Much as it pains me to say it, given the emotional attachment I have to my Defender, this is good advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by simonmelb
Walk away, find another one and enjoy the process of building it up.
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Much as it pains me to say it, given the emotional attachment I have to my Defender, this is good advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by simonmelb
Walk away, find another one and enjoy the process of building it up.
I know what you mean John, if she was just a disco, I’d have no trouble letting her go but we’re talking about a Defender here…..
Sorry, I couldn’t resist [emoji12]
In all seriousness though, ‘Love people and use things’, is very sound advice.
Thank you!
I just wonder what will use more time and money? Repair or another build up [emoji848]
Had a great chat with Shack the other day, so good to speak with someone with lots of experience and love for Landys (though I’ve had to cast off the green monster of jealousy considering his shed and gear![emoji23])
Thanks Shack and hopefully I’ll get to chat in person sometime [emoji106]
AULRO sure is a great way to connect us all.
Some positives: seats were virtually dry Friday arvo when I visited (the car is at my indie mechanics shop) even though the weather has been wet and humid and there was no rank smell at all either!
The car has no carpet in front & marine carpet with dyna mat under it on floors.
The cabinets are 9mm marine ply covered in same marine carpet and they were also almost dry.
I’ll drop oils from engine, box, tc, diffs, Monday but don’t believe there’s water in the engine (dipstick comes out clean, no noticeable increase in oil volume and no milky oil visible in through oil filler) and one of the first things I did after the recovery was to disconnect snorkel/air box (many litres flowed out) pull the soaking air filter, disconnect turbo intake and inter cooler hoses.
Some negatives: I pulled the ECU out the day after recovery and water dripped out so I’d say, she gone (though I noticed a company called ECU Recover, who check, clean and rebuild ‘any ecu’ the other day. Might contact them) but I might open it up, clean and dry it and see how we go.
Considering the amount of brown muck in every fuse board (I have 5 factory ones - 3 under the dash, 2 under drivers seat, then 2 am ones under cubby box and one in the rear compartment and one under the bonnet also full of relays as well for all lights - in a ‘waterproof case’ [emoji849]) I don’t think wd 40 is going to cut it.
I’m thinking it will require all cable, looms, switches, relays out and all new in [emoji51]
Though I may be able to use some minor looms if the waterproof plugs look ok,as they’re designed to get wet.
It’s possible I’ll be able to clean windscreen wiper, window, washer bottle motors and dry and test them.
As someone mentioned, the only thing to do is crunch the numbers once I know a bit more; it may well be that it’s not economically viable to fix her, given she’ll almost certainly be a stat write off.
Really sorry to hear what happened.
I don't use my Defender that much but it would be sorely missed if something should happen to it.
If it's a total write off it might be worth finding out if you can buy it back and if so what value they want, even if only to part out or remove the accessories.
I found that over 25 years old and you tend to get automatic salvage rights but anything younger and you might be able to get onto the assessor. Otherwise you have to bid for it at auction. This may vary with different insurers.
My son had someone write off an old car he was driving and we got the wreck for $100 but I guess most insurers would see good value in putting your Defender up for auction.
I hope it all works out.
Colin
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Originally Posted by Colmoore
You've come up with almost the opposite situation that I would have expected- I was sure your upholstery would be nackered and the electricals ok. The ECU surprised me- I thought mine was fully sealed but it's not a td5 and I might be wrong anyway. If it was me I think I'd be stripping all the looms, letting them dry out and then re-wrapping them but being retired, my time is no longer worth money! Also I would think that all the fuse boxes could be cleaned out, although every relay would need replacing. A lot of hours to be spent, it's also a question of what you would replace it with and the cost of that. I've just spent a LOT of time and money rebuilding my 130 for that very reason- nothing out there that would be as suitable for my uses for anything near what it cost me to rebuild. I do have excellent facilities though- in fact I installed a hoist in my shed specifically to facilitate the rebuild. Paying someone else to do this would be out of the question, doing it in someone else's shed would have it's own problems.
I'm afraid I'm not sure about the shed, it looks like Solihull after a cyclone!Quote:
Originally Posted by Colmoore
One thing I've learned in life though is you really need the right tools for the job, often the purchase is covered on the first job.
And we still need more...
So this is what happens when you let the green smoke out of a nnn ecu underwater [emoji33]
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c74d5873c8.jpg
That's not particularly pretty, but not at all unexpected even in fresh water. Electrolysis is a bastard.
Solihull after a cyclone, in your backyard; gee whiz, that’s the kind of idea dreams are made of……..Quote:
Originally Posted by shack
Tool equation
Total tools required is always equal to the number of tools I own +1
My Mrs isn’t keen for me to have my 110 repaired, she thinks it might get expensive (she may be correct) and started showing me DMax’s, Yoga’s and Navara’s I could have for $25k (with 200k + kms) [emoji51]🥺[emoji31]
Maybe I’ll take a break from Defender ownership and just buy an old WRX…….
Is it too late at 51, to have a mid life car crisis? 🥴
This may be your saving grace here.. Deefers are uncomplicated. Nothing is unfixable.... $$$Quote:
Originally Posted by Colmoore
Bloke I know is 76, has a WRX, loves it. He also has a Navara and a Patrol, but there's no accounting for taste.