Went to Elstree in a Volvo V40 -- hmmm, well it does what it says on the tin... Last week had a call from the workshop to say all's well with my RR, so down to collect by Volvo V40, not chancing BR again -- look what happened last time... Parked up and met with a £400 bill inc VAT for...

It drives so well -- when it drives that is. Seller says has done timing belt tensioner, re-built suspension pump (it goes up and down correctly) and has Prinz LPG, not to mention the new tyres and came with a year's MOT (now three months of which is wasted) So am persevering for the present...

There's BBS Reman's one. That's marked up on their site as for a '51MY. And there's this second hand one that seller says in his advert comes from an '03MY. Both petrol. I've messaged him but eBait's board won't send the message as it considers I'm "trying to deal outside of eBay." As if I'd...

Aha! Excellent reply with pix even! So I think I'll wait for BBA Reman to reply next week. It's not as if driving a volvo V40's that bad :oops: Did you mean that if the ABS ECU had come from a diesel then it would have to be re-programed? Or that coz it's from another car it'd have to be...

Thanks for the commiserations. Sister says I'll be fit to face charges in two to three months Mr Fixit says that NSF ABS speed sensor had been out before as there's fresh grease around the threads Can the ABS ECU module be changed out without changing out the pump too? BBA Reman say on their...

So, oft down to Farnham we go courtesy of Great Western Trains £11 single (from Zone 6 boundary courtesy of Mayor of London i e my taxes) Collected from said station by intrepid Range Rover Mr Fixit in my Range Rover, yeth mathter. It liveths...o_O And away we go to Alton -- pull up at country...

I'm going down on Thursday, driving it back to civilisation then. Now getting to the state of Basil Fawlty in the road whipping his Morris 1100 with a branch off a nearby tree :confused:

Now that procedure for protection of transfer box I do like. So someone had presumably left fuse 37 in? Will also enquire on Thursday. Not too sure about moving all the Prinz stuff around then and it causing start Oh well, we'll find out on Thursday. My money's on the "EWS immobiliser to...

I've since had an invoice from the replacement workshop (down in Farnham BTW) that says: "Investigate problems with steering lock... <as I'd described previously> Secured the lock solenoid to stop its movement" Hmmm. Welp, a fix that does allow solenoid movement isn't a fix in my book...

With the repaired steering column lock re-installed I was called to collect. But not before the same fault occured yet again. After some tooing and froeing between the workshop and BBA Reman I was left with demands to pay a £1,200-odd bill (with XYZ switch a so-called "new" one. I objected...

And as repaired by BBA Reman (helpful lot BTW) and returned to workshop I'm assuming the solenoid that gives up by reason of the armature magnets disintegrating is the one at the extreme RHS with the "NH" seal sticker over its end plate? So it's the nut at the end that comes in and out? Or...

Thanks again. I can do / reach into the fuse box OK. And from Rave have the circuit and the notes you kindly uploaded. If this Landy guy's as good (by having seen other RRs there in and out when this new shop picked up work on a classic XJ6 series I'm just getting restore finalised in the...

Thanks for coming back. Yes, both fobs' batteries were changed. The workshop found one key would retrain, while the other would not. But strangely I found both would manually perform unlock. At the workshop when initially starting after re-install of the repaired Steering Column Lock...

That's very helpful. I did have a look in Rave quickly but then heard that it was starting. And the rest is as original fault again. I've got another shop that's got experience as Jag & Land (my next nearest BTW) couldn't take in for some weeks. It's going down on Tuesday so I'm hopeful ...

Yes, it's already been taken out and sent over to BBA Reman in Rochester. They re-built it, I've been told that the steering lock magnets were "done" and I collected it from their Rochester plant and took it back to workshop. Workshop re-fitted it finding that it did work (car started) but...

Just had this from the workshop following being told by JLR that there's no stock of new steering column units: "I have confirmed with Land Rover again just now that they do indeed have stock at factory the retail price of this part is £4,098.89 plus VAT." Seems JLR has joined the rip-off...

No, the Fuse 18 trick wasn't working before. And the whole assembly's not working now according to the assessor who attended the workshop -- it's just back to three clicks again. I didn't get from him (and he doesn't say in his report) that the ignition key moves past 10º either i.e. into the...

Meanwhile, back at the funny farm... The Steering Column Lock repaired by BBA Reman was collected by me (met the technician who did the work, nice people BTW) and re-installed into the car by the workshop. I didn't hang about -- used to hate it when I had someone hanging over my shoulder when...

No it should'nt. That should've read 8th April

Bought meself a Volvo P40 at auction -- goes like stink quite surprised as it doesn't look that sort of car... Collected from BBA Reman a week ago last Friday and delivered back to workshop. Workshop re-fitted last Monday week, called to say my car's ready. Then added in email "you'll have...