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Disco_Mikey

Member Since: 16 Nov 2014
Location: Dundee
Posts: 531

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Keswick Green

Not a problem

Any details on the one for sale?

PM if you'd prefer

18th Dec 2016 10:19pm

ROBBONTHEROCK

Member Since: 23 Jun 2014
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 637

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Firenze Red

Hi Disco,

Will post properly in the for sale section

Not 100% sure of a price, so open to offers, especially if its a sale before xmas

Cheers
Andy

18th Dec 2016 10:24pm

ROBBONTHEROCK

Member Since: 23 Jun 2014
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 637

Hi Folks,

So my local indie garage had a proper crawl over the truck (I trust them, local to my house, and they have done a lot of work on my cars now).

The verdict, nothing bent or out of place, they dropped the trailing arms and nothing sprang, the axle stayed still, they disconnected the roll bar as well, they ran a straight edge on the chassis and nothing twisted our bent. All bushes are in good condition and shouldn't worry about them (yet).

They checked the tracking and no offset between the axles (I haven't got the read out).

What they said was the body is off by about 30mm total, so in effect the body would need to be moved by circa 15mm to square it up. They reckon that there it was built like that from new as all the mounting points have no witness marks i.e. nothing had shifted. So for me its a Quirk of the breed, a bit of visual DNA

i.e. nothing is perfect, but it just works!

It might bug me later, but they assure me they could square it up, but its not worth the hassle or time and effort to do so, and I'm inclined to agree.

I don't care, I just needed to be happy that nothing was bent or out of place.

The also fixed for me a couple of issues that I knew about which I had negotiated the sale on.

So, I'm really happy, and I think I have a great truck.

I will post pictures of it at the weekend after I have had a chance to wash it and take some pictures.

I'm now going to spend some pennies on it

Cheers
Andy

22nd Dec 2016 7:13pm

Wild Card 90

Member Since: 03 Dec 2014
Location: Gerlingen
Posts: 1060

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 SW Indus Silver

Good news. 1998 Tdi 90 SW,
2008 Td4 90 SW,
2012 2.2 90 SW,
2" raised Trailmaster/Terrafirma
Heavy Track Raids, 255 MT´s,
Recaro CS´s, anorak, wellingtons

22nd Dec 2016 7:14pm

Disco_Mikey

Member Since: 16 Nov 2014
Location: Dundee
Posts: 531

I look after a little 54 reg Td5 90, and it is exactly the same. Body not sat right on the chassis. Most noticeable at the back, where one side sit still over the top of the crossmember, and the other side hangs over the back

Must have been within tolerance

22nd Dec 2016 9:31pm

ROBBONTHEROCK

Member Since: 23 Jun 2014
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 637

Yes its an LR quirk.......

Hey, it makes it unique!!!

Cheers
Andy

22nd Dec 2016 9:51pm

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