Stage 1 v8 in NZ
Stage 1 v8 in NZ
Alan
1983 ex-army FFR 109 Stage 1
2005 Disco 2 HSE TD5
1983 ex-army FFR 109 Stage 1
2005 Disco 2 HSE TD5
Its strange that the American market hasn't picked up on Australasia as a good source of Series III's.
Anyway, looking at the engine bay picture on this add poses a question for me.
Is there two versions of the large air cleaner?
Not the Range-Rover type nor the Cyclopac fitted to Australian diesels, but the Coopers type as intended for adverse conditions.
The NZ vehicles seem to have a Coopers assembly that is slightly shorter than the one in my car. Mine tends to rub against the heater hose. Heater hoses were fitted from new and not the aluminium pipes.
Anyway, looking at the engine bay picture on this add poses a question for me.
Is there two versions of the large air cleaner?
Not the Range-Rover type nor the Cyclopac fitted to Australian diesels, but the Coopers type as intended for adverse conditions.
The NZ vehicles seem to have a Coopers assembly that is slightly shorter than the one in my car. Mine tends to rub against the heater hose. Heater hoses were fitted from new and not the aluminium pipes.
Thanks but you are both missing the point. If you look in your handbook it lists two air cleaners:
Standard; ie for UK models which is the Range-Rover type.
Adverse conditions; ie export to Australia models, which is the large barrel.
I'm suggesting there are two versions of the large barrel (but not the Cyclopac version fitted to the Isuzu range).
In my car the large barrel rubs on the heater hoses. The NZ Army barrel I have is slightly shorter than my own. However I find the parts list on has one listing.
Was this a change, does it use a different element...
Standard; ie for UK models which is the Range-Rover type.
Adverse conditions; ie export to Australia models, which is the large barrel.
I'm suggesting there are two versions of the large barrel (but not the Cyclopac version fitted to the Isuzu range).
In my car the large barrel rubs on the heater hoses. The NZ Army barrel I have is slightly shorter than my own. However I find the parts list on has one listing.
Was this a change, does it use a different element...
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$4000 - $6000 for a vehicle in good running order seems about right. Less if there are problems. They are still a good truck and in most cases the army trucks were quite well maintained, the army didn't ever fix anything, they just replaced parts and always with LR original where possible - regardless of price.
Mind you I have found some pretty bad mechanicals on mine, like the rear brakes having two sets of left shoes and on the front left inside spring shackle is off the rear spring (it lacks the spacer to keep the spring bush in place) which means the bush has worked itself out of the loop and the chassis bush is poked as a result. The front bushes are all being done Wednesday. The steering box being installed incorrectly. Various weirdenesses in the wiring....
But on the plus side, the engine is very reliable, there's no rust, all the replaceable parts have been replaced and are as good as new, the truck has always received regular maintenance, it blows little smoke and is well within the range of acceptable emissions,...
In NZ salt is not normally used for ice on roads, grit is used instead. So vehicles are less likely to be eaten out by rust unless they've been used on beaches and haven't been properly washed afterward.
Landies here have always held their price well. Look at the prices asked for similarly aged 110s for a fair comparison. >$10000 is not unusual.
Mind you I have found some pretty bad mechanicals on mine, like the rear brakes having two sets of left shoes and on the front left inside spring shackle is off the rear spring (it lacks the spacer to keep the spring bush in place) which means the bush has worked itself out of the loop and the chassis bush is poked as a result. The front bushes are all being done Wednesday. The steering box being installed incorrectly. Various weirdenesses in the wiring....
But on the plus side, the engine is very reliable, there's no rust, all the replaceable parts have been replaced and are as good as new, the truck has always received regular maintenance, it blows little smoke and is well within the range of acceptable emissions,...
In NZ salt is not normally used for ice on roads, grit is used instead. So vehicles are less likely to be eaten out by rust unless they've been used on beaches and haven't been properly washed afterward.
Landies here have always held their price well. Look at the prices asked for similarly aged 110s for a fair comparison. >$10000 is not unusual.
Alan
1983 ex-army FFR 109 Stage 1
2005 Disco 2 HSE TD5
1983 ex-army FFR 109 Stage 1
2005 Disco 2 HSE TD5