New Defender Problems

tyclyd · Jan 2, 2009

Agree with all these comments but I have had both a 90 Truck Cab and Hard top on long term loan from J V Likes (excellent dealer when dealing with warrantee issues) and had to say it was just so cramped in the cab... I felt like I was sitting in a small space surrounded by black plastic agree that the heater is excellent but my main concern moving form a 56,000 mile 2005 TD5 90 was that the engine was just too much for the chassis. On motorway trips it was easy to speed and even on the main hills round here it pulled willingly up to and beyond the speed limits not a problem in itself but I just got the feeling that a the engine / gearbox combination was a poor match for the chassis and brakes... in the end I was very happy to get my TD5 back. I missed out on the 200 and 300 Tdis as I moved from a 2.5TD (19J) to the TD5 so did not get any idea of the progressive engine development but is this one step too far?

buckshot · Jan 2, 2009

tyclyd said:
Agree with all these comments but I have had both a 90 Truck Cab and Hard top on long term loan from J V Likes (excellent dealer when dealing with warrantee issues) and had to say it was just so cramped in the cab... I felt like I was sitting in a small space surrounded by black plastic agree that the heater is excellent but my main concern moving form a 56,000 mile 2005 TD5 90 was that the engine was just too much for the chassis. On motorway trips it was easy to speed and even on the main hills round here it pulled willingly up to and beyond the speed limits not a problem in itself but I just got the feeling that a the engine / gearbox combination was a poor match for the chassis and brakes... in the end I was very happy to get my TD5 back. I missed out on the 200 and 300 Tdis as I moved from a 2.5TD (19J) to the TD5 so did not get any idea of the progressive engine development but is this one step too far?

nah i think you have it spot on meself
did you find the tdci 1 hard work on the gearchange i found the 1 i had very hard work as i had to change gear far more than my td5

tyclyd · Jan 2, 2009

Yes not sure about the first gear (did a fair bit of towing with the truck cab) but certainly had to shuffle through the gearbox quickly (ratios too close together?) On balance think the preferred my TD5

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