I see what you mean. I was talking about one of those discovery lawn ornaments with the problematic engines, transmission, etc. I don't think it had a land rover engine anyways. So I wouldn't feel bad getting it back on the road. It would be more akin to putting a hyundai engine in a subaru.
I keep thinking. Man I should grab one of those and gut it. Put a 350 and associated hardware in it. Then I realize. I can just buy a 4x4 Tahoe and my wife won't be mad because I lived at the shop with a Land Rover for 6 months.
I've got a 06 S430. The owner of the company bought it for 500 at auction. No keys. So far there is about $2200 in it. Getting close to exceeding the value of the car with 240,000. Still just such a pleasure to drive.
I have a mercedes habit. They are nice cars to drive. Fairly dependable mechanically...... but when something simple like a power rear sunshade breaks. It's a $1200 repair even DIY. That sunshade will never work again.
I don't know that I would be friends with Elon Musk but the media seem to hate him. That's all I need to know that I'm probably on the same side. The only person they trash talk more is Trump.
I wouldn't call it a knockoff any more than any other peice of utiltarian equipment is a knockoff of another. In that respect a willys was a knockoff of lots of other knockoffs. The jeep was not original. You can only have so many variations in design when you break it down to it's base intended...
Only "issue" power wise is the gauge cluster soldering but that won't shut off the truck. Occasionally an ignition switch will go bad although I have never seen it only heard of it. Follow the positive from the battery to the main relay box terminal give it a good tug at each point. As for...
Summer battery death probably. Happens. Did they use a real load tester? The newer ones don't always show the issue. The older heating element style work best to show intermittent battery problems. The new ones are better for measuring capacity.
I don't know if there's something better for turbos. All my equipment is natural aspiration. We use stanadyne to keep the gunk out of the transport refrigeration tanks.
Good video to check out your problem. If this all checks out. It's probably a bad alignment. Getting an alignment with these issues is pretty much a waste. They should have checked this stuff and told you but who knows.
The king pins are what the wheel rotates on when turning. Jack it up on that side an inch or 2. Put a pry bar under the tire and lift up some. If it pivots up on the outside the pins are worn. Also while jacked up on one side. Grab the tire and jerk it like it's making a hard turn if the wheel...
Bad alignment job probably. Sometimes I wonder how those places stay in business. Seems like 2 out 3 alignment jobs are worse than before they got the work done. The machines do most of the work for them if used correctly. Could be worn out king pins though.
Check the clutch gap. Could be wearing out and takes a little more voltage or you hit a bump and it pulls in. If that's the problem the clutch plate usually has at least 1 shim between it and the shaft. You can take it out and if it doesn't scrub without the shim it should get you by for a...