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Rezo

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Hi - new here so don't be too hard ;).

I've bought a couple of L322's with the td6 engines. One will be shipped over to Asia and the other will be driven to Laos next year towing a caravan with 3 of my children.

Trying to get the preparation right for the overland one and make it as reliable as possible. I know the gearboxes and suspension can be weak links but looking at everything thing else as well. I have my ideas on what to change but am looking for advice from others first.
Thanks in anticipation
 
Rezo said:
Hi - new here so don't be too hard ;).

I've bought a couple of L322's with the td6 engines. One will be shipped over to Asia and the other will be driven to Laos next year towing a caravan with 3 of my children.

Trying to get the preparation right for the overland one and make it as reliable as possible. I know the gearboxes and suspension can be weak links but looking at everything thing else as well. I have my ideas on what to change but am looking for advice from others first.
Thanks in anticipation
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I don't know anything about that.

I do know that it would be a good idea to remove your postcode as a location. Just put something general, like the town where you live, or a county.
 
My recommendation would be get world cover from the AA or RAC but good luck with the project
 
And plenty of pictures please :D
I'd take my p38 but not so sure about an L322... The gearbox being the biggest worry for me. :)
 
The best thing to change would be the car, the L322 is not known for being trouble free.
Personally I'd stick it in a container and ship it.
 
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Thanks for the replies but I was really hoping for some technical information.

The RR I've bought to do the trip has had the following work done recently -

Reconditioned gearbox and torque converter in Feb (Birch motors)
Coil spring conversion
Injectors refurbed
New fuel pump in tank
New blanked off egr valve
New style engine breather

Work I intend to do
Change all fluids including Diffs and transfer box.
Re program the ECU (and take a spare cloned one) to remove the immobiliser.
De Cat the exhaust.
Check all brakes, bearings, steering and other suspension parts - replace as neccesary and take spares.
Replace all coolant hoses and turbo pipes and take originals as spares.
Replace radiator and maybe fit an additional one for gearbox fluid.
Replace Maf sensor.

I'm interested in any other things, particularly electrical items, I should be changing or looking at or taking as spares.
Need a good diagnostic reader I can take with me - suggestions?

I've done overland trips before and sometimes in quite unusual vehicles - breaking down is part of the trip and for me part of the fun - it's about attitude - but preparing for the trip in the best way will reduce these - once you get to third world countries things get 'fixed' in a different way so it wouldn't surprise me if we ended up in Laos having installed a Toyota engine with manual gearbox somewhere along the route.

For some reason I can't add a link but check out 'Laos by Limo' on Facebook - maybe someone here can do the link.

I've given myself £3K to prepare the vehicle but will spend more if I need to

Thanks again
 
I did actually call the company and think I spoke to someone called Stuart but could be wrong - he said the box had been Reconditioned before and inferior parts had been used which is why it failed again.
Can I ask you what parts are changed to get it upgraded?
The receipt for gearbox work cost £1600 but that doesn't really say anything. As a company who seem to specialise in l322 gearboxes you would have thought they would/should get it right?
I have 2 x l322's and am going to have the gearbox refurbed on the second before shipping that one over so would like to know.
I'm not a big fan of auto boxes when towing long distances and up and down mountains but as no manual was fitted to my knowledge I don't have much of an option - fortunately the route we propose to take doesn't have many mountain passes.
Many thanks
 
ive got a bmw 6 speed from an x3, a friend owns a recovery yard, dropped of a complete manual x3 off so i just transplanted what i needed, if i was to do another there are some things i would do different.
 
Rezo said:
How do I PM you?
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Click on their name and "start conversation".
The little modules and ecus are the worst enemy. I'd love to wire my 38 up like a traditional older car. Then the trickery can stop.
It sounds like your going to bring a new string to the 1322's bow.
Look at the Australian overland market, they bolt on whatever box is feasible and run a separate ecu that works in conjunction with the car and boom no GM box :cool:
 
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