A series 3 land rover perhaps ?

any way at £2900 that Disco was surely too good to be true.


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes




"Andrew Cooke" <andrew.cooke4@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:dmetoo$hls$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
> Not until I picked up a 1995-M Disco 300TDi!! Checked it out and all
seemed
> well, FSH bit of rust but very minor, drove OK seemed a bargain at £2900.
>
> Then........
>
> Seized Diff Lock selector
> Knackered rear door latch
> Heater only blowing cold-lukewarm
>
> = Service & Cambelt & 2 Tyres + MOT + temp sender = £605
>
> Then.....
>
> Breaks down on the A64, water pump spewing water and coolant = RAC
recovery
>
> Now in at land Rover dealer to try and sort the overheating
> engine/underheating cabin, difflock and rear door latch as other non LR
> garage hadn't a clue)
>
>
> I am starting to think the unthinkable and swap it for a Jap of some sort
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> :-(
>
>


 
People are always saying to me, why don't I get rid of my landie and get
something a bit cheaper and more comfortable to run, but at the end of the
day you get what you pay for and there are no real bargains out there.

I could have spent twice as much, and still end up with a heap of rust. My
landie with a replacement engine is going to be around for some time yet,
never mind there is always something that needs doing for the MOT.



--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes

believe in the laws of mathematics"




"Austin Shackles" <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote in message
news:nm4mo1pn0bo4rpghr32ieliakcf8lugrj7@4ax.com...
> On or around Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:38:48 +0000 (UTC), "Andrew Cooke"
> <andrew.cooke4@btinternet.com> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >Not until I picked up a 1995-M Disco 300TDi!! Checked it out and all
seemed
> >well, FSH bit of rust but very minor, drove OK seemed a bargain at £2900.
> >
> >Then........
>
> [snip]
>
> bummer, but then again, a 10-year-old jap 4x4 could have simialr problems
> and cost you a mint in parts to put right...
>
> chap I know bought a 93 toyota surf thing, Just spent big moolah on
getting
> the head gasket and head sorted...
>
>
> LR dealers are expensive. Hunt a decent independent who knows LRs, there
> are quite a few about.
>
> What area are you in?


 
On or around Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:54:17 +0000, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:30:33 +0000, "Paul S. Brown"
><usenet060103@geekstuff.tv> wrote:
>
>>Question is, does he actually have any available time with all the
>>101ers in Yorkshire monopolising him?
>
>You'll have a bit of a wait for anything unusual - and need to book at
>least 4 weeks in advance for general stuff. Can't even get my own in
>by jumping the queue :-(
>
>Do give me a shout if you're thinking of visiting The Warren. I'm
>only 50 yards away and always have good coffee brewing :)

That's if you're not there anyway :)
 
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:01:52 +0000, Austin Shackles
<austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote:

>>Do give me a shout if you're thinking of visiting The Warren. I'm
>>only 50 yards away and always have good coffee brewing :)
>
>That's if you're not there anyway :)

Que?

 
If they are still there, the two er, mature gentlemen who ran the garage
near the Abundant Life Church, in (I think) Wapping Road, Bradford 3 were,
in my experience, very helpful, competent and straight. But I moved away
from W.Yorks in 2000, and they may have retired by now.

TFP


 
On or around Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:38:34 +0000, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:01:52 +0000, Austin Shackles
><austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote:
>
>>>Do give me a shout if you're thinking of visiting The Warren. I'm
>>>only 50 yards away and always have good coffee brewing :)
>>
>>That's if you're not there anyway :)
>
>Que?

at Warren's.
 
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:48:47 GMT, "TFP" <me@here.com> wrote:

>But I moved away from W.Yorks in 2000, and they may have retired by now.

Quality engineers never retire. They just get a little rusty...

 
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:51:14 +0000, Austin Shackles
<austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote:

>>>>Do give me a shout if you're thinking of visiting The Warren. I'm
>>>>only 50 yards away and always have good coffee brewing :)
>>>
>>>That's if you're not there anyway :)
>>
>>Que?
>
>at Warren's.

Ah, I see wot ya mean... :)

 
TFP wrote:
> If they are still there, the two er, mature gentlemen who ran the
> garage near the Abundant Life Church, in (I think) Wapping Road,
> Bradford 3 were, in my experience, very helpful, competent and
> straight. But I moved away from W.Yorks in 2000, and they may have
> retired by now.
> TFP

VERY expensive though. Mainly into S vehicles & Defenders etc.

--
Subaru WRX
Range Rover LSE (Bob)

'"gimme the f*ckin' money"


 


> Drive/ have it relay'd to me in Morayshire, North Scotland, I'll do the
head
> gasket for a fraction of that!! (Last one I did cost the bloke £150, with
a
> new set of bolts as well.) Oh, and the water pump gasket I'll replace at
the
> same time for another tenner!!!
> Let's face it, what they're ripping you off in labour would more than
cover
> your fuel and accommodation......
>
> Badger.
>
>

Well said that man! Sounds like there's honest garages up north as well.
But they might be just guessing where the water's coming from, might be 'P'
gasket in which case you'd be a tenner out of pocket ;-)

Martin


 
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:56:00 +0000 (UTC), "Andrew Cooke"
<andrew.cooke4@btinternet.com> wrote:

>Just spoke to dealer, diff lock mechanism is seized up and might need
>replacing and door latch is shot, £150, can live with that.
>
>Coolant leak is a water pump gasket at £15 + £200 labour, ouch! Worse still,
>they reckon something nasty is causing it, e.g. head gasket, if this is the
>case they reckon £800-900 at which point I will be looking for a discreet
>arsonist! or more likely a decent lawyer to sue the trader that sold me it
>last Monday!
>
>A.
>

www.wgbautos.co.uk

Get it recovered there if you have to - you'll save money and get the
job done properly. £900 for a head gasket? That ought to include a
new head!





