Long journeys

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Don't forget earplugs and be prepared to be stuck in your own mind for those hours :D ( ihave an exmod 2.5n/a)

Done 1700km (4300km in total) from Rotterdam to mid Norway this summer. only lost a little bit of transferbox oil, which made for an uncomfy 2 days ride. First two fuel stops a 2 inch puddle appeared, 3 fuel stops later only a drip or two, and of course some engine oil, only about 3 liters this time. Last time it was 6 liters, same trip.

Do bring some tools. Spanners etc. I found out one of the nuts of my engine mount came completely off, but did stay near the stud :D Just check the car after a days driving.

Oh be prepared to hear noises you've never heard before. half of them will be just in your head and the other half won't be :D
 
Hi guys just a update I made it there and back with no breakdowns 200tdi 90 returned around 30-32 to the gallon kept it between 45-60 MPD most of the way.., only downside on the way back noticed a small patch of oil under the transfer box and it looks like the seal behind the handbrake has started to leak but that was the only thing so not at all bad. Turbo I am back home now
 
Nice :)
Just keep up on the preventative work and checks and theres no reason our Landys cant do massive trouble free trips, hey they are used world wide for that reason! :)
 
SmileySteve said:
Nice :)
Just keep up on the preventative work and checks and theres no reason our Landys cant do massive trouble free trips, hey they are used world wide for that reason! :)
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Hi mate,

I used to think mots were the way forward but after a chat with Andy he mentioned he sees the mot as a minimum standard and I now follow that theory most Sunday morns I check all levels and tyre pressures. At the last mot I applied grease to all my pipes as they are relatively new as it recently had a new galvy chassis so I'm hoping they will be ok for a while now but I will keep a eye on them.

Thanks
Mart
 
Martyn110 said:
Hi mate,

I used to think mots were the way forward but after a chat with Andy he mentioned he sees the mot as a minimum standard and I now follow that theory most Sunday morns I check all levels and tyre pressures. At the last mot I applied grease to all my pipes as they are relatively new as it recently had a new galvy chassis so I'm hoping they will be ok for a while now but I will keep a eye on them.

Thanks
Mart
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Thats the way! only takes a bit of time and get into a routine even if its just the main usual checks + a simple look over, it all helps and you get to know your vehicle and any up and coming weaknesses :)
 
This makes me chuckle, I'd happily do hundreds of miles in my Landie, and treat it no differently to taking my modern car on a long journey.

Considering the high mileages on most I'd say they are more than capable of tackling a journey of a couple of hundred miles!
 
Turboman said:
All looked fine when we were under it last week! ;)
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Great. I like to have a squint down the crack between pad and calliper regularly too, to see if the outer seals are still in place (some people on here have had them come out) and that there's no fluid escaping.

All just part of keeping an eye on it and trying to keep abreast of repairs on the safety critical bits.
 
It's bad enough when toyota owners poke fun at landies for breaking down but when they're owners haven't enough faith in them to not worry about a full days driving, it's a sad state of affairs :eek:


Think the most I've done in one day in my 110 is 550 miles and that's pulling a car transporter. All I done before the trip was check my fluid levels in the engine bay and check tyre pressures.

That was about 2-3000 miles into one of my service interval. Continued to do the same checks every couple of days as normal for the rest of the time until I reached my 5000 mile service intervals where I just change all the oils, check the wheel bearings and brakes and grease the props etc.
I regularly do 500-600 miles or more a week with no problems other than keeping fuel in the tank :)


Service and maintain them properly when needed. Apart from the occasional hicups, If a something can't do at least 3000 miles or so without something going wrong, it's not really worth having really.
 
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DaveM-sport said:
It's bad enough when toyota owners poke fun at landies for breaking down but when they're owners haven't enough faith in them to not worry about a full days driving, it's a sad state of affairs :eek:


Think the most I've done in one day in my 110 is 550 miles and that's pulling a car transporter. All I done before the trip was check my fluid levels in the engine bay and check tyre pressures.

