drip drip drip goes my money....

took my November bought disco td5 to my local Landy expert to sort the tracking and for him to have a general look to see what ive bought. Now I expected him to find a few faults but was nooo way prepared for where I am now.
His list was:
track rod ends (not a big surprise)
front ball joints
rear breakes
fuel pressure regulator weeping
loose drivers seat
rear bulb.

estimated £600.

now 2 weeks later and the work is done and when I went to pick it up they said it now has an ABS fault which they are struggling to fix. I pop to see them daily and they seem no closer to fixing it. Seems to be a sensor in the front off side wheel. they seem to be trying with different shims or something around the sensor. God knows what the final repair cost will be. so starting to regret buying what seemed and drove like a good disco.

any shoulders to cry on?

spalding1968 said:

took my November bought disco td5 to my local Landy expert to sort the tracking and for him to have a general look to see what ive bought. Now I expected him to find a few faults but was nooo way prepared for where I am now.
His list was:
track rod ends (not a big surprise)
front ball joints
rear breakes
fuel pressure regulator weeping
loose drivers seat
rear bulb.

estimated £600.

now 2 weeks later and the work is done and when I went to pick it up they said it now has an ABS fault which they are struggling to fix. I pop to see them daily and they seem no closer to fixing it. Seems to be a sensor in the front off side wheel. they seem to be trying with different shims or something around the sensor. God knows what the final repair cost will be. so starting to regret buying what seemed and drove like a good disco.

any shoulders to cry on?

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Sorry for your pain but from your list, these faults are normal every day faults that you should be able to sort yourself without the need for a garage.
All you need was the Tracking checked.

Be glad you haven't a new one depreciation and repair go hand in hand

you shouldn't be buying an old landy unless

you have a pot of gold
OR
you are handy with a spanner

many apologies for sounding wimpy. Im just missing my disco. The last 4 times ive seen it, its being driven by the mechanic. Just read some real horror stories (Pudsey1983) about other guys landys and realise my problems are not that great. Think ill go get a hug from my wife. Will let ya know if any problems worthy of whinging about develop, if I even get it back



forgot to mention I bought the disco in novenber with 10 months MOT so didn't expect these things to have gone since September. I suspect a dodgy MOT seller.

Most of these things can and will happen to any old car as parts wear:-
track rod ends (not a big surprise) as you say, wear & tear.
front ball joints wear & tear
rear breakes wear & tear
fuel pressure regulator weeping age of components
loose drivers seat wear & tear - persons getting in and out, moving around, adjusting seat.
rear bulb. yep, bulbs wear out.

estimated £600. Ouch I know labour's the killer but what was up with the rear brakes? If it was just pads, then around £20-30 gets a new set.

now 2 weeks later and the work is done and when I went to pick it up they said it now has an ABS fault which they are struggling to fix. I pop to see them daily and they seem no closer to fixing it. Seems to be a sensor in the front off side wheel.[/QUOTE]

Why **** about with shims?? Is there any play/wobble in the wheel? Does it make a grumbling noise when rotating (bearing on its way out noise)?

£48 (probably about 1 hour's labour cost for most garages. My local independent is up at £38/hour) can get you a new front bearing (wheel hub on a D2!) complete with new ABS sensor & cable pre-installed AND a 12 month warranty. Apart from the big stake nut holding the hub to the halfshaft with an obscene amount of torque, the job is relatively easy. Sounds like they're wanting to scalp you with more labour charges rather than just banging a new hub on.

EDIT - sadly an MOT cannot/does not give an accurate idea of the remaining lifespan of any components..... My own horror story? Paying off a £600 bill for welding/fabricating and fitting some new components (steering) to get my Pontiac Trans Am through an MOT (I loved that old American car! ) then 3 yes THREE days after the MOT the crankshaft timing gear's nylon teeth disintegrated thus trashing some valves! MOT never told me that would happen!

since taking it in 2 weeks ago it hasn't been home. Ive done some repairs (mainly electrical) to it last month. I just took it to a landy specialist cos I thought they will know what to look for to ensure its safe for my wife to drive as well as me. I was busy working that week and since its not my main car told em to fix the unsafe bits. £600 for me being lazy was ok. Before taking it in I had no problems with the ABS lights and even tested the ABS was working by breaking a little too heavy one day. I cant see that anything they have done has anything to do with the ABS its just strange that its just happened whilst they have had it.


This garage is highly recommended otherwise id have had alarm bells ringing when they first gave me the list of faults and the £600 quote.

There are no shims anywhere on D2 hubs or brakes.

Ask the 'garage' what they are doing, sounds like they are a bit lost.

Peter

+1 on the shim theory. I mean RAVE specifically mentions NOT to remove the ABS sensor, although that might be a Land Rover money spinning story...

All I can think of regarding the only possible use of a shim is to perhaps jack the sensor away from the ring which it uses to see if a wheel is about to lock up.. but why move the sensor away from what it needs to sense?

I have heard stories about crap getting in there from off-roading and rendering the sensor faulty until it dries out..... but not encountered that myself and my D2's been splashing about in axle deep water before now.

listerdiesel said:

There are no shims anywhere on D2 hubs or brakes.

Ask the 'garage' what they are doing, sounds like they are a bit lost.

Peter

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Sounds like the garage are using a "generic" diagnostics unit which might be OK for the engine ECU but not for the SLABS ECU so they might be trying to guess.

you can remove sensor but this often bends tab that secures it stopping sensor fitting in far enough ,easiest way to check is to fit sensor without o ring

I cant see that anything they have done has anything to do with the ABS its just strange that its just happened whilst they have had it.

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front ball joints

abs sensor will have been removed/disconected/BROKEN