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bukko · Mar 28, 2021

I'm thinking of buying a Defender that needs the rear main seal replacing (allegedly) - bit beyond my facilities and skill so I thought I'd get some quotes first.
I had a local indie LR shop in mind for the work. Bit late in the day so I thought I'd ask on their FB page for some kind of quote.

Me: "Hi, could you give me a quote for replacing the rear main seal on a 2008 Puma Defender please? Thanks"
Them: "No"

Now - I get that this could be tricky as they are probably asked to do things all the time that turn out to be something else - but really? Seems like a standard piece of work so they could have said "if it's just that, then x amount..." etc.

Fair enough. There are plenty of others places out there.

Marmaduke · Mar 28, 2021

bukko said:
I'm thinking of buying a Defender that needs the rear main seal replacing (allegedly) - bit beyond my facilities and skill so I thought I'd get some quotes first.
I had a local indie LR shop in mind for the work. Bit late in the day so I thought I'd ask on their FB page for some kind of quote.

Me: "Hi, could you give me a quote for replacing the rear main seal on a 2008 Puma Defender please? Thanks"
Them: "No"

Now - I get that this could be tricky as they are probably asked to do things all the time that turn out to be something else - but really? Seems like a standard piece of work so they could have said "if it's just that, then x amount..." etc.

Fair enough. There are plenty of others places out there.

It's probably more of a money earner to do other jobs instead. That's a shed load of labour for a 5 quid part

bukko · Mar 28, 2021

Marmaduke said:
It's probably more of a money earner to do other jobs instead. That's a shed load of labour for a 5 quid part

Plus £60 an hour labour (or whatever the indie rate is these days).
If he'd have just said "That's 2 days labour, so £1000 plus parts", I'd have been cool with that as the car is a cheap buy because of that and a turbo issue.
I'd expect to be spending a few grand on it.

tottot · Mar 28, 2021

It is the time / labour to get in there that's the problem. And given that cost one may as well renew the clutch, clutch fork, release bearing, and slave at minimum. Being a Puma I would be looking at the gearbox output shaft as well.

bukko · Mar 28, 2021

tottot said:
It is the time / labour to get in there that's the problem. And given that cost one may as well renew the clutch, clutch fork, release bearing, and slave at minimum. Being a Puma I would be looking at the gearbox output shaft as well.

That's possibly true but I need a quote so I can negotiate with the seller if needs be. Seems cheap as it is though, to be fair.
Thanks btw - all good info.
Will just have to shop around.

tottot · Mar 28, 2021

You should have a good look at it, may be something else that is leaking and oil is just ending up at the bottom.

bukko · Mar 28, 2021

tottot said:
You should have a good look at it, may be something else that is leaking and oil is just ending up at the bottom.

Also very true. Thanks

lightning · Mar 28, 2021

Try calling Hallam Brothers in Hayfield Derbyshire on 0166374 3266
they specialise in Defenders including the Puma, they will almost certainly give you a quote and won't chuff you off like the other place you tried.
They will likely be too far from you, but they won't mind giving you a quote and then at least you'll have an idea.

Obviously if it's the crankshaft seal that's leaking, as already said it may be something else.

Alternatively buy a TD5 Defender as they are better.

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