Mike Hippert
If you want the story read on, if not skip down to the Nuts and Bolts.
Hey Guys, it’s been a while since I have been on here, believe it or not it’s been a while since I have driven my Defender which once was my only car / daily driver. I think it’s been almost 2 years since it has really been driven, the last I can remember it was I think October 2006 that I was out wheeling with Jimmy and a few others from around here when I broke the front Diff. I didn’t have much time to work on it then and I have even less now, I pulled the diff and had it rebuilt, after reinstalling it I soon found out the shop forgot one of the spacers on the pinion and I had to pull it again and this is where the real problem starts, rather then pulling apart the hubs I unbolted the assembly from the axle housing. The drivers side came off fine, but I broke 3 bolts in the axle flange on the passenger side. I was able to get 2 of the bolts out with a torch and extractor but on the third the extractor broke and that’s where it is at. I have since put it back together minus the broken bolts just so it can be pushed around the driveway. It has not been driven in the last year, so the battery is dead, the started has been dead for a while and I am sure there are some other things in need of some work.
SO then why am I selling it? Well honestly I have been abusing it worse in the last 2 years then in it’s entire life, I just let it sit, I don’t have time for it. Sure I could hold onto it forever but I if I am not going to drive it, fix it or do anything to it then I should sell it before it becomes a pile of rust and corrosion so that someone else might have some fun behind the wheel. But that doesn’t mean I am washing my hands of it, because of the amount of work I have done on it since the day I drove it home I’d like to be of some assistance to the next owner. The guy I bought it from disappeared after I bought it, I never heard from him again and I really don’t know much about it before I bought it in 2002, but I can say I have probably turned at least ¾’s of the bolts on that thing, and I know a few quirks specific to it so the next owner has free previous owner tech support. Because of all the help on this site I have been able to do almost all the work on it myself (aside from rebuilding the diffs, I don’t have the tools and I work outside), and well I’m only posting it for sale here, sure I might get a better offer someplace else, or a faster sale or it would be more likely to stay local if I post it on Craig’s list but I think it’s more important that it kinda stays in the family. And if for some reason someone off the list buys it, they are going to be a member here before they drive off with it
For all those wondering what I have been up to, well I spend a lot of time doing volunteer work for my church, I run a young adult group, help teach confirmation, work with the youth group and a ton of other activities, it’s very fulfilling, it’s where all my friend from childhood are, and it’s where I want to be right now in my life, but it also takes up a bit of my spare time, so the Defender has been lacking because of it. This is an awesome forum, the people here can get you through anything that has to do with a Defender (trust me I have tried it!) and I’m keeping some of the D-90 stickers I have, there’s a new guy in town with a red 95 or 97 and I’m going to stick one on his windshield next chance I get
The Nuts and Bolts
What you are looking at in these pictures is one used and abused 1994 Defender 90.
Mileage is around 125,000 I think as the OD stopped working at 100k
I would rate the condition as could be better, if you know me at all you know that I don’t exactly take it too easy behind the wheel, it’s seen 95 mph on the road a few times, it’s been in 3+ feet of water a bit, driven in the salty New England winter for a few years, and it’s bumped into it’s fair share of trees rocks and other random objects. I have never been in any major accidents (just a few people who have bumped into the tires and scraped up their own car ), and it’s never been upside down (just a few close calls)
Things it needs just to drive:
• Remove the bolt stuck in the front passenger side axle flange (the part the Hub bolts too) So no test drives, it’s just not safe.
• 1 Dead mean green starter (so it won’t start)
• 1 Dead battery
• front driveshaft is out
• lubricate the front axle (it’s dry as in needs to be pulled apart to fix)
Things that are in need of work:
• Rust on rear cross member
• Rust on seat boxes (if you care about those kinds of things )
• The seats look pretty bad
• Doors, well I have them they don’t look pretty
• Top, guess what all I have is a VERY bad full top (it doesn’t fit and no rear windows) and a pretty nice surrey top
• It’s quirky, but that’s how it should be (see the God’s must be crazy)
• I think the valves are sticking a little as it blows a little smoke when you downshift to slow down
Things that make it it’s own:
• How many defenders come with 36” Irok’s mounted on 15x10 rims?
• It has the quirky ability to keep running even though it’s in a lot of water
• It’s been border to border and in LRM a few times
• Not one straight body panel
• It gets better mileage with the top and doors off, even in the winter, and slightly better with no hood
• It has a 4.0 out of a 97 with a serp belt set up off of a 95 disco (yeah that was a Hail Mary pass)
• I’ve replaced the T-case 4 times, the rear diff twice and the engine once
• It has a Detroit rear locker and Rover tracks rear axles
Questions? Send them my way I’ll try to keep up with them.
Price, I really don’t know the market for Defenders right now, but I would like to get it out of here before winter, it won’t drive on it’s own so it needs to be trailered out, I can help load it on a trailer (I can pull it on with my other truck). So check out the pics and let me know what you think.
