mechanically inept. I can only offer constructive support.
I have a 99 D2 TD5 and its had transfer case seals go, the fuel pump blew up one night in Sydney Harbour Tunnel. Master cyclinder went, rotors were stuffed, turbo drain gasket went, both engine mounts died, air flow meter is RS, tie rods screwed, injector harness oil leak all and the good ole ABS modulator has gone bang and orange in now my favourite colour.

All went between 140 and 160km.

Once a couple went and got fixed i figured I may as well keep going. Im going for the replace all parts and get a free beer mug.
trouble is it doesnt really bother me LMAO!!

Ive guess ive just added the vow of poverty to the pre existing vow of chastity.


maybe married catholic priests should drive Land Rovers

I know where you are coming from Peter. Things go wrong one after the other and it's frustrating, expensive and time consuming. But you soon reach a place where a decison has to be made. Either keep on going or stop spending and get rid of it. Not an easy thing to do as you have probably spent a fair bit of the hard earned already.

I reached that bridge a while back and with my heart in my mouth I crossed it in the Landy. I kept on spending and suddenly the spending stopped and the to and fro anywhere trouble free driving began. I've been covering 200 klicks a day in my Landy recently and I was only thinking about her on the way home tonight. The beast looks, feels and sounds like a new car without a rattle, creak or groan and not a drop of fluid leaking from her anywhere. A little pressure on the go peddle and she just flies effortlessly and without using very much of that expensive go juice.

Hmmmm. Unlike my Landy I have rattled on for a bit here. Sorry about that but hope you gain some optimism from my tale.

I know where you are coming from Peter. Things go wrong one after the other and it's frustrating, expensive and time consuming. But you soon reach a place where a decison has to be made. Either keep on going or stop spending and get rid of it. Not an easy thing to do as you have probably spent a fair bit of the hard earned already.

I reached that bridge a while back and with my heart in my mouth I crossed it in the Landy. I kept on spending and suddenly the spending stopped and the to and fro anywhere trouble free driving began. I've been covering 200 klicks a day in my Landy recently and I was only thinking about her on the way home tonight. The beast looks, feels and sounds like a new car without a rattle, creak or groan and not a drop of fluid leaking from her anywhere. A little pressure on the go peddle and she just flies effortlessly and without using very much of that expensive go juice.

Hmmmm. Unlike my Landy I have rattled on for a bit here. Sorry about that but hope you gain some optimism from my tale.

Sorry - double up on the post.

Mate, have had all of the above issues plus window motors, oil pump bolt (requiring a replacement engine), which in turn needed the oil harness done (so that's twice now), horn button (which I'm told is a common problem), airbags sagging...shall I stop? But I've hung on to it because a) it's a land rover; b) when it's working, it's just so comfortable to drive; c) it's a land rover and d) did I mention it's a land rover? Must have been a Friday car, but either way, it's now something i've invested my money in and I'm not going to get rid of it so some other person can benefit from my misery !!

And then I bought a series II

Hmmm, now let's see:

rhf doorlock, wiper stalk, gear position switch, fuel cooler, fuel block, injector o-rings, fuel pump x 2, radiator, transmission oil cooler, turbo hoses, oil pressure switch x 3, starter motor, horn button and probably some others I have missed...

Still to do: HVAC blend motors, shuttle valve kit, engine mounts, lhf doorlock, ignition barrel...and probably some others I don't yet know about Thank christ the last owner had to foot the bill for a replacement transmission!

Now I call most of that "remedial work" and when I add all that up, it would have a) paid for a lot of fuel for off-road fun, b) paid for a lot of good mods.

And while I come on here and complain and sometimes and I too want to burn it and put the insurance money towards a boring but capable TD42T Patrol ....

...It's still a Land Rover, and it's my Land Rover!

And if you want proof of a psychic connection and that "they" find you, you don't find "them", I was sitting at the lights the other day thinking "wow, I haven't seen the 3 Amigos for a few days now" I kid you not, within 30 seconds - there they were, shining brightly in the dash like the fires of home!

Hang in there Peter!
Cheers
Mike

Originally Posted by 2 rocks

And if you want proof of a psychic connection and that "they" find you, you don't find "them", I was sitting at the lights the other day thinking "wow, I haven't seen the 3 Amigos for a few days now" I kid you not, within 30 seconds - there they were, shining brightly in the dash like the fires of home!

Have experienced that several times myself with the 3 amigos!!

touch wood, I have never seen them.

Turns out one bearing on the DC joint was totally dry and had chewed out the bearing race.

Can anybody suggest a decent operator to goto for a rebuild / exchange, in Adelaide ?