Offroad-Express

hi guys i just got a new land rover for $250 prity rusty etc gonig to get it to morrow.


The idea was fi was going to buy it take what i wanted for my project then sell it but all i wanted was the diffs and the motor but now im thinking about making it into a full on offroader??? are they any good at it?.

It ant going to be road legal or anything just a hunting wagon and offroader

heres the pic of it

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... ?key=86931

yep.. just use it as is bud.. you'd be surprised where the old landies will take ya.. just try chuckin some ok treads on it and see how it fares.. that way you'll save money etc.

p.s.. lovin the carpeted front bonnet look.. just unbolt the rook and ya got the open top shoot em up mobile..

for that price, ya cant go too far wrong.. as long as it all works sorta all right that is..

i got some parabolic springs for that thing if ya wanna part out the standard springs..

anyways, as you were..

whats the diffrence beatween the standard ones and the ones you have??.


Thanks it all goes its got a blody nissan motor in it that smokes a bit but that dont worry me if it brakes ill just put another one in it

Looks like a good deal for $250. Just be weary that the rear halfshafts arent too strong unless its a salisbury.

Nibbys parabolics give a bit of a lift, and are a much nicer ride, and carry the load better. Too high for him though.

And yeah, land rovers are cool.

niblik wrote:yep.. just use it as is bud.. you'd be surprised where the old landies will take ya.. just try chuckin some ok treads on it and see how it fares.. that way you'll save money etc.

p.s.. lovin the carpeted front bonnet look.. just unbolt the rook and ya got the open top shoot em up mobile..

for that price, ya cant go too far wrong.. as long as it all works sorta all right that is..

i got some parabolic springs for that thing if ya wanna part out the standard springs..

anyways, as you were..

hehehe! the parabolics sound good?? do you want a strate swap nibby or do you want some extra cashes on that?? and do they bolt strate in?

turoa wrote:Looks like a good deal for $250. Just be weary that the rear halfshafts arent too strong unless its a salisbury.

Nibbys parabolics give a bit of a lift, and are a much nicer ride, and carry the load better. Too high for him though.

And yeah, land rovers are cool.

Lift is good!

The rover in the picture above looks nice so there for it is cool! lol

so what can go rong with this rover??

i'd be thinkin the para's plus some coinage....

where abouts in nz are you fella?

rotorua what about you??

christchurch....

now that sucks!

that thing will take u places, weld up the rear diff so its locked full time and chuck some SAT style tyres on and it should be mint, good luck with the project!!!

do yous want to hear what the actual project was going to be?

gary_in_nz wrote:that thing will take u places, weld up the rear diff so its locked full time and chuck some SAT style tyres on and it should be mint, good luck with the project!!!

and that is probly what i am going to do

86-surf wrote:do yous want to hear what the actual project was going to be?

what?

nah we dont ...............go on then tell us

it was going to be a 4wd gocart with a car motor and drive train and all that shite. ive got some pictures off how it was wen i started making it

But it still ant finished because aparently my mum controls what i do and wen i do it!

But im not sure if i should make it a meen looking go cart or keep it how it is now just mod it a little or i could just dich the cab and use the chassis as the go cart. . . what do you guys think?

i know a chap whos working on putting a starlet body onto a zuki chassis, one hell of a hack n slash weld em up jobby that, hes only just got into it, and rekkons it aint ever gonna be road legal, but i guess just something different to try?!!

well i went and picked up the rover on saterday the back part of the roof has been cut off and it smokes like shite!!!.


And it revs on its own we think its because one of the valves are stuck open so we tryed to get it on the trailer but it ran out of deisel wen we were driveing it up the ramp onto the trailer.

the body isnt actuly that bad but i don't know if it will ever be on the road again.

the wheels on it ant to bad but im prity sure the rover stud patern is diffrent to every other truck ive seen so yea.

is there anything els i need to know about the rover?? like where there is normaly rust and what could be the problem with the engine?? im not sure what motor it is but its a nissan 6 cyl diesel. and anything that would help me out thanks.

it'd most prob have the ld28 diesel in it.. real common swap...

The revving engine might be because it is feeding on its own crank case oil, just a thought as it was mentioned that it smokes somewhat.

it takes a wile for it to start reving on its own but it smokes strate away wen you start it

Start with the simple stuff.

Disconnect the crank case breather hose that comes out of the rocker cover (should be a black hose that comes out of the side of the blue cover ontop of the engine)

Its more than likely leaking/dribbling injectors.

When the engine is cold, it will blow a nasty eye stinging dark blue smoke, and may cough and splutter and chug. As the engine warms up, the smoke may decrease and the engine idle speed increase as the engine heat will be alowing the extra diesel dribbling out of the injectors during the other three strokes to be burnt properly.

Throw 5L of diesel and a whole bottle of injector cleaner at it plus a new fuel filter, disconnect the crank case breather and take it for a good run up the road if you dare. It may be that it has sat around for so long that the injectors are sticking.

Or its just farked

The LD28 is a good strong work horse, stick with it!!!

thanks DB next time im down at dads work i will do that! if i ever get arround to fricken getting down there:D

well fullas to day i went and took some pictures of the landy ill upload them in a sec 1st i have to upload them to umm photobucket.


And i found out that there is water or somthing that looks and feels like water in the oil lol

To morrow i am going to go get a new oil filter oil and that stuff that cleans the inside of the engine out:D.

But i forgot to get the numbers off the filter can any one tell me what sorta filter to get??


And what sorta oil shoud i get? im looking for the cheappest:D

And what does it meen wen water is in the oil.

Blowen head gasket or just been sitting to long??

most common is blown headgasket or cracked head,like you said

thanks landie.

any one know the part number for the ld28 oil filter?

z115x will do it , 14 days 220odd posts i think you need a job
vaughan