Thanks everyone
mike
Hey Guys, it’s been a while since I have been on here, believe it or not it’s been a while since I have driven my Defender which once was my only car / daily driver. I think it’s been almost 2 years since it has really been driven, the last I can remember it was I think October 2006 that I was out wheeling with Jimmy and a few others from around here when I broke the front Diff. I didn’t have much time to work on it then and I have even less now, I pulled the diff and had it rebuilt, after reinstalling it I soon found out the shop forgot one of the spacers on the pinion and I had to pull it again and this is where the real problem starts, rather then pulling apart the hubs I unbolted the assembly from the axle housing. The drivers side came off fine, but I broke 3 bolts in the axle flange on the passenger side. I was able to get 2 of the bolts out with a torch and extractor but on the third the extractor broke and that’s where it is at. I have since put it back together minus the broken bolts just so it can be pushed around the driveway. It has not been driven in the last year, so the battery is dead, the started has been dead for a while and I am sure there are some other things in need of some work.
SO then why am I selling it? Well honestly I have been abusing it worse in the last 2 years then in it’s entire life, I just let it sit, I don’t have time for it. Sure I could hold onto it forever but I if I am not going to drive it, fix it or do anything to it then I should sell it before it becomes a pile of rust and corrosion so that someone else might have some fun behind the wheel. But that doesn’t mean I am washing my hands of it, because of the amount of work I have done on it since the day I drove it home I’d like to be of some assistance to the next owner. The guy I bought it from disappeared after I bought it, I never heard from him again and I really don’t know much about it before I bought it in 2002, but I can say I have probably turned at least ¾’s of the bolts on that thing, and I know a few quirks specific to it so the next owner has free previous owner tech support. Because of all the help on this site I have been able to do almost all the work on it myself (aside from rebuilding the diffs, I don’t have the tools and I work outside), and well I’m only posting it for sale here, sure I might get a better offer someplace else, or a faster sale or it would be more likely to stay local if I post it on Craig’s list but I think it’s more important that it kinda stays in the family. And if for some reason someone off the list buys it, they are going to be a member here before they drive off with it
For all those wondering what I have been up to, well I spend a lot of time doing volunteer work for my church, I run a young adult group, help teach confirmation, work with the youth group and a ton of other activities, it’s very fulfilling, it’s where all my friend from childhood are, and it’s where I want to be right now in my life, but it also takes up a bit of my spare time, so the Defender has been lacking because of it. This is an awesome forum, the people here can get you through anything that has to do with a Defender (trust me I have tried it!) and I’m keeping some of the D-90 stickers I have, there’s a new guy in town with a red 95 or 97 and I’m going to stick one on his windshield next chance I get
The Nuts and Bolts
What you are looking at in these pictures is one used and abused 1994 Defender 90.
Mileage is around 125,000 I think as the OD stopped working at 100k
I would rate the condition as could be better, if you know me at all you know that I don’t exactly take it too easy behind the wheel, it’s seen 95 mph on the road a few times, it’s been in 3+ feet of water a bit, driven in the salty New England winter for a few years, and it’s bumped into it’s fair share of trees rocks and other random objects. I have never been in any major accidents (just a few people who have bumped into the tires and scraped up their own car ), and it’s never been upside down (just a few close calls)
Things it needs just to drive:
• Remove the bolt stuck in the front passenger side axle flange (the part the Hub bolts too) So no test drives, it’s just not safe.
• 1 Dead mean green starter (so it won’t start)
• 1 Dead battery
• front driveshaft is out
• lubricate the front axle (it’s dry as in needs to be pulled apart to fix)
Things that are in need of work:
• Rust on rear cross member
• Rust on seat boxes (if you care about those kinds of things )
• The seats look pretty bad
• Doors, well I have them they don’t look pretty
• Top, guess what all I have is a VERY bad full top (it doesn’t fit and no rear windows) and a pretty nice surrey top
• It’s quirky, but that’s how it should be (see the God’s must be crazy)
• I think the valves are sticking a little as it blows a little smoke when you downshift to slow down
Things that make it it’s own:
• How many defenders come with 36” Irok’s mounted on 15x10 rims?
• It has the quirky ability to keep running even though it’s in a lot of water
• It’s been border to border and in LRM a few times
• Not one straight body panel
• It gets better mileage with the top and doors off, even in the winter, and slightly better with no hood
• It has a 4.0 out of a 97 with a serp belt set up off of a 95 disco (yeah that was a Hail Mary pass)
• I’ve replaced the T-case 4 times, the rear diff twice and the engine once
• It has a Detroit rear locker and Rover tracks rear axles
Questions? Send them my way I’ll try to keep up with them.
Price, I really don’t know the market for Defenders right now, but I would like to get it out of here before winter, it won’t drive on it’s own so it needs to be trailered out, I can help load it on a trailer (I can pull it on with my other truck). So check out the pics and let me know what you think.
Thanks everyone
mike