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195,000miles on my 1986 n/a 90 , engine still sweet.
gearbox & drivetrain much smoother than my 300tdi 90 .
the n/a engines just dont seem to wreck the LT77 like the v-8s do .
i think landrover just put too much horsepower up to those gearboxes when they
added v8 and 200tdi , and the R380 suffers same with 300tdi onto it , theyre ok
if you drive them reasonably but many drivers today are all right foot and
speed with no sense of mechanicals whatsoever .
the old LT75 was a 4x4 mans gearbox but all later boxes were part built from
car gearboxes and i dont think man enough for serious off road and tough
terrain driving .
auto transmission is much softer on landy drivetrains than anything but
landrover didnt take the hint and fit them as standard into many landys .
as far as i can tell a landrover will last twice as long if not 3 times as any
normal road car but i wish theyd use copperslip on all the botls when building
the landrover instead of dryfitting them .
the only problem i had with my 1986 90 is the steering pump failed , but 30mins
and a new pump cured that easy enough .
i allways use DEXRON in the gearbox and allways keep swivel housings and
universal joints topped up .
brake pads , well they just dont seem to use them up , 2 years and counting on
the same pads and hardly a sign of wear , wish my old range rover was like that
instead of killing front pads in less than 2 months flat .
they might be slow, but i get a better view from the drivers seat
)
gearbox & drivetrain much smoother than my 300tdi 90 .
the n/a engines just dont seem to wreck the LT77 like the v-8s do .
i think landrover just put too much horsepower up to those gearboxes when they
added v8 and 200tdi , and the R380 suffers same with 300tdi onto it , theyre ok
if you drive them reasonably but many drivers today are all right foot and
speed with no sense of mechanicals whatsoever .
the old LT75 was a 4x4 mans gearbox but all later boxes were part built from
car gearboxes and i dont think man enough for serious off road and tough
terrain driving .
auto transmission is much softer on landy drivetrains than anything but
landrover didnt take the hint and fit them as standard into many landys .
as far as i can tell a landrover will last twice as long if not 3 times as any
normal road car but i wish theyd use copperslip on all the botls when building
the landrover instead of dryfitting them .
the only problem i had with my 1986 90 is the steering pump failed , but 30mins
and a new pump cured that easy enough .
i allways use DEXRON in the gearbox and allways keep swivel housings and
universal joints topped up .
brake pads , well they just dont seem to use them up , 2 years and counting on
the same pads and hardly a sign of wear , wish my old range rover was like that
instead of killing front pads in less than 2 months flat .
they might be slow, but i get a better view from the drivers seat
)
