Defender 110 chassis checks - The Fine Art of Land Rover Maintenance

[@liamcosgrave5410]

I have just helped a friend Re chassis a 110 . Between 3 of us we had it done in weekend and it made swapping all the suspension bushes and engine mounts so easy ! I think you should go that way personally .

[@SouthernRailwaySignalman]

Very unfortunate. A Galvy chassis is my suggestion, costly but well worth it i think. On a plus side it means you get to take your landy to bits and do all sorts of stuff as you go, some good oppotunities otherwise not practical to explore, such as having the side frames or B posts as there called and the bulkhead off to give a thorough repaint and rust treatment, something thats also on my list for next year.

[@trailerfitter2]

Luke Arnold the whole lot needs doing including 4 doors that need replacement. Rear passenger door was held together with fibreglass on the frame!

[@SouthernRailwaySignalman]

***** I've got an epic journey of restoration, renewal and upgrade myself. As you know im restoring my pair of front Wolf doors to replace the half rust eaten defender doors on her now, got the bulkhead to have out proberbly next year to give it a full restoration, all the body panels want some attention, input or output shaft wear on the LT230R is becoming quite worrying so both boxes will come out for a rebuild later in October time which i shall do with a Landy man i know in Town over a week or so. Lots of stuff but it's all part of the hobby for me. I'm glad the 110 i fell in love with came on a Galvanised chassis (i'm even painting and rust defending that eventually).

[@nellbrown770]

new chassis Chris i no its a pain but worth it in the end

[@trailerfitter2]

Nell Brown it is a must.

[@AceLewii]

Hey I'm liking your videos, I was wondering if you could help me, I live in Trinidad & Tobago, Roads are amazingly bad there is a fit for a defender, I would like to get one, I havn't decided which either the 90 or 110 will do. 110 abandoned near my work place, so i was wondering if I could email you some pictures of it an give an experts view on whether the car is dead and to look else where or with some TLC it can be salvaged. If you could PM and send me and email it would be nice to liaise with you on it

[@trailerfitter2]

facebook.com/trailerfitters.toolbox Please feel free to post the photos on my Facebook and our community there will assist.

[@mattyb120]

as with everything it's a case of money, A galvanised 300TDI station wagon should hold value.

[@mavericmorph5358]

I know this is an old video. But what are your thoughts about a chassis being made out of I beam? It seems to make sense to me as water wouldn't get trapped, it would be easy to inspect and keep clean.

[@trailerfitter2]

I beams? Now you re talking about my professional life. HGV fitting. HGV trailers have an I beam chassis because it can flex radially and takes a great amount of bending force. Usual trucks have c section chassis that are also doubled in areas where the most stress is found. As for a Land Rover having those sorts of design I am unsure if that would be applicable for the minimal weight it is. Not sure on the engineering but all lighter vehicles have box section chassis..(don't they?)

[@mavericmorph5358]

***** I feel an I or C beam custom chassis Land Rover build coming soon....?

[@user-dz3kx4oo7j]

Looks like a complete chassis exchange :/ as we know you don't do things by halves.

[@trailerfitter2]

wwwroughnready4x4de too true.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Agree with you 100%👍

[@lapisredux]

each time i watch one of your videos i think good grief perhaps i should sell my defender and buy a less stressful vehicle.

[@trailerfitter2]

Hum. Good luck finding one. They all have their quirks.

[@matthewmoses4222]

Sadly if a Defender were that badly corroded here in Australia it wouldn't be worth restoring. The cost of buying and transporting a new chassis is prohibitive.

[@trailerfitter2]

Matthew Moses should they corrode as badly as they do in the UK?

[@matthewmoses4222]

***** Beach driving, driving in mud and not cleaning it off, driving through salty areas make for plenty of rust. Road driving they don't cop it so badly as we don't salt our roads but most people own them for off road.

[@leondekkers5954]

but how do you keep the inside of your chassis in good shape?

[@trailerfitter2]

+Leon Dekkers cavity wax injection.

[@leondekkers5954]

+Land Rover Toolbox Videos Ok, thanks for the reply! I want to clean up a 130's chassis.

[@trailerfitter2]

buzzweld.com take a look around this website. He has some good stuff for cavity injection spraying and paint stuffs used on oil rigs.

[@leondekkers5954]

I'll take a good look. I've never heard of him before.