Vanny
New Member
Been offered a C-Reg 90 at work, its been the work horse for many years and is far from in mint condition. I'm looking for some technical advice, and some direction on if i should buy it or not!
Problem No1
For at least 6 years its been used to tow a 4 wheel I-for Williams trailer which has a near 6 metre bed on it, and most of the time the trailer is absolutely brimmed with tree trunks and logs and stumps etc basically its always been way over the standard capacity of the Landy, as such this has happened;
The whole top pf the spring mount has come adrift from the chassis and the shock split in two! Really not good! I have access to a highly competent welder who has some experience with Landys (has a 110 station wagon), but is this feasible to simply repair? can the spring mount be reinforced?
Problem No2
It spends most of its time on a farm running on red diesel, only it turns out that its heating diesel not engine diesel. It smokes it's nuts off almost continually, and i'm told that this is caused by the stodgy diesel, is it? Or am i looking at more engine problems than i care to think of?
Problem No3
Having gone over it today quite closely, the rear slam panel (hmmm, is that the right word, its the black bit below the lights in this picture, is very rusty;
There's a galvanised replacement sat in a shed on site that will come with it, is it easy to replace?
Most of the electrics work (headlights don't but full beam and side lights do and i'm good with electrics) though it has no blastarding radio. As can be seen in the pics the paint work has massively oxidised which is odd as as long as i've know it, its been stored inside! I'm not expecting it to be a runner straight away and i have some amount of storage for the time being, what else should i be looking for problem wise? And given its age, abuse and significant suspension issues, what should i be looking to pay for it?
Problem No1
For at least 6 years its been used to tow a 4 wheel I-for Williams trailer which has a near 6 metre bed on it, and most of the time the trailer is absolutely brimmed with tree trunks and logs and stumps etc basically its always been way over the standard capacity of the Landy, as such this has happened;
The whole top pf the spring mount has come adrift from the chassis and the shock split in two! Really not good! I have access to a highly competent welder who has some experience with Landys (has a 110 station wagon), but is this feasible to simply repair? can the spring mount be reinforced?
Problem No2
It spends most of its time on a farm running on red diesel, only it turns out that its heating diesel not engine diesel. It smokes it's nuts off almost continually, and i'm told that this is caused by the stodgy diesel, is it? Or am i looking at more engine problems than i care to think of?
Problem No3
Having gone over it today quite closely, the rear slam panel (hmmm, is that the right word, its the black bit below the lights in this picture, is very rusty;
There's a galvanised replacement sat in a shed on site that will come with it, is it easy to replace?
Most of the electrics work (headlights don't but full beam and side lights do and i'm good with electrics) though it has no blastarding radio. As can be seen in the pics the paint work has massively oxidised which is odd as as long as i've know it, its been stored inside! I'm not expecting it to be a runner straight away and i have some amount of storage for the time being, what else should i be looking for problem wise? And given its age, abuse and significant suspension issues, what should i be looking to pay for it?
