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End of the line :-( (or not?!)
Mad Max 3:
Hi Gordon, don,t know if it is any help but if you can get the landy to Pauls barn I am sure we could sort out most of it for you and you can pick it up when its done.
On the other hand you do sound as if you have reached the point of giving up. This does happen often and to some of us more often than others :wink: . We all know that running a landie of any description is not cheap(fuel costs), they all need jobs doing,( all the time) :evil: parts are cheap enough but labour is not. Couple this with other nagging none MOT problems and a garage that sound as if they are short of work (HOLIDAY SEASON IS UPON THEM!!) and you can get really miffed off. If you can put up with the train for a while and can fund the bits that need replacing than we can have you back off the road (pun) in no time.
I do have some rangie power steering bits (and thay are all the same) I also might have the wheel barings and definatly have a steering damper laid about some where. All it will cost you is a 24 pack of Carlsberg.
The engine smoke though is either a fouled injector or a heater plug a very common problem on 300 tdi's and as long as the smoke is black this is all it will probobly be. The coolant leak is more likely the P gasket and this would be about £90 at a garage ie Joe Edwards. Gearbox though you are on your own I don't know much about them, I might hazard a guess or two if and when I see you. I could though also lend you an es9000 till your new on turns up as I happen to have a set that I wont be using for a while.
All said you do have to bear in mind though you will probably have a list as long next year, its how land rovers are and the way we drive them,
let me know Ian
wont bother again, it would have been polite to say no thankyou but to just ignore is rude in anyones book[b][/b]
gords:
A Big Thank You to Neal (beast5680) for helping me with the wheel bearings today :D (plus a few other bits)
We also managed, against all odds, to clip the brake lines back into their holders on the axle - so that's another job off the list :lol:
The steering damper has been replaced. The ABS issue should also be cleared now the bearings are sorted. The defective horn has been removed (leaving the other working one). The rear shock has been removed pending the arrival of the (free) replacement.
The handbrake shoes have magically worn themselves away in a very short period of time :? a new set will be on order tomorrow.
The rear number plate bulb possibly does not work ... it's also possibly due to the fact that the holder has almost disintegrated :shock: Something else for the shopping list!
So, that just leaves the steering box ... a job for another day.
If anyone has a left hand horn or a number plate bulb holder, let me know :)
beast5680:
Glad to have been of assistance Gordon :D
gords:
Well, out of the blue, the replacement shock turned up today :shock: That was a quick 2 - 3 weeks :roll:
I'm getting worried ... things are going far too well ... ooh I shouldn't have said that ... poop, I already have :lol:
Jake:
--- Quote from: "Hannibal Smith" ---I love it when a plan comes together
--- End quote ---
Indeed
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