Catastrophic failure!

Bluedog · May 9, 2009

Yep, thats what's happened! My lovely Disco has failed its MOT big style!

All four shocks, trackrod, bushes all round, read brake discs, 5 advisories, including the headlights, ALL four shocks, one wasn't even bloody attached FFS! Passenger door couldn't be opened, front tyres thread, yet bizarrely, the one thing I was dreading, the emissions, it passed, and quite how I will never know because it is like a steam train for the first half an our every morning! Unreal!

Its going to be ready on Tuesday and I am going to be over a grand poorer, but I still can't wait to get her back and feel what she rides like with shocks that actually work!

Sean · May 9, 2009

that's not catastrophic, it's just a sign of it not being looked after properly

robint · May 9, 2009

as sean says !!!

The Mad Hat Man · May 9, 2009

If yu have been driving it like that - yu need the book throwing at you - It shouldnt be on the road

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goonarmy · May 9, 2009

The Mad Hat Man said:
If yu have been driving it like that - yu need the book throwing at you - It shouldnt be on the road .

why?your assuming he knows wot his doing.MOT tests are there for a reason.if you fail a test then your vehicle is unroady worthy.had a festa fail on headlight beam.paid a fiver and watched the MOT man change the switch from 3 to 0.job done.but it was still"unroadworthy"

robint · May 9, 2009

goonarmy said:
why?your assuming he knows wot his doing.MOT tests are there for a reason.if you fail a test then your vehicle is unroady worthy.had a festa fail on headlight beam.paid a fiver and watched the MOT man change the switch from 3 to 0.job done.but it was still"unroadworthy"

yes !! BUT there is a huge difference between a light bulb and the list the chappy just put up espically bad brakes !!!
surely anyone wif a bit of sence would know if your brakes are sub standard !!

Bluedog · May 9, 2009

The Mad Hat Man said:
If yu have been driving it like that - yu need the book throwing at you - It shouldnt be on the road .

How could I have known for one second all that was wrong with it?

Stating that is a bit off, not everyone with a Landrover is grease stained and born with a spanner in their mouth!

Thankfully thats what an MOT is for, to identify the problems a car has, and since its a work truck and regularly tows a trailer full of fencing posts or 2 tons of ballast and goes across fields every day of its life I hardly think its a case of me not maintaining it, it just lives a hard life!

robint · May 9, 2009

Bluedog said:
How could I have known for one second all that was wrong with it?

Stating that is a bit off, not everyone with a Landrover is grease stained and born with a spanner in their mouth!

Thankfully thats what an MOT is for, to identify the problems a car has, and since its a work truck and regularly tows a trailer full of fencing posts or 2 tons of ballast and goes across fields every day of its life I hardly think its a case of me not maintaining it, it just lives a hard life!

as per the first answer you got !!!

mines used everyday aswell for work and goes across fields but i make sure its in a road worthy condition even though im no mechanic

Bluedog · May 9, 2009

robint said:
yes !! BUT there is a huge difference between a light bulb and the list the chappy just put up espically bad brakes !!!
surely anyone wif a bit of sence would know if your brakes are sub standard !!

I live in Dartmoor, the hills around here kill brakes, destroy wheel bearings and make most turbos die within a year, its not a gentle amble across a flat road here, and the mechanic seemed to think that it was pretty much what he expected......

Sean · May 9, 2009

Bluedog said:
How could I have known for one second all that was wrong with it?

Stating that is a bit off, not everyone with a Landrover is grease stained and born with a spanner in their mouth!

Thankfully thats what an MOT is for, to identify the problems a car has, and since its a work truck and regularly tows a trailer full of fencing posts or 2 tons of ballast and goes across fields every day of its life I hardly think its a case of me not maintaining it, it just lives a hard life!

when was it serviced last ?

goonarmy · May 9, 2009

robint said:
yes !! BUT there is a huge difference between a light bulb and the list the chappy just put up espically bad brakes !!!
surely anyone wif a bit of sence would know if your brakes are sub standard !!

Possibly, but your still assuming.I didnt notice the difference in beam poatterns but id like to think id notice the difference in pads and shocks.However the OP didnt.At least his got it sorted.My advice for the future is have it looked at regulary, services and MOTs.If ever in doubt get it looked at by a qualified person.Maybe he did the majority of that at a PnP.

robint · May 9, 2009

Bluedog said:
I live in Dartmoor, the hills around here kill brakes, destroy wheel bearings and make most turbos die within a year, its not a gentle amble across a flat road here, and the mechanic seemed to think that it was pretty much what he expected......

im only 60 or 80 miles east of you then !!!
even more reason to keep it in tip top condition !!!

Bluedog · May 9, 2009

robint said:
as per the first answer you got !!!

Really?

So when I put it in for a service and the mechanic failed to mention any of these problems that my fault yeah? I do a service a year on my truck and I pay about £400 plus for the mechanic to change parts that cost about £60. Now I pay him that because he knows what he is doing, I don't.

Pointless buying a dog and barking yourself!

Bluedog · May 9, 2009

Sean said:
when was it serviced last ?

November and I got a mate to do the fuel/air and oil filter in March for me

robint · May 9, 2009

Bluedog said:
Really?

So when I put it in for a service and the mechanic failed to mention any of these problems that my fault yeah? I do a service a year on my truck and I pay about £400 plus for the mechanic to change parts that cost about £60. Now I pay him that because he knows what he is doing, I don't.

Pointless buying a dog and barking yourself!

i would suggest that mechanic is takeing you for a ride !!!
my last service was £150 at a garage and he checked all the breakes aswell !!

Bluedog · May 9, 2009

robint said:
im only 60 or 80 miles east of you then !!!
even more reason to keep it in tip top condition !!!

But still not on the Moor........

Still not having to do a 25% hill down and up every morning to go to work.

Bluedog · May 9, 2009

robint said:
i would suggest that mechanic is takeing you for a ride !!!

Ya think?

Sean · May 9, 2009

Bluedog said:
Really?

So when I put it in for a service and the mechanic failed to mention any of these problems that my fault yeah? I do a service a year on my truck and I pay about £400 plus for the mechanic to change parts that cost about £60. Now I pay him that because he knows what he is doing, I don't.

Pointless buying a dog and barking yourself!

you might like to mention to him when you visit next that you've been driving a death trap, you say it's worked hard yet you only have it serviced once a year - perhaps you are mechanically ignorant but just once a year shows a lack of common sense

robint · May 9, 2009

Bluedog said:
Ya think?

most defently !!
im sure you can change a oil filter and a air filter and fuel filter thats half the service done for the cost of the parts !!

Sean · May 9, 2009

Bluedog said:
November and I got a mate to do the fuel/air and oil filter in March for me

well it's just as well your MOT fell when it did - i dread to think what state it would have been in by sept/oct

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