Much advice needed! (WARNING, NEWBIE IDIOT!!!!)

[LetsHopeItFits]

Thats the big benefit of a leafer over a defender/disco/rrc. There arent that many bits that can get tired. I could probably get a full set of parabolics, shocks, brakes, and bearings and the 8 suspension bushes in a suitcase and take them with me from the uk, although I doubt Ide struggle massively to find consumables over there? Ide need to buy a full set of tools of course, as thats probably cheaper than flying my own.

 

[Shippers]

Thats the big benefit of a leafer over a defender/disco/rrc. There arent that many bits that can get tired. I could probably get a full set of parabolics, shocks, brakes, and bearings and the 8 suspension bushes in a suitcase and take them with me from the uk, although I doubt Ide struggle massively to find consumables over there? Ide need to buy a full set of tools of course, as thats probably cheaper than flying my own.

Have you actually looked at buying a vehicle in a foreign country...yes you can rock up and buy a rust free stick it on a truck and bring it back to UK and deal with customs etc as you have the docs and receipt...but changing into your own name and driving it in that country is a whole big different situation you need to do a bit more research rather than dreaming...

 

[LetsHopeItFits]

Well, I did enough research to find out that foregners can buy cars in SA, and then some more reseach that said I could drive it out of SA, and I didnt find anything saying I couldnt drive a SA registered car all the way to europe. It can be driven in (almost?) every country using a temporary import permit (T.I.P) but I can also see why having a passport and DL from the UK but a vehicle registered in SA whilst at the Tunisian border with egypt might be complicated.

 

[Shippers]

et a full set of parabolics, shocks, brakes, and bearings and the 8 suspension bushes in a suitcase and take them with me from the uk

What size of suitcase do you think youd get a set of springs in and if you did you wouldnt be able to lift it...and there are more than 8 bushes...

 

[Shippers]

Well, I did enough research to find out that foregners can buy cars in SA, and then some more reseach that said I could drive it out of SA, and I didnt find anything saying I couldnt drive a SA registered car all the way to europe. It can be driven in (almost?) every country using a temporary import permit (T.I.P) but I can also see why having a passport and DL from the UK but a vehicle registered in SA whilst at the Tunisian border with egypt might be complicated.

You need an address to transfer title into your name which is accepted or power of attorney from owner of vehicle to drive it over any border...and you will find it hard to get title transfer on a tourist visa...

 

[LetsHopeItFits]

Ive never really looked, I just guessed at 8, one at each end of the spring, but now I can see 8 more, one at each end of each shock.
No idea how heavy prings are? Would they be over the (26kg?) luggage limit? Ive got no idea. Just saw someone install them, lifting it with one arm, so it cant be that heavy? But now thinking about it, its going to be at least as heavy as 4 coils and 4 shocks, and thats almost certainly too heavy. Maybe posting them would be an option, if they arent available over there, but surely they are?

 

[Shippers]

e never really looked, I just guessed at 8, one at each end of the spring, but now I can see 8 more, one at each end of each shock

Nope...a couple of months ago I replaced the spring bushes in a 59 S2 which had spent most of it's life in Africa took me a day to get them out with an impact hammer and half a day to press new ones in...the shocks are rubber and took 10mins...

 

[LetsHopeItFits]

Okay, can you (or anyone) explain exactly what is meant when someone says "you'll find it hard/difficult/challanging"? does that mean "no you cant do it" or does it mean "youll have to ask multiple times" or something else? Maybe "youll need a brown envelope with £25 in it"?
I find it hard to choose what to watch on TV, but I also find it hard to climb the 1000ft radio mast nearby, and its also probably not easy to drive from Morocco to Algeria, since that border has been shut since the 90s. So what exactly do you mean?
Again, your advice is much appreciated, I'm just not quite understanding

 

[Colthebrummie]

Quite apart from the difficulties getting it registered, I would have thought the cost of the fuel getting it here would be enough of a problem. My old 109 looks scruffy but its good mechanically. Apart from an electronic dizzy and new defender wheels its pretty much original but I would be loath to drive it a 100 miles never mind a few thousand miles.