--
Tim Hobbs
 
"Tim Hobbs" <tim@spam.com> wrote in message
news:0jano19n75euufs9q740sfucag6k6mg4gb@4ax.com...
>
> www.wgbautos.co.uk
>
> Get it recovered there if you have to - you'll save money and get the
> job done properly. £900 for a head gasket? That ought to include a
> new head!

You will have to get in quick, I've just started Extradition proceedings to
get Warren Based in North Staffordshire.

;-)

Lee D
--
www.lrproject.com



 
"Nige" <nigel.inceBUGGEROFF@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:3v1442F13lc7sU1@individual.net...
>> i'M TAKING MY lANDIE IN THIS WEEK FOR THE REAR CROSSMEMBER REPLACING,
>> THEY DO SEEM TO KNOW LANDIES. i PRESUME YOU MEAN 'tHE dICOVERY CENTRE'
>
> WTF!

LOL.. that's impressive! You need to take more water with it though ;)

Lee D


 
On or around Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:12:02 +0000, Tim Hobbs <tim@spam.com>
enlightened us thusly:

>
>Get it recovered there if you have to - you'll save money and get the
>job done properly. £900 for a head gasket? That ought to include a
>new head!

yebbut, main dealers, innit.

They tried to charge us 350 quid to change a 300 TDi vacuum pump - same
pump, retail, delivered in a hurry, cost me 109 quid, so I doubt it costs
the dealer more then about 60, and when I say same pump I mean it, same
make, not a cheap copy (just a cheap crappy pump)

So that makes a minimum of 250 quid for labour - and that's a job which
you'd have a hard time making it take more than half an hour from driving
the vehicle into the shop to driving out again.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
In Touch: Get in touch with yourself by touching yourself.
If somebody is watching, stop touching yourself.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.
 
In message <k8aoo1hmlsqlaqukoh6ndc85r9t2o03tl7@4ax.com>
Austin Shackles <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote:

> On or around Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:12:02 +0000, Tim Hobbs <tim@spam.com>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >
> >Get it recovered there if you have to - you'll save money and get the
> >job done properly. £900 for a head gasket? That ought to include a
> >new head!
>
> yebbut, main dealers, innit.
>
> They tried to charge us 350 quid to change a 300 TDi vacuum pump - same
> pump, retail, delivered in a hurry, cost me 109 quid, so I doubt it costs
> the dealer more then about 60, and when I say same pump I mean it, same
> make, not a cheap copy (just a cheap crappy pump)
>
> So that makes a minimum of 250 quid for labour - and that's a job which
> you'd have a hard time making it take more than half an hour from driving
> the vehicle into the shop to driving out again.

In fairness, the Genune Parts pump is currently £259.81 + VAT

Richard
--
www.beamends-lrspares.co.uk sales@beamends-lrspares.co.uk
Running a business in a Microsoft free environment - it can be done
Powered by Risc-OS - you won't get a virus from us!!
Boycott the Yorkshire Dales - No Play, No Pay
 
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:54:17 +0000, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:30:33 +0000, "Paul S. Brown"
><usenet060103@geekstuff.tv> wrote:
>
>>Question is, does he actually have any available time with all the
>>101ers in Yorkshire monopolising him?
>
>You'll have a bit of a wait for anything unusual - and need to book at
>least 4 weeks in advance for general stuff. Can't even get my own in
>by jumping the queue :-(
>
>Do give me a shout if you're thinking of visiting The Warren. I'm
>only 50 yards away and always have good coffee brewing :)

'tis good coffee indeed!
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Financial Director
101 Ambi, undergoing camper conversion www.simoni.co.uk
1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
 
On or around Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:56:07 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
<beamendsltd@btconnect.com> enlightened us thusly:

>In message <k8aoo1hmlsqlaqukoh6ndc85r9t2o03tl7@4ax.com>
> Austin Shackles <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote:
>
>> On or around Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:12:02 +0000, Tim Hobbs <tim@spam.com>
>> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>> >
>> >Get it recovered there if you have to - you'll save money and get the
>> >job done properly. £900 for a head gasket? That ought to include a
>> >new head!
>>
>> yebbut, main dealers, innit.
>>
>> They tried to charge us 350 quid to change a 300 TDi vacuum pump - same
>> pump, retail, delivered in a hurry, cost me 109 quid, so I doubt it costs
>> the dealer more then about 60, and when I say same pump I mean it, same
>> make, not a cheap copy (just a cheap crappy pump)
>>
>> So that makes a minimum of 250 quid for labour - and that's a job which
>> you'd have a hard time making it take more than half an hour from driving
>> the vehicle into the shop to driving out again.
>
>In fairness, the Genune Parts pump is currently £259.81 + VAT

maybe so, in which case they're ripping off for the pump itself as well as
labour. The pump on the vehicle was AFAIK the original, and the replacement
from Paddock was the exact same unit.

I understand the rationale behind the 70+ quid per hour labour charges,
about the overheads and so on. What I don't see is paying 100% or more over
the odds for the same parts. OK, *some* genuine parts are different, and
may be higher quality. But not in this case.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero" (sieze today, and put
as little trust as you can in tomorrow) Horace (65 - 8 BC) Odes, I.xi.8
 

"Larry" <NDA@larry-arnold.cwm> wrote in message
news:dmfor6$vpv$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> A series 3 land rover perhaps ?
>
> any way at £2900 that Disco was surely too good to be true.
>

Landie parts are generally pretty cheap for the size and strength of the
vehicle. Ask someone with a modern sporty type car how much for low profile
tyres, or springs and shocks. Horrendous.
TonyB


 
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