flat4matt

flat4matt

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Hi everyone,

I'm Matt, based in Leyland and I've just bought my first Landy, it's a 110 as a rolling project / daily driver. It's not been on the road for a few years, no MOT, brakes don't work, one of the shocks is knackered, had a small garden growing in / on it and it seems to rain more inside than it does outside but I already love it.

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It's running a 300tdi from a disco through an LT77 box, and it's got a few nice bits on it as you can see from the picture. Needs a few things sorting out before I can MOT it and it's going to be my daily driver while I finish my other two projects (very quick Bug and an RX7). So I guess you could say this is my sensible car.

Chassis is solid, bulkhead has has a few repairs so long term I'll be swapping it out but should be fine for a good few years yet.

Got lots of little things planned but just want to get it MOT'd and driving for now.

Cheers :)
 
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Welcome to the forum pal.

That looks like it's had some money thrown at it. Make one of your first purchases a skytag or similar as tratters have a tendency to wonder off...
 
Cheers pal, yeah it's had money thrown at it but not a lot of love... Should be awesome when it's sorted though. I'll check out skytag and will be investing in a few things to stop them taking it in the first place too...
 
Hello and welcome from me:)
Look like Mach 5 wheels or a copy of?
I think them bush wires are illegal?
 
Cheers, yeah not sure if the wheels are genuine or not and none of its legal at the minute (found lots of hand tight suspension / brake / seat bolts etc)... Scary! Obviously I've not driven it on the road and got it picked up on a trailer

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Not been for one yet, only picked it up a week ago, sorting the brakes which didn't work at all (seems to have been a loose fitting to the PWDA) and a few other things like handbrake, lights and a shock but should have it MOT'd in the next month I hope!
 
flat4matt said:
Not been for one yet, only picked it up a week ago, sorting the brakes which didn't work at all (seems to have been a loose fitting to the PWDA) and a few other things like handbrake, lights and a shock but should have it MOT'd in the next month I hope!
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aplogises , i meant the mot history of the vehicle

can give a general idea of how many bits have been done on it in the past

well jealous , looks an awesome landy and know it's been mentioned already , ref the sky tag

have u seen the pedal locks
 
Ah right sorry, yeah not much history with it but from a look over it's had wheel bearings, calipers, pads, discs, rear shoes and cylinders, master cylinder and servo, extended braided lines, loads of bushes, sumo arms, the front lights are all new, winch and bumper are a few years old, tyres are 18months old and haven't been used on the road at all. CV joints look recent too, there's a lift kit (seems higher at the back and lower on the drivers side so will be investigating that). Terrafirma extreme shocks on the back and britpart on the front I think. Might shove some new ones on so I know what's what. Has dislocation cones and different rear shock mounts, extended bars etc. Wheels may or may not be Mach 5, they taper / step out to a wider bore t at the end of the spokes of that helps identify them?
 
Body work is badly sprayed black over white and full of tree scratches (very happy with it for what I paid though!) and yes I think I'll get a tracker on it sharpish given what you guys have said already!
 
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Ah right sorry, yeah not much history with it but from a look over it's had wheel bearings, calipers, pads, discs, rear shoes and cylinders, master cylinder and servo, extended braided lines, loads of bushes, sumo arms, the front lights are all new, winch and bumper are a few years old, tyres are 18months old and haven't been used on the road at all. CV joints look recent too, there's a lift kit (seems higher at the back and lower on the drivers side so will be investigating that). Terrafirma extreme shocks on the back and britpart on the front I think. Might shove some new ones on so I know what's what. Has dislocation cones and different rear shock mounts, extended bars etc. Wheels may or may not be Mach 5, they taper / step out to a wider bore t at the end of the spokes of that helps identify them?
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no worries, was my bad writing as per usual, lol

sounds as u say a serious amount of cash has been spent on it

hope it's not rude in asking but was there a reason it's been off road for a while , did they run out of cash

think you've got a great bargain there , seeing the amount of bits that have been put on

always think the fenders are the kings of land rovers , but alas needed some comfort and auto box :p:D
 
Yeah he was a labourer and bought it as a weekend toy to mess about on his mates farm (there's a massive pile of pay and play tickets too). He works 6 days a week and bought a sports bike a year ago so no time to sort out the little things. Don't think he was that mechanically minded either...

Developed a huge brake leak and it's sat there since!

It had been sat a while...

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flat4matt said:
Yeah he was a labourer and bought it as a weekend toy to mess about on his mates farm (there's a massive pile of pay and play tickets too). He works 6 days a week and bought a sports bike a year ago so no time to sort out the little things. Don't think he was that mechanically minded either...

Developed a huge brake leak and it's sat there since!

It had been sat a while...

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nothing like having ur own garden, lol

good that the chassis is sound, so at least that gives u a good base to go from

if ur able to get it all done in time the annual lz13 event is on june 23-25th

we all meet up, have a greenlaning outing, plenty of food and live band in the evening

also great putting names to faces and is an awesome event , really friendly and fantastic weekend

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-ro...june-2017-everything-you-need-to-know.311323/
 
Planning on getting it done in a month or so, unless I've missed anything massive June should be no problem! Sounds good I'll check out the link now
 
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Planning on getting it done in a month or so, unless I've missed anything massive June should be no problem! Sounds good I'll check out the link now
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is a great weekend , think there will be around 30-40 land rovers there

hope u get on well without the normal surprises, it is a land rover after all , lol

plus u will find the forum full of great info and always plenty of advice if needed
 
Thought I recognised the name, I've been to Stanford Hall before, we hired it out for two days for a work do a few years back, really nice place!

Looks like a great weekend, need to add a tent to the list now then!
 
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