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dubber72

Member

• Feb 21, 2012

• #1

hi all
well been on here a few weeks posted a hello and also about the 150 miles after private purchase of my freelander TD4 the rear diff exploded. Anyway found a recon diff and new vcu for the freelander. So after getting it all stripped out i had to go back to work. So a local garage was fitting the new parts. So after looking information about why the diff had exploded i found Bell Engineering. So i had a few worries about if i had done any more damage than just the diff. So gave them a call. Now i had never spoken to them before but they took the time to explain and gave me information on what to check great guy and brilliant firm. Now in this day an age not many firms will do this unless you have brought something off them. thanks again Bell Engineering

 

joe27979

Well-Known Member

• Feb 21, 2012

• #2

Thumbs up again for Austen P

 

angeloc

Well-Known Member

• Feb 21, 2012

• #3

Yep great company

 

Singvogel

Well-Known Member

• Feb 21, 2012

• #4

I agree- a very helpful company.
I've spoken to a chap called Ken, as well as Austen's Dad.
All keen to give advice.

Foundry 4X4 in Wales very good too. Steve & Daniel - really nice people.

As dubber said in an earlier post not many companies are like that these days.
You tend to get the 'bum's rush' if your not obviously buying. Sometimes even if you are!

Singvogel.

 

teddywood1

Well-Known Member

• Feb 21, 2012

• #5

I wish I lived near to bells but I am in Stoke-on-trent and we have a simular garage here call landranger servies i think they do nothing but landies

 

markyzs180

Active Member

• Feb 21, 2012

• #6

teddywood1 said:

I wish I lived near to bells but I am in Stoke-on-trent and we have a simular garage here call landranger servies i think they do nothing but landies

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you ain't that far away, m6 then m5 south for a couple of junctions...an hour at the most!!

 

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TRXnMe

Active Member

• Feb 21, 2012

• #7

teddywood1 said:

I wish I lived near to bells but I am in Stoke-on-trent and we have a simular garage here call landranger servies i think they do nothing but landies

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They gave the wife a link to a website to get cheap carriage sorted out, not beinng close to them doesn't mean you can't use them

We now have a spare set of used VCU bearings, the wife couldn't remember if I'd taken them off or not when she spoke to them, so the chucked the best secondhand set they had in the shop in the box when they sent the recon back

I'm very happy with the service, they even explained how everything works to my very, very, non technical wife, so she understands

Sadly not well enough for me to send her under the freelander to refit the VCU and drive train

 

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A.J.M

Active Member

• Feb 22, 2012

• #8

Just off the phone to them, spoke to ken with regards to a whine,

He believes that my ird or main shaft on the gearbox is likely to be at fault.

Nice to speak to people with decent knowledge of the parts and decent customer service, will be asking for my parts to be sent there to be worked on when the car goes into the garage to get sorted.

 

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freelander dnt u love em

New Member

• Feb 22, 2012

• #9

Top gents got my recon VCU from them just after Xmas I follow the advice sheet they sent me on looking after the VCU re tyer pressures etc like an obsessed loon lol.
I was turned over on flea bay twice last year on supposed recon VCU's got very expensive these chaps charge a fair price for a good job.

Now how ever after finaly getting every thing and I mean every thing sorted on the freelander it has started all over again and the passengers side front window has gone tits up £160 notes quoted by my local good garage I have seen after market on google but after getting burnt on flea bay get very twitchy about any thing from the net, any ideas chaps?

 

Last edited: Feb 22, 2012