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Hey MeanGreenZ28, thanks mate....I have know clue about the ratios ...all I know is that it does not match the 4dr5...possibly my axles are old Land Rover Series... I will take you advice and get somebody to check it ...since I'm not there in Sri Lanka. Thanks for the link too and consider it...cheers mate...

Thanks Bro for offer for help with info...just sent you a mail... I like..."No hill too steep, no valley too deep - I have a Landrover !!"....

Thanks Master Don... Yes I love that colour too...earlier I was thinking for the Fiery Red of the latest Fire and Ice series...then thought its too much for this ole' hag with lot of plastic surgery and Botox... I opted for this blue coz its not that common.... I will post some more photos as and when I get them...including the old ones...how it use to look.... Happy off-roading !

Mr.Cat...thanks Bro.... I know Landys do leak...but in this case its the busted power steering pipe...being sorted out at the moment... Old diffs needs some care...according to my Bro...its running all over.....hell of lot steering play and all....thats the next job Cheers!

Hi Iroshana...LOL...I'm yet to drive it ....my bro say its ok...but a Landy Motor will be the thing..... Thanks for the encouragement....for the moment I will have to "Balala Santhosa Wenawa" Cheers....

Thanks Lakshan...I'm happy with the looks. Tyres were recommended by the guy who did this up ( Note..this Landy will see 99% road running with my parents who are 60+ and 1% off roading.... once year whenever I visit SL LOL). Yes it cost me an arm and a leg.....yes thats the plan to upgrade the motor, diffs as you suggested. Actually the power steering line got busted and hence the leak LOL... For the moment I will have to manage with old diffs which needs some maintenance ( currently the car is not handling well)...if you know a good mechanic for old diffs...do please refer... Since I'm not there its very hard to get things done... Cheers Mate...

Thanks Stig....yes I myself was wondering about that LOL.... Note that I'm yet to see this in person, as I'm away from Sri Lanka. May be the driver was being cautious or the parking brakes are busted...LOL Cheers!

Hi All, here is my Landy...

Dear Upul, Thanks for the detailed feedback. Your recommendations are well noted. In my reply to Don, I have given my plans for the future. As suggested by you/ Don I will one day go for a Defender motor. If you have any cost related info on these, do please share with me. May be we can exchange info via email, if thats fine with you. Fully agree with your comparison of Landys and Wives...although I'm yet to experience the latter..LOL. Like they say..."Banda Gatha Bere Gahapan Putha" or "Katu Maalu Kaawa nang Gilapan Puso" ....LOL This week I hope to see the end-product, not in person, but from some pictures, as I'm currently out of SL. And you to mate...happy off-roading! Cheers D

Dear Don, once again thanks for the feedback. Its good to know that the 4DR5 can manage the Landy...that takes a huge worry of my head. Taking all the advice I have received so far, I plan to: a) run as it is for while, change the old axles (front/back) with defender types ( I understand this requires some modification to inner gears/ cogs in differential or axles)...hopefully this should take care of the break related problems and steering play/ handling problems. c) Lastly switch to a original defender motor+ gear box: I will consider the 300 TDI 2.8L as suggested by you. This week the car is supposed to be delivered. I'm told it looks good ( Uding baluwama Elakiri...habai yatin baluwoth thamai.....in the words of the guy who did it up). Unfortunately I will not be there to see it in person. So have to make do with some photos I guess. I plan to share the photos as and when I get them. Next I will send it to a Land Rover AC specialist ( Muslim guy who is suppose to have is shop in the Colombo suburbs ) to fix the AC. If you have any info on specialist to get the axle done, do let me know. Happy off-roading ! Cheers D

By the way are you the same Upul, who had a another tread going about restoring a old landy and wanting to replace the old motor? I read that article too. Cheers

Hi Upul, Many thanks for the link and indeed very useful for me. By the way nice restoration job and I love the looks of it. My Landy is also coming up fine and hopefully by next week I should be able to post some pics. Cheers Bro D

Hi The Don, Thanks for the feedback and well noted. I have heard horror stories about Landy motors ( Not surprisingly though coz the Brits seems to fail in their quality department) and constant oil leaks and stuff. So thats part of the reason that I'm not too keen on going for a Landy Motor. Then again I might be wrong. However I do understand the power issue as highlighted by you. Correct, the mechanic himself suggested the 4DR6. I'm also told that the 4DR5 can be locally fitted with a turbo...how successful is this? I'm concerned that the 4DR5 may not be built to have a turbo..i.e. it will lead to faster ware & tare and host of other problems. Secondly as I have mentioned above in my reply to Tiv, I'm not going to use this car for not more than 1 month per any given year as I live out of SL. So most part it will be used by parents for city running. Furthermore I'm not an aggressive driver and not a extreme off-roader. So, will the 4DR5 be enough for that kind of use? My fear is once the AC is fitted, it will be too sluggish to handle even a small incline. I'm also told that Nissan turbo engines are also good for Landys. May be I go for a Nissan motor + gearbox + axles. Any idea on the cost of Jap motors+gearbox+ axles ? Maybe I will go for Landy or Jap engine at a latter stage. For now as a stopgap measure I would like to mend the existing axles the best I can and run it for while. Any feedback is much appreciated. Cheers Mate!

Hi Tiv, Wow, thats fast...thanks for the feedback. I will talk to the mechanic ( who had done a good job on the bodywork and interior so far) now that I have some info. Problem is I'm expatriated an visit SL once a year. So I cannot attend to things in person. The Landy was purchased merely on a whim without going in to much details. Its to be used by my parents (in their 70's..LOL) for the better part of the year. Good suggestion on the axels with disc brakes, coz old drum seems to be plagued with lot of problems. Cheers Mate!

Hi, this call for help goes to all Land Rover enthusiast. Couple of years back I purchased a Land Rover long wheel base ( series). The previous owner had change the Landy engine with a 4dr5 engine (Yes I know that this is sacrilege in the eyes of purist Landy fans) . Leaf-spring suspensions were also changed to coil-spring. The 4dr5 engine was hardly used and is in extremely good condition. Recently I gave the old girl a full defender facelift including the interior. However it still has the 4dr5 engine and the mitsubishi gearbox, the old landy differential front and back. I'm told by the mechanic: 1-The 4dr5+gear box, engine does not match the gear ratios of the landy differentials: therefore no proper pickup/ acceleration 2- It will be even worst by the time I fix the new dual AC 3- When I checked whether I could put 2 mitsubishi differentials, he says its too short and as a result the alloy wheels will start hitting the chassis/body Considering the amount I have spent so far, and the fact that the 4dr5 engine is in good condition, I don't feel like going for a new TDi engine... Some of my friends have advised me to change the cogs inside the differential to match the 4dr5 (pardon my not so technical terms) . Can this be successful ? Somebody else told me to put 2 defender differentials and a defender gearbox with an adaptor to match the 4dr5 engine Can one of you guys please advice me. I'm sure there are other people who had faced the same problem and may have found mitigatory solution. Thanks in advance. Cheers All