Defender replacement. Got this from wikipedia. Any further developments??

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Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:

> On or around Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:18:48 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >I thought the yellow knob locks the 4wd drive in when changing into
> >high - the object being to give the user a quick change when leaving
> >off road from "off-road mode" to "on road mode" in normal use, but
> >leaving the high 4wd drive option if required by using the yellow knob
> >- that's certainly how I use it (bit of practice wih double
> >de-clutching required, but then that was standard at the time for
> >most grearboxes). If it wasn't deliberate, it was a very fortunate
> >accident.
>
> up to a point, Lord Copper.
>
> yellow knob, when depressed, engages the front end drive, by means of a
> simple dog clutch IIRC, so doing it with wheels spinning at the back is a
> bad move. All this in high range only.

I was saying that to from low to 2wd high, say comming of a track onto
tarmac, all you need to do is push the red knob, no need to use the
yellow knob (I've only ever used that when driving on snow).

>
> To get the thing out of 4H, you have to go into 4L, which releases it. I
> daresay that you can press the yellow knob down in T-box N and then engage
> H, but there's no special merit in that unless you're changing up from L and
> want to retain 4WD. If you start of in 2H, then I just press the yellow
> knob. declutch if you want but if the 4 wheels are turning more or less
> equally it's not essential.

Surely to go from 4wd High to 2wd High, just press the clutch, pull
red lever back, yellow knob jumps up, push red lover formard and off
you go.

>
> Have to say I prefer the fulltime 4WD of the later ones. I also like the
> viscous diff in the Borg-Warner T-box - can't forget to engage it and it
> doesn't go in with a bang like the difflock. Nor does it cause wind up in
> normal conditions, although I imagine it does very slightly increase tyre
> wear.

Undoubtedly - I suspect that Series motors never regained full-time
FWD until the Stage I simply due to Leyland's financial woes. Your
diff lock shouldn't go bang - just push the lever away from you and
it's engaged, and vice-versa - as long as you don't change ratios
you can do that at any speed.

Richard

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> On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:42:15 +0000, Ian Rawlings
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >On 2006-03-11, Alan Morris <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> But a Pinzgauer 6x6. Now that is a very capable vehicle off road.
It's
> >> ability puts every other Land Rover that I've driven (a large number)
to
> >> shame.
> >
> >Damned noisy though, and not exactly quick. I have a picture
> >somewhere of a 6x6 (my favourite) with fat wheels on, it looks like
> >some kind of moon buggy, excellent stuff.
> >
> >They are a tad expensive though, you can pick up a 25-year-old for
> >about £10-16K... IIRC the new ones are in the £30K range but don't
> >quote me on that.
>
> £30K for a Pinzgauer? Seems cheap, considering the top-spec Defender
> comes in at £28K, you get a lot more off-road ability for your
> money....

Actually, I was referring to one of these:-

http://uk.msnusers.com/TheSixAppealWheelGroup/pinzgauerampargocats.msnw?acti
on=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=750

I understand they cost a few hundred thousand each.

When being checked out for driving them across country I was on a training
course and told to 'put my foot down'. I'd already been checked out on Land
Rovers, so accelerated to a similar speed. The command was repeated, "I
said, put your foot DOWN".

So I did and was told a third time. Their off-road speed needs to be
experienced to be believed.

I drove one on normal roads, but never had the chance to go at top speed,
but acceleration was much better than my own 130 Td5.

Much better acceleration and probably top speed than the 130 Pulse
Ambulances, which I regularly drove long distances and off-road.

Alan

On 2006-03-17, Alan Morris <[email protected]> wrote:

> Actually, I was referring to one of these:-
>
> http://uk.msnusers.com/TheSixAppealWheelGroup/pinzgauerampargocats.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=750
>
> I understand they cost a few hundred thousand each.

That's a pinzgauer ambulance, you can get the previous generation for
£8000 these days, the only real difference in the base vehicle being
that the engine is a petrol air-cooled unit developing a little over
half the power of the diesel, no power steering and drum brakes
instead of discs.

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On 2006-03-17, Ian Rawlings <[email protected]> wrote:

> That's a pinzgauer ambulance, you can get the previous generation for
> £8000 these days, the only real difference in the base vehicle being
> that the engine is a petrol air-cooled unit developing a little over
> half the power of the diesel, no power steering and drum brakes
> instead of discs.

Forgot to mention (and being as we're following up our own posts
anyway ;-) ) the new ones for a bare machine with no special mods cost
something in the region of £70K at least, that was the last quote I
saw in a 4x4 mag somewhere, and I suspect that's for the four-wheeled
version not the six. So I'd say your estimate of a few hundred
thousand for a fully kitted out ambulance is likely to be bang on.

If you've driven the new ones, you can probably imagine why £8K for
the previous generation of six-wheelers seems such a bargain!

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