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those diesel Mercedes seem to be pretty good-found one at a junkyard with 515,000 miles-'83 300D,5cyl turbodiesel.car was in rough condition but engine still ran decent :)
 
Me too

We looked at one once upon a time and almost bought it because the price was right. Maybe you will have one of the good ones. People warned me about buying a new VW Beetle back in 2001....but 15 years later I'm still driving it with 229,000 miles on it and going strong.
 
Considering I've had a Benz upto 350K, my mom got a Taurus to 375K, I have an explorer with almost 200K, my step dad had a Hyundai go past 300K, I have had a hyundai past 200K...
Im driving around in a beat up black Hyundai right now till i get what i want.. 92K but it has burnt wiring and some other mantinece needs, but it runs fine...

Its up to the car and the mood its in... Some are awesome, some are, well, Shite...

(And yes, a Taurus is very able to go way over 200K if you baby it)
 
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One of the coolest shops I've seen for any make of vehicle...wonderful website with lots of great Rover rebuilds documented, although it seems many of the non Defender stories have been removed as they no longer work on Range Rovers or Discoverys.
Directly below is one of the best stories on the site, linked at the bottom is the table of contents of ECR's full website.

http://www.eastcoastrover.com/Roverhaulin.html
http://www.eastcoastrover.com/table.html
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digging in...

thanks for all the replies and links everyone-started repairing a couple coolant leaks,and once the belt was off,dicovered the waterpump bearings were bad and pump leaking a little-new pump on order,so tidying up some wayward engine electrical harnesses while I wait.This vehicle is very easy to work on so far and despite being made on the other side of the atlantic,does not seem "foreign"at all-just like working on an American vehicle :)I had to make a special tool to secure the waterpump pulley in order to unscrew the thread-on fan clutch.
 
great so far,but...

...I think it does have the loose liner problem-runs great,cooling system works fine even in recent 100+heat,but the distinct loose liner clacking can be heard at times-sounds like piston slap,but gets louder as engine nears normal operating temp unlike piston slap that quiets down once at temperature...Engine has very decent power and torque for a little 4.6L in a nearly 5000 LB vehicle :)Used the Rover on a local camping trip and limited DD usage,but need to get the engine apart and correct the liner problem before anything bad happens...
For a 2003 built vehicle,it is dated,even primitive in many ways(I don't mind this at all :)-even still has a cassette player-inop at the moment though.I think the fit,finish and workmanship are pretty good on my Land Rover,but panel gaps-though even-are from an earlier era :)
 

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