A very warm welcome to the forum to the following new members

@Repryan
@09.neil2009
@bazcu
@KingB
@Fletchmad
@iainu
@Garry
@Jat
@BigWeeez
@Phantomz4
@netsurfa9
@Devans31
@beakie
@Fisherb
@mgcharlesworth
@AndrewP

Please tell us a little about yourself and whereabouts your are from.

There are some very knowledgeable people here willing to offer you tips and advice on the L200 and also other makes/models, we hope you enjoy the site and join in the friendly banter

When posting can please supply some basic information about your truck ( such as year of manufacture and series/mark ) to enable a more focused answer.
If you are unsure of which series/mark of L200 you have please follow this link Identifying your ' Series ' of L200

If we could also just ask you to stick a pin in our map for an approx location then our regional reps, when organising events , will be able to contact people within their areas

Adding yourself to the forum Map

Could just let us know where you heard about the L200Forum from please that would be great.
How did you find the L200Forum?


Many Thanks

ronniecabers

and

Thank you for letting me join the forum. just got my L200 K74 4work. And it seems thee is no better source of information than the forum. I live in East Sussex

Repryan
09.neil2009
bazcu
KingB
Fletchmad
iainu
Garry
Jat
BigWeeez
Phantomz4
netsurfa9
Devans31
beakie
Fisherb
mgcharlesworth
AndrewP
welcome aboard everyone

I'm your southwest of England area rep, just give me a shout if there is anything I can help you with
feel free to ask any questions you have and we will all do our best to answer them for you

Hi and welcome

Thanks for the welcome..... I think I jumped in at the deepend with my new L200!! I’ve bought a 2004 2.8 import, I think I’m correct in saying this is the k77 engine. I’ve bought as a non runner as the gearbox has failed. I wasn’t really looking for a project, more a work vehicle for doing ‘homers’ but decent trucks demand good prices so I thought I’d give this a go and worst case break it as there are some decent parts on it.

I’m in Ballynahinch, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, just wanting to know if anyone out there knows any specialists in imported trucks to source a gearbox or is it a matter of getting on the phone and starting to call around breakers!

I have a mate in Derry he is a mechanic he made be able to help you out

the K74 box may fit anyway have you got the number of the box

@Mallinman may be the man to speak to about all things 2.8

I have a handyman business. I also had a hatchback. After each job the wife was fed up of all my tools slowly moving from the back, onto the back seat and eventually into the passenger footwell. I was 'ordered' to get a truck so that all my stuff would stay in the back and the front would stay clean. That's how I ended up with a 17 plate Barbarian series 5. I'm in Warrington.
The main reason for joining the site was to find out how to best carry a ladder on the vehicle as, surprisingly, the main dealer cannot help with roofbar information.

thule will do a roof bar system I am sure

Thanks for the warm welcome!

I'm a HGV driver and mechanic from East Yorkshire. Last week I bought a K74 Animal on an 06 plate, mainly to have a decent second family car but also for abit of fun. New clutch pack and timing/auxiliary belts already ordered from milners 👍 looking forward to sifting through all of the good advice in this forum 😁

Garry, pretty sure you'll need a 3144 fitting kit for a thule roof bar/rack system
check first but the fitting kits are interchangeable with their foot packs
I kept my old roof rack from my classic and just forked out for a new foot pack for my new truck
my original roof bars were from a fiat punto if I recall and I just changed the fitting kit ------> g453-roof-rack.html

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@AndrewP
With the imports they just seem to throw in with what’s on the shelf at the time. There seems to be no common parts on these. My 2.8 not so 2.8 has the 3.2 shogun gearbox and transfer box from the factory. Don’t know why. Prob all they had at the time. You are best getting the correct gearbox number off the box before you go looking. Just to be sure.

Thanks for the advice, the box was removed and sent to be repaired at a local specialist, but to no avail, I’ll see about getting the box back and get the details and then go from there.... the mechanic that worked on it before I bought it told me he got a 2.5 box and it didn’t fit, hence sending it for repair.

Hey guys, i have an 08 Animal and going to be looking at a lift kit and new wheels/tyres soon, from Gloucestershire.