onion jonny 527 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 didnt know you got mot exemptions on a 75 motor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 50,195 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 I always thought iveco was ford, just made in Spain? And in truth modern motors are as shite as each other because they share things like cheap tacky fuel pumps that will fail regardless of the badge on the bonnet, so I,d be looking for the lowest miles and most well maintained, sadly the days of transits doing 300,000 miles are becoming a distant memory,your right mate, today's Diesel engines are total rubbish compared to the engines of even the 90s, too much goes wrong and a fecking fortune to fix.To much electronic stuff on them nowadays. I know it's mental, my landrover still has a starting handle, once the glow plugs are warm the electrics cease to matter, I can start it with the handle and as long as the airfilter is above the water level it will keep running completely submerged, I have sat waste deep in water in the drivers seat driving through floods and don't even consider it stopping, gives me a ton of smug pleasure pushing a big wave over all the x5 beamers, Q Audi,s and jeep grand Cherokees when they are waterlogged on the side of the road, they still think 4x4 equals go anywhere but that's only as long as it's dry,What you got greyman? Series 1 or early series 2.??1975 series 3,109, 41 years old and usually gets used once or twice a year when I have to get the kids to work in the snow, it's tax and mot exempt and costs around £150 a year insurance, so not really a great expense to have sitting around, I have a defender and have had an ex military series 3 (and that would go anywhere) and a 90......no plugging into computers or any of that crap......my local bloke can jump off fixing a tractor and move onto working on the landy with no problem. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 31,678 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 didnt know you got mot exemptions on a 75 motorthere is a compressor built inbetween the chassis rails, which runs off of the pto on the gearbox, so it's always been classed as machinery and never taxed or mot,d, I used to be allowed to run on red diesel until they changed the law a few year ago so it's been a very cheap and useful bit of kit to own, I even have air hoses, jackhammers and demolition guns with it that all still work fine and because of the extra weight in the chassis it's much better in the mud than a normal landy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 12,022 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Nice I always wanted a 109 station wagon ,should of got one when they was cheap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flacko 1,756 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 They reckon you got to drive these new engines hard , they seem to fail more if just knocking around local motorway driving best for them clearing all these fumes & shit through the system so they efficient but that's only what ime told atb Flacko Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 31,678 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 They reckon you got to drive these new engines hard , they seem to fail more if just knocking around local motorway driving best for them clearing all these fumes & shit through the system so they efficient but that's only what ime told atb Flackothats down to the stupid things they stick on like the egr valve and the dpf, they work alright when the engine is new and running clean but as it starts getting a bit older they just clog everything up with crud, it's all done in the name of the environment, but seems more like deliberately giving motors a shorter life, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flacko 1,756 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Totally agree Greyman the feckers make more out of parts than selling motors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 31,678 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Nice I always wanted a 109 station wagon ,should of got one when they was cheap. I was told when I bought it,that it would wear me out, before I wear it out, and I,m starting to believe it, proper marmite motor 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qbgrey 4,271 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 why cant they build a work motor,i dont need electric windows,electric seats,fancy gauges,its all bollox.ive got s new invincible and its a pile of shit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scottish lurcher 185 Posted December 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 I will tell him to buy landrover defender tipper 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caravan Monster 323 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 This is another reason I have just stuck a new engine in my 96 banana transit, as there is nothing on the road that will live with it, they may overtake me but nothing out there will out last me,,I am upto about 260,000 on the clock and with the engine change should be good for another quarter million miles, I have a mig welder to patch up the rust spots so there is know reason for it not to last me until I don't need a truck in my life anymore, i know another guy that has just sold off his nearly new van for work, bought a smiley face transit and had a nut and bolt restoration done on it for the same reason, he says it will be the last van he will ever own Was speaking to someone with a banana transit earlier this year. It was really tidy and I asked him if it was a big restoration job, turns out it was all original and had only done around 20, 000 miles ! I spent around twice what my ten year old VW LT35 2.8 is worth on preventative maintenance, in the hope of keeping it going for a long time because I reckon long term it is better than the more recent equivalents. The owner of the outfit that did the work had done a nut and bolt rebuild of his 5 cylinder sprinter of similar age for the same reason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flacko 1,756 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Can always get a tipper trailer mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scottish lurcher 185 Posted December 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Yeah but he needs something to carry the lads and trailer can be pain in arse due to requiring cpc if for hire or reward if used more than ten miles from work addresses ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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