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Landrover / Isuzu are not on their own in this regard - well at least the vibration issues anyway.
I used to run a Toyota Hi-Ace LWB van as a pilot vehicle a few years back. Was a brilliant and reliable vehicle for the job - had a million km on the clock when I replaced it with an F100 with Chev diesel. It still had the original engine and diff, but was on its third gearbox (I stuffed 2 up using 5th gear when I really should only have been using 4th - overdrive and a bloody great sign sticking up on the roof are not a good mix).
Anyway, this thing used to rattle bolts out like nothing I'd ever seen before. Main problem areas were the bolts holding the starter motor in (I nearly lost the starter once - only just caught it) and also the bolts holding the bell housing onto the back of the engine.
A big part of my regular maintenance on this thing was going over all the bolts and tightening things up.
But it did go a lot of places that some say you shouldn't with only 2WD - has been out to Telfer / Nifty etc many times, and done the Gibb River road twice without problem (other than getting bogged in the Oakover River crossing once - my fault). The main issue in some of these places was river crossings. The air intake was located very low down behind the passengers side door, with the air cleaner in a compartment in the front end of the step behind the sliding door. I could only cross flowing water driving forward if the water was flowing from my right to left. If flowing the other way, I used to turn round and reverse through - a snorkle was an obvious necessity, but nothing on the market to suit.
But on the other point mentioned - the old girl never had any oil leaks.
Originally Posted by Rangier Rover
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