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carbore:
I seem to remember my old next door neighbour, who was a back street mechanic, saying he diddnt do Freelanders. I think they have a lot of problems Re HGF's, partly becuse a lot of people dont understand why they HGF in the first place so dont fix root cause. Also the VCU stuff is a bit of a black art so again they end up with grumbly owners who dont accept the costs.
Also A lot of freelanders get abused as people think they can drive them like hatchbacks, my LR dealer once commented on how good my brakes looked after 40k miles as most people had trashed them.
Gordo:
--- Quote from: dxmedia on July 27, 2009, 17:47:54 ---Just a pita to work on. Other minor things like the head gaskets being a service item on the 1.8's
Not the kinda car you want coming in on a regular basis since once a reputation is built up then all the pig jobs (jammed torque convertor, head gasket, that problem with the bushes at the rear end) start to come through.
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From what I've done so far, they're pretty easy to work on - my problem here is not being able to get it up high enough.
But each to their own, I suppose. It's good to hear that garages have too much work - economy must be picking up.
richo:
Did you try Rj landrovers at Sawtry
Gordo:
--- Quote from: richo on July 27, 2009, 21:59:44 ---Did you try Rj landrovers at Sawtry
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No - I'm still waiting for them to sort out something from a couple of months ago and don't want to complicate things.
Little-Green-Machine:
The only difficult thing is the rear bushes,
the diff and the props are easy unless the viscous unit is seized onto the shafts which can be solved with fire and lots of it :twisted:
i suppose usual newish landies need specialist tools so they think Freelanders are the same?
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