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"Pantelis Giamarellos" <
[email protected]> wrote:
> People Hi,
>
> in addition to the above,
>
> the windscreen flaps will be abandoned.
I would really miss them - they are a must when laning or
stuck in traffic for me.
> The new engine will be mated to a 6 speed gearbox.
I hope to god it's nothing like the current Transit engine. I
hired one (18ft Luton) to move house on Friday. Though if felt
very free-revving, even when empty I was up and down the gearbox
something rotten to keep it moving an any sort of hill. Loaded,
it was gutless in the extreme, infact we got the clutch very hot
reversing into the drive at the new house on a very moderate
slope - about 20ft in all. I would have dreaded towing anything
heavy with it.
Also, the hire bloke (a customer) told me that out of the
30 vehicles (all less than a year old) with that engine in
in his fleet, 27 had had new engines and/or top end re-builds.
The fuel pump has a plastic gear lubricated by the fuel, and if
the fuel is interrupted for even a short time the gear breaks
up and does "a timing belt" on the engine.
Overall, it's exactly the wrong engine for a Defender, and
I've no reason to suppose the new one will be any more approprite.
In fact, the six speed box probably tells me all I need to know -
no torque and therefore no engine braking.
Defender RIP, yuppie truck here we come :-(
>
> Take care
> Pantelis
>
Richard
> "Bob Hobden" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > According to Photos in today's Autocar, changes outside are a bonnet bulge
> > to accommodate the new 2.2ltr. 4 cylinder diesel engine 128bhp/228lbft.
> > But inside a total redo, gone are the dash and heating controls we all
> know
> > and love to be replaced with a dash and centre consul identical to the new
> > Freelander with car like air vents and conventional heating controls in
> the
> > centre.
> > Forward facing rear seats replace the side seats too.
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> > Bob
> >
> >
>
>
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