Col

 

[Shippers]

anyone) explain exactly what is meant when someone says "you'll find it hard/difficult/challanging"? does that mean "no you cant do it" or does it mean "youll have to ask multiple times" or something else? Maybe "youll need a brown envelope with £25 in it"?

Say for example you decided to do europe not Africa starting furthest west which is Portugal and decided to buy the vehicle here you would need an address and a fiscal number so theres your first problem it then takes 3 weeks for paperwork to process and once in your name tax is autimatica"y charged to your fiscal number each year...
If you drive to Africa you will have to drive back or ship back which again has it's difficultys with an old vehical and border crossings etc...

 

[Bobsticle]

Okay, can you (or anyone) explain exactly what is meant when someone says "you'll find it hard/difficult/challanging"? does that mean "no you cant do it" or does it mean "youll have to ask multiple times" or something else? Maybe "youll need a brown envelope with £25 in it"?
I find it hard to choose what to watch on TV, but I also find it hard to climb the 1000ft radio mast nearby, and its also probably not easy to drive from Morocco to Algeria, since that border has been shut since the 90s. So what exactly do you mean?
Again, your advice is much appreciated, I'm just not quite understanding

Have a read of Ian Coates book on bringing back (failed) a Land Rover from SA.

 

[LetsHopeItFits]

I have also thought of another big benefit of buying one from the UK as oppose to abroad...
Ide much rather break down in say Menai Bridge than in Nairobi

 

[Shippers]

I have also thought of another big benefit of buying one from the UK as oppose to abroad...
Ide much rather break down in say Menai Bridge than in Nairobi

What makes you think you wont breakdown in both places and in-between as well...lol..

 

[LetsHopeItFits]

Well, at least iron out the bumps in a part of the world that I can walk to the nearest bus stop and go to tesco or wherever (for my warm coke and cold sausage roll...)
My question is, how many different ways can an old series actually break down? Particularly the diesel?

 

[Shippers]

Well, at least iron out the bumps in a part of the world that I can walk to the nearest bus stop and go to tesco or wherever (for my warm coke and cold sausage roll...)
My question is, how many different ways can an old series actually break down? Particularly the diesel?

From the ground up:
Puncture,wheel bearings,brake cylinders,brake pipes,axle seals,diff,half shafts,propshaft,clutch,gearbox...need I go on...unless ground up re-build anything and everything...

 

[LetsHopeItFits]

Radiator, coolant pipes, thermostat, battery, alternator, diffs, engine, lights, wipers.....
How long would a ground up rebuild take? (assuming I had the car, all the tools and all the bits with me, but not loads of skills, but all the literature and of course this friendly forum)

 

[Shippers]

How longs a piece of string and how fat is your wallet...it takes hours and hours to strip clean and check parts then search on-line for correct parts...your lucky your in UK I have to make sure the parts I order are correct for clients S2 and I have some uj-joints and spring u-bolts going spare...lol...have actually traded them to a local indy garage...

 

[WoodyO]

I can't be the only one thinking you're an idiot can I?

I appreciate the romance of doing a big trip but you need to either buy a Landy and just get on with it, or get a girlfriend.

 

[LetsHopeItFits]

Ive already got one land rover, so that certainly puts me on track to be an idiot, just need a few more to truly earn the title.
And yes, its temptiing to drive the one Ive got to all these wonderful places, but Im currently still researching how much thats going to cost.... and with petrol where it sits currently, my disco costs me over 50p/mile just in fuel. Im told Kenya is a rather amazing place to go, which means the trip will cost me over £6000 just in petrol. If I wanted to go as far as botswana, thats nearly £8000 in petrol. Now, by some simple maths, if I only drive one way, Ill use half the fuel, so "only" £4000 worth. If when Im there I buy a diesel disco, that will use about half the fuel again, so "only" £2000. Now, can I fly to there and buy a disco for less than £6000? Easilly. Can I bring it back with me? Maybe. Should I? Well....

 

[Shippers]

I can't be the only one thinking you're an idiot can I?

I appreciate the romance of doing a big trip but you need to either buy a Landy and just get on with it, or get a girlfriend.

No your not...couldn't put it better myself...new thread on series section by the way...not mine but he's bought and imported an SA S3 ex-military and needs advice on help to reg with DVLA...