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3rd party Videos Rohny Dahl video incoming

It will also appeal to the caravaners. Cheaper than the big US truck conversions.
I never really liked Rangers but I would consider this model for work. It would mean I would be legal with an extra cab, tools, compressor and 24V battery kit and still have some towing capacity on a normal sized ute without the extra expense of gvm modifications or drive a bouncy(Isuzu NPS or Fuso 4x4).
 
This will be a LC79 killer. There is a rumours kicking around in some LC groups that Toyota is going to stoped taking orders and production of LC70 will stop or be significantly reduced in September for nine months. It is difficult to confirm and there is all sorts of speculation that there may be some major changes to LC70 but it is only unsubstantiated rumours at the moment. Maybe LC70 is coming to an end.
 
Well it is the old Defender of the Toyota range.
Maybe some misty rusty eyed old billionaire will try to buy the tooling?
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You just need to find mist eyed idiots that want to buy an outdated design, with flaws, at an inflated price. I mean, come on, who in their right mind would spend their hard earned money on something like 🤔
 
You just need to find mist eyed idiots that want to buy an outdated design, with flaws, at an inflated price. I mean, come on, who in their right mind would spend their hard earned money on something like 🤔
Plenty of misty eyed old fools...and their sons 😁
Some people just eat vanilla ice cream...
 
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Ford Ranger Super Duty
Takes some of the features of the F series out of the US it looks like. Took a few tricks from the Grenadier re customization. It is targeting the Toyota LC 79 series.

Toyota may actually have to make some real improvements to the 79 Series as this is a serious assault on the 79 by Ford - if Ford can address some of its reliability issues.

Not a Ronny video, but probably does not deserve its own thread. The new Ford Super Duty Ranger. I do like the manual DPF regeneration.

View: https://youtu.be/xauhiHFkEvM


Also Smart hitch, 400W inverter, vinyl floors, bash plates, front recovery points, room for 2 aux batteries, 250A amp alternator, device mount on the dash, etc Ford is working with ARB, MITS Alloy and Safari Snorkels and others for aftermarket gear (and you keep your warranty). Ford is saying over 130 companies have the technical specs, so there maybe quite a few accessories when it goes live in 2026. Limited images of the interior of the car.

There are cab chassis and tub variants. So expect some fancy MITS Alloy canopies.


Have Ford sorted out all those issues with this Discovery V6 now? Not one of Peugeot's finest moments.
 
You just need to find mist eyed idiots that want to buy an outdated design, with flaws, at an inflated price. I mean, come on, who in their right mind would spend their hard earned money on something like 🤔
Have Ford sorted out all those issues with this Discovery V6 now? Not one of Peugeot's finest moments.
Early days the engine for the Euro market was a p.o.s but they seemed to improve it with major changes to the engine crank when it went into the US market for F150. The rods and crank where forged. For some reason the 2.7l version they used in the Ford Territory in Australia very rarely had the same crank issues as LR.
 
Early days the engine for the Euro market was a p.o.s but they seemed to improve it with major changes to the engine crank when it went into the US market for F150. The rods and crank where forged. For some reason the 2.7l version they used in the Ford Territory in Australia very rarely had the same crank issues as LR.
The L/R Discovery 3 is a heavier and harder working vehicle, that may the reason the 2.7 was O.K. in the Ford Territory, forged crank and rods will have to help the V6 in its current form, but the fact that Ford V6 was designed so that it could be transversely mounted, thus necessitating a squat design and consequently narrow crank bearings, and the lubrication problems that go with the narrow bearings.
The lubrication problems were causing the crank failures, I guess we will find out if the reliability has improved in time .
But that V6 motor was built to a price, an economical one.
 
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The L/R Discovery 3 is a heavier and harder working vehicle, that may the reason the 2.7 was O.K. in the Ford Territory, forged crank and rods will have to help the V6 in its current form, but the fact that Ford V6 was designed so that it could be transversely mounted, thus necessitating a squat design and consequently narrow crank bearings, and the lubrication problems that go with it.
I guess we will find out in time.
But that V6 motor was built to a price, an economical one.
Going by LR Time a lot of bearing failures came down to oil specifications for the LR. There are other videos around with breakages through the center crank webs and relatively minor damage to the bearings.
This engine had major revisions for the US market. It was dropped in F150 because of low sales and the multiple other engine choices available. It would be interesting to see the specs to see if the crank main bearing journal diameter where increased for F150 and if it is retuned with lower power and a better torque curve for the new Ranger.
In comparison, the Toyota V6 and V8 diesel with narrower mains have nearly 10mm more diameter when compared to the old straight 6 turbo engine.
 
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Going by LR Time a lot of bearing failures came down to oil specifications for the LR. There are other videos around with breakages through the center crank webs and relatively minor damage to the bearings.
This engine had major revisions for the US market. It was dropped in F150 because of low sales and the multiple other engine choices available. It would be interesting to see the specs to see if the crank main bearing journal diameter where increased for F150 and if it is retuned with lower power and a better torque curve for the new Ranger.
In comparison, the Toyota V6 and V8 diesel with narrower mains have nearly 10mm more diameter when compared to the old straight 6 turbo engine.
That's because people use 0W dumbarse apparently
 
The other interesting the about the Lion V6 is that the LR failures were very hit and miss. There are literally thousands of these things running around with high mileage engines and no crank failures.

Whilst there are improvements in the Ranger engine, it is yet to be seen if they no longer suffer from the same issues. For me, I would be wary until they have been around for a few years. Other than having IFS front suspension and leaf sprung rears, the Ranger platform is quite attractive to me. A Raptor with diesel V6 would be good for me. Not for those that tow 3.5-ton vans though.
 
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