That was about 2-3000 miles into one of my service interval. Continued to do the same checks every couple of days as normal for the rest of the time until I reached my 5000 mile service intervals where I just change all the oils, check the wheel bearings and brakes and grease the props etc.
I regularly do 500-600 miles or more a week with no problems other than keeping fuel in the tank :)


Service and maintain them properly when needed. Apart from the occasional hicups, If a something can't do at least 3000 miles or so without something going wrong, it's not really worth having really.
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Been to Carlisle, Cambridge and Guildford, Surrey towing a cattle float with my 2.5TD powered 90. I just had a level check and greased nipples before I went, didn't even take any tools, just the tool roll that is behind the seat.
There aint much wrong with Marts vehicle either, as far as I can see, bu he is young, and likes to worry about things. Doubt if it helps to read all the threads on here about people having nightmare reliability issues. I have told him that this is usually cos they don't maintain the things well. Personally I have rarely had a landie break down at all in thirty years of driving them! :cool:
 
Yep, main reason mine ends up in the workshop is because I find something new to stick on it :D

Only time it ever did leave me down was when it wouldn't start for love nor money one morning during Christmas week due to blown injector washers. Again, those are kind of a service item too and safe to change them every year or two maybe and are easy to do and cheap of course!. Its just that I never did them up until then.
 
Two/three years ago did a trip from the South of France to Petesborough and back. That was about a two thousand mile trip. Never entered my head it wouldn't do the trip. Tool kit consisted of a roll of duck tape, a screw driver which had been left in there by accident and a hammer. If you keep them serviced and greased up they will go anywhere.
 
It's nice to hear they can be reliable, mine is relatively new to me and I have already done a lot of service work. As turbo said I am a bit of a worrier I hate the idea of being stuck on a road with no help( lost faith in all roadside rescue companies when I was told to drive back home from Bristol on a very severely bent alloy rim when younger as long as I don't go above 45). Where I work the garages have normally got at least 1 in there doing some sort of repairs anyway I made it slowly but steadily and look forward to the next jaunt up north.
 
Mines my every day car and has been for 4 years, only broke down once and that was the starter full of mud, worse thing is I even knew it was going wrong but couldnt be arsed to change it.
Wheel bearings are crap life span if used off road at all.
 
lynall said:
Mines my every day car and has been for 4 years, only broke down once and that was the starter full of mud, worse thing is I even knew it was going wrong but couldnt be arsed to change it.
Wheel bearings are crap life span if used off road at all.
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I'm thinking that I am going to try to use my 90 as an everyday car once it is back together. Might take my normal car off the road for winter.
 
DaveM-sport said:
It's bad enough when toyota owners poke fun at landies for breaking down but when they're owners haven't enough faith in them to not worry about a full days driving, it's a sad state of affairs :eek:


Think the most I've done in one day in my 110 is 550 miles and that's pulling a car transporter. All I done before the trip was check my fluid levels in the engine bay and check tyre pressures.

That was about 2-3000 miles into one of my service interval. Continued to do the same checks every couple of days as normal for the rest of the time until I reached my 5000 mile service intervals where I just change all the oils, check the wheel bearings and brakes and grease the props etc.
I regularly do 500-600 miles or more a week with no problems other than keeping fuel in the tank :)


Service and maintain them properly when needed. Apart from the occasional hicups, If a something can't do at least 3000 miles or so without something going wrong, it's not really worth having really.
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TBH id be slightly nervous about taking ANY vehicle on a long trip, but there again its not something I've done lots of.

Id also be rightly wary of taking any 18 year old vehicle (like my fender) on a long trip

That said, did all those 1500 miles in wales hitch free (bar a flat) and ended up coming home yest on a flatbed because of a failed brake seal ( caliper on the outside looked fine/in decent nick, but when I stripped it to have a look & looks like the chrome has come off the piston and cut into the seal and it went pop)
 
I think its been said already really hasnt it. As long as you keep up with good maintence and dont put things off there really isnt a reason that you shouldnt get from A to B even if A and B are 1000 miles apart :)
 
read the book by teresa walich-the ruged road-she went from london to capetown, on a panther motorbike--sidecar and trailor in 1932--and then came back--africa--no roads---i think we have it easy--and if the worst happens--the best tool in the box is the moby--allen
 
I drove 150 miles in my 22yo Defender on the weekend. Don't think anything of it tbh!

I used to drive my 1958 Beetle (now sold) hundreds of miles no issues.
 
james6546 said:
I'm thinking that I am going to try to use my 90 as an everyday car once it is back together. Might take my normal car off the road for winter.
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You will probably find your landie is more reliable if it is used provided you maintain it to allow for extra mileage/hours you may do. All mine have been used daily and have been pretty reliable. We find with old vehicles and farm kit it is the stuff that doesn't get used much that tends to problems. Batteries go flat, tyres perish, fuel deteriorates, seals stick onto shafts on machinery that is standing in a shed most of the time
 
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