"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Simon Barr <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>, Simon Atkinson wrote:
>> >
>> > I wonder how much of the 500 quid is servicing costs, and how much
>> > repairs? On a service I would expect service items (consumables) to be
>>
>> Maybe Mr Firth can tell us?
>
> There were always spares to replace on every service. Plus two diffs and
> two swivel hubs to fill with oil because LR can't design an oil seal to
> save their lives.
Oddly, or not, I have never wrecked a LR diff and have never had a leaking
hub seal. This despite owning some six live axle LR's over the years and
owning my remaining 110 pick up from new in 1984.
>
> It's one of the gripes I have with Land Rover. As I said before they are
> far too fragile. My American lump has simply got on with the job, and it
> can crack 110mph on the autobahn when needed as well. I never managed
> anything close in a LR product.
>
I have never found them fragile and I tow more weight and off road more than
most, due to the nature of my business. I do actually cost the vehicles
reasonably diligently and replacements are fairly regular in the suspension
and steering departments. Otherwise they have been fairly reliable. The
average cost of replacements and repairs for the work 110 has averaged
around £700 per year, with costs highest when new tyres, exhausts, and
steering boxes [the bane of a working LR's life] coincide in the same year.
Otherwise, normal servicing costs around £200 per year. Costs are no worse
now than 15 years ago for this vehicle. Some day sooner or later there will
be a major failure, at which point some clear thinking will be needed in
deciding whether to spend or scrap it.
Huw
