Good luck, let us know if you buy it and how you get on with it ? cheers malc Booked already for 2014 again France and Spain. Towed all over France and Spain this year. I have never had a car this old but simply cannot bring myself to part with mine although I could afford a newer vehicle,get a good one and for towing absolutly great. Avoid main dealers form servicing,plenty of good indis around.Ĭheck the service history, make sure all oils changed when needed.īeware also if you buy a td5 you may become addicted to them,they are indeed not like any other 4x4. The 15p engine was much better and the catastrofic problem of the oil pump bolt undoing itself and the engine suffering the results of no oil and all it's ramifications had been addressed, which by the way LR denied there was a problem. The later model you are considering is probuably the best mechanically as most of the problems had been sorted out by 2004. Check very very carefully rear end of chassis for rust,Land Rover decided only to give the chassis a coat of black paint and not much more,result unless the chassis has been waxolyed it will probuably be rusty inside and outside the box section. Some things to be very aware of buying a td5. Mine has never given me a problem however I think these vehicles at this age do need proactive maintainance. I have owned mine since 2008 when it had 51,000 on the clock,now showing 80,000. I have the manual 2002 and pulls caravan very well. Unable to give a comparision between the Auto and the manual. However, Automatic in the TD5 every time. The first time my Land Rover specialist Independent had replaced one for this, and most people thought I was unlucky. The torque converter started playing up on lock-up and I decided to replace the whole gearbox with torque converter as the labour costs were nearly the same. No off-roading or anything and a gentle life. I've had it since nearly new and now 10 years old. Having said that, I've just spent £2,500 replacing the Automatic gearbox on my TD5 at 80,000 miles. The way he put it was that he'd rather spend a few bob on extra fuel than an awful lot on rebuilding the transmission. Their main reason was that it meant no dual mass flywheel which can be an Achilles heel on manuals.
In chatting he mentioned it was an automatic which he'd had recommended to him by several owners.
A friend of mine visited over the weekend with a new to him Disco.
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