Jodsclass
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My Freelander developed a fault on Saturday (right before the Jubilee bank holiday) where it just wouldn't start & ran lumpy as hell when I finally bunged a bit of easy start in the manifold & got it running. I suspected a leaky injector and as I'm In scotland away from all my tools I decided to book it in for the work to be done. What a nightmare, of all the garages in Dundee that where open they where either too busy or refused to work on Land Rover injectors. They all stated that they needed a specialist puller for the injectors & wouldn't touch it.
I'd normally be happy to take it to my own Mechanic in Manchester who I know & trust (ex main stealer mechanic) but I'm away from home staying with the wife's family as my father in law had a stroke & relies on our car to transport him & everything else around while he is recovering.
I finally found Mike Aitken in Fife after asking around, and after a call yesterday evening he agreed to fit the car in for inspection at 8:30am today. We limped the car over to fife and he got one of his lads to check it over. Sure enough Injector 2 was a mess. He had a new injector in stock & fitted it off the shelf. 45 mins later we drove out & the car is like new, it must have been on its way out for a while. Mike showed us his full books for the next 3 weeks but still he fit us in and got us out of a real bind.
Service was excellent, he even gave me some Land Rover freebies he had been sent. Service second to none & only £21 in labour for the job, wouldn't have been worth me attempting it for that price.
Anyways if you are based in or around Dundee I recommend this guy, I've never been able to find a good indy up here by the in-laws & I'm so impressed I'm going to get them to do a few other jobs on the car. Also his yard is full of Land Rovers so he must be quite trusted. I took a crappy little video while I was waiting on the car.
Anyway, in my experience a good independent is hard to find so praise where it is due.
Mike Aitken 4x4 fife - YouTube
I'd normally be happy to take it to my own Mechanic in Manchester who I know & trust (ex main stealer mechanic) but I'm away from home staying with the wife's family as my father in law had a stroke & relies on our car to transport him & everything else around while he is recovering.
I finally found Mike Aitken in Fife after asking around, and after a call yesterday evening he agreed to fit the car in for inspection at 8:30am today. We limped the car over to fife and he got one of his lads to check it over. Sure enough Injector 2 was a mess. He had a new injector in stock & fitted it off the shelf. 45 mins later we drove out & the car is like new, it must have been on its way out for a while. Mike showed us his full books for the next 3 weeks but still he fit us in and got us out of a real bind.
Service was excellent, he even gave me some Land Rover freebies he had been sent. Service second to none & only £21 in labour for the job, wouldn't have been worth me attempting it for that price.
Anyways if you are based in or around Dundee I recommend this guy, I've never been able to find a good indy up here by the in-laws & I'm so impressed I'm going to get them to do a few other jobs on the car. Also his yard is full of Land Rovers so he must be quite trusted. I took a crappy little video while I was waiting on the car.
Anyway, in my experience a good independent is hard to find so praise where it is due.
Mike Aitken 4x4 fife - YouTube
