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I'm exactly the same as well, especially if the chaps in question are broken down, the last thing they want is someone with a camera standing there with them. Nice pics Nath

must have been drinking or need some glasses for that one when he listed it, don't know if nice is the right word for it \

Sounds like your L200 and my Defender are a good pair then, mine is 10 years old and had done 88k and was p!ssing oil out of any seals it could. Just had a ?1200 rebuild (rebore, rings, main shells, injectors, crank seals, head bolts, stem seals) without the clutch and speedo that went afterwards

The cost of rebuilding the engine in mine was scary enough so i dread to think what a Jap engine would cost to rebuild

Give him one for me as well Nath, with a wet fish :D

You know what these young lads are like Ol, stubborn and pig headed, just won't agree that theres more than one good tractor out there :D

Take a look here Tris, think you may have missed them http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7618.15

Had enough of Jap crap as well, my last Fourtrak wasn't any better nor was the L200 doublecab. Landy's may be a bit troublesome but the parts are cheap and they're easy to work on. Bosses Nissan Navara needed a new front prop, quoted ?600 by Nissan, one for my Defender ?85

Too late for that, already needs replacing as cushion on seat back is falling apart Be like a new one by the time i've finished with it

Thats true i guess :D Mines a 1996 Defender 90 which has only done 88000 miles so not too happy about all what i've just had done to it

I would but too many kodak cops about here for the miles i do a year, one in a list of many bills lately, just hit the ?1500 mark now- engine rebore/rebuild, clutch, brake callipers, shocks, radiator, the list goes on

The speedo stopping working in my Land Rover and making grating noises. Another ?120 bill for a new speedo!! > >

A crack appearing in the beam of my beet hoe at lunch time when i looked, thought we'd sorted that problem. Oh well 3 years old and cracked for the last 2 years so was daft to think it wouldn't this year >

We have several of them in this area Martin, nice big open fields in the area here, our neighbour has one at work but it's never close enough to us to get any pictures. Saves alot of time considering the number of times you'd have to move a reel/gun set up to cover that area.

Yeah, have to try and sort out the rust in the inside bottom edge of the doors as well as there's no money in the kitty to change her for a while yet. The 8560 needs to go asap before it goes bang \

We try to, as its been to wet to get on i hoovered the cab out and polished it inside yesterday. Had a transmission oil change last week, putting in 70 litres 5 at a time is no fun! When i get a chance she'll be washed down, polished and have the paintwork touched up on the front again

probably find it tomorrow, going back on the field where i think it got knocked off, will fix it back on if i do

It was only an MF 865 as well. Don't know if it was a common fault, can't remember which gears it was between, quite a costly one to fix though from memory

I used to drive an 8630 that used to do it, not good when you are driving alongside an unloading combine at the time as it only resets when you stop and start the tractor :D

Hope you've got one without the gearbox fault! Gets annoying when it suddenly stops dead for no reason when you change gear :D

It had one up till 3 weeks ago, it had an argument with a low hanging branch in a field corner and lost

side

Some pictures of just the tractor now. First the front

No way, that was when it was the main top-dressing tractor and i was doing long days in it. Needed one to keep me sane :D