well that left a hole in my wallet !!

£1200!!!!!

steam clean
waxoyl
inner rear arch fuel pump
fuel filter
viscous coupling
VC Bearings
diff nose seal
IRD oil change
diff oil change
gearbox oil change
courtesy car hire/fuel


Tyres will have to wait now!!

would of been cheaper to buy another one !!!

I only had it a day and booked it in for waxoyl and clean and said to my garage let me know what else you find!
brought it for £3200, 2003 Td4 73k on clock

hows it a couresy car if you have to pay a hire charge
surely it's just an overpriced hire car

gegs88 said:

hows it a couresy car if you have to pay a hire charge
surely it's just an overpriced hire car

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I'm guessing here, but the £1200 covered the cost of a courtesy car, while the freelander that he bought for £3200, was being worked on.

mick 1986 said:

I'm guessing here, but the £1200 covered the cost of a courtesy car, while the freelander that he bought for £3200, was being worked on.

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spot on :0) they charge £6.50/day + 15p/mile for using their defender while mine was worked on

sounds like a good price actually

some people are charging that alone for a waxoyl!!!

and all that oiland filter stuff is important...diffs, gearboxes and fuel pumps are pricey!

You could have done it yourself for less than £600 but if you don't mind paying someone £600 to do it for you then its a good deal.

My experience is that Land Rovers are one of the cheapest vehicles to maintain if you DIY. The dearest bit is the coupling at about £350 the rest is arse pocket money and a fair bit of crawling around on the floor.

You will be lucky if there's £40s worth of Waxoyl on her and 1/2 hour with a spray ! £1200, gosh I'm in the wrong business ;-)

Paul

Harleydee said:

You could have done it yourself for less than £600 but if you don't mind paying someone £600 to do it for you then its a good deal.

My experience is that Land Rovers are one of the cheapest vehicles to maintain if you DIY. The dearest bit is the coupling at about £350 the rest is arse pocket money and a fair bit of crawling around on the floor.

You will be lucky if there's £40s worth of Waxoyl on her and 1/2 hour with a spray ! £1200, gosh I'm in the wrong business ;-)

Paul

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VC £370
VC Carriage £10
VC Bearings £68 each
Fuel Pump £130
Steam and Waxoyl £150
Diff Seal £8
fuel filter £14
Labour £157,
VAT £200
hire Car charges £65
Syntrax oils £30

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The Robin Pratt, my dad used to work with a guy of that unfortunate name !!

VC Bearings £30 a pair
LAND ROVER FREELANDER VISCOUS COUPLING CENTRE BEARINGS on eBay (end time 25-Jan-11 09:25:18 GMT)

OR VC Including new bearings etc £295

LAND ROVER FREELANDER VISCOUS COUPLING 1.8 2.0 TD4 DERV on eBay (end time 24-Jan-11 17:10:03 GMT)

Waxoil and spray gun kit £32.50 ( enough for the Freelander or another tin for £18)

WAXOYL under body wax sealant 2.5lt Sprayer kit CLEAR on eBay (end time 24-Jan-11 21:06:27 GMT)

TD4 Fuel Pump £60

LANDROVER FREELANDER 2.0 TD4 BRAND NEW DIESEL FUEL PUMP on eBay (end time 06-Feb-11 13:22:00 GMT)

All including vat

um, I personally opted for OEM parts-I don't mind paying for quality :0)

my fault really-I didn't want pattern / copies..I guess you pay for it...cheaper than dealer quoted by a long way thkigh' !! robbing truckers!

I have been in the motor engineering business for 35 years and done land rovers for 14 years, You'll probably find that these bits are Britpart who supply most of the the OEM stuff, you can always ask before buying or get direct from Britpart at these prices. OEM only means who gives the dealer the best price, Land Rover don't make anything now, emperors clothes and all that and certainly the private garages will go for the cheaper NON Britpart bits that the motor factors often get, at least if you do it yourself you know what you have fitted, of course dependent on an individuals ability. Still, water under the bridge now.

Bearmach

Britpart will leave you ****ed and deserted