Recent content by lightning

lt's interesting being on the Grenadier forum as well as the Land Rover one. As it shows where the market has gone with the car buying public. Some models of the new Defender come with rear towing eyes, and there's a steady stream of owners moaning about surface rust on them. Some have forced...

lf it was a broken half shaft you should still be able to drive the vehicle if you engage the differential lock. However if the clutch pedal has gone light, it sounds like something else has failed. It could be the clutch fork, it can wear so the rod goes straight through the fork but in that...

l fear that arranging shipping from SA is going to put off U.K. buyers. Do you have an estimate of the shipping costs to the U.K. including import taxes etc? Would a U.K. buyer have to pay VAT?

Wow that's a lovely Overlander. What kind of figure are you hoping to achieve for it?

Great news you got it sorted

Again no update, so frustrating. I hope he got it sorted, l wonder what the fault was in the end. My guess would be oil contamination on the clutch, but the mechanic who replaced it should have noticed if that was the case.

He's not been back since his original post. l wonder if he bought it?

Victoria has disappeared from the forum (nothing for five years) l wonder if she did her Overland trip and if so, how it went.

Maybe you're looking in the wrong place for the source of the thumping noise. What about the harmonic damper at the front of the crankshaft, when that's failing it can cause some strange noises.

l've found this as well, looked at a fair few Puma's that looked nice but chassis wasn't great, and seen a few TD5's that clearly haven't been looked after but the chassis was still good. l think half the problem with the Puma is, nobody treated the chassis when they bought one new. By the time...

No harm was done, except emotional trauma. Sure, it could have been worse if she had been on the motorway etc, but it wasn't. l can see how it could make you lose confidence in the vehicle. My Defender slammed the brakes on when l was turning right because it thought l was going to hit the car...

Sadly that's where most new Defenders are parked.

lt looks like "Jeff" posted to complain about his vehicle and then never came back after his original post. Hopefully it's been fine since the repair, but we'll likely never know.

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No visible registration number, bodywork looks reasonable from the couple of poor photos. £5,000? Assuming it has a valid MOT. lf the chassis has had it you could easily spend in the region £6-10,000 to get it sorted.