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4 good axle stands sounds like a good plan. A garage had to be used. The amount of welding, fabrication and paint need is simply beyond me and my skill level. Brake pipes also are beyond me. Given the fuel tank had to come of or be dropped that means a proper lift. Cv joints were sized in the...

Its all done now. My these cars are expensive. Not sure if I could have bought a better or if the better would have emptied my wallet in other ways. All faults have been fixed. That is air suspension, new brake lines, front cv joints, front ball joints, full service including all transmission...

With mine the issue was a failed pump and two height sensors. The symptoms were the same as yours. The garage simply connected the diagnostics kit to the car and vola they just fixed it. Since there are so many systems interconnected a fault in other unrelated systems can stop the air...

Paid another big bill. That's it wallet emptied.

In our garage is over 20 bicycles. Some of them i have to store at my shop. I have a bit of a problem. You can fit a car in it so i never bothered.

Yes they know what they are doing and know what steel is used in these cars. The owner has a l322 and they work on cars. Modern fords use boron steels as do so many other like jags, LR's, audis e.t.c so it pretty common and they will be aware. Your post may come across by some as a bit...

I hope yours get fixed so it does not go again. I dont think the price you have been quoted is unfair. Theres alot of work to do. Out of interest how is old is your car. Mine 2004. I have seen similar rot on 2009 cars. Now i have had a good look under mine there are lots of areas where rust...

Mine is going in similar places. The back third of the sills on mine are rotting. Rear door shuts are £70 got those ordered. Ill let you know how much it ends up costing me. M & J in acton are doing the work. I think its worth doing before the rot spreads.

Its all well and good having a fault code reader but if you dont know how to address the problems or address them badly then your no better off. I might buy one anyway as there is only one way to learn but i personally will be handing the work over to keith as he a better car mechanic than i...

Fix whats broken and worn rather than replacing things because they might break. Thats been my way of running old cars which i have done for nearly 20 years now. We have bought an 04 l322 for the same reason. Touring but with a caravan. Those bmw m62 v8 are quite reliable if maintained. Change...

I took it to a specialist and there fault code reader could not talk to the uspension ecu. after an hour and half i left without any idea what the problem was. Then i popped it in to my usual garage that has maintained my e34 bmw for a number of years, to get the brakes sorted. No rear pads...

I pulled up at a localish specialist last friday to be told they don't take bookings on fridays. You can't even blame that on suffolk time this one was in essex. Air suspension inactive is all i know. Without a fault code reader it hard to say. There is no other fault code appearing on the...

Not rich. The arch panels for example are quite cheap. It mostly time that required. How much will depend on how far the rust has got. So its better sorted now before it gets worse over winter. Likewise all the mot advisories need addressing now before they become bigger problems. There is the...

Sounds like too much trouble and expense. Done without dab so far i think ill manage for a while longer. I think i will just get the update disc.

Its going in next month to a local garage and the body shop next door for a bunch of work including the mot stuff and a full service. As for the dealer i dont take it to a dealer but the dealers are the only people who have reconditioned instrument clusters and faf nav screens as far as i...

Given the L322 computer screen is there any way to add DAB radio and the ability to stream through the system. There are hints of threads that satnav/radio unit from later ranges can be used or one from an X5. Not sure what actually involved though. In fact is updating the maps on the...

Moved This week we bought this L322 with a v8 from 2004. We thought it will be a holiday car only. No used it nearly every day so far. It addictive. Its been "essexed". It will be "Suffolked" in time. Yes wifey approved. It was her idea mostly. Shes a petrol sniffer i think. It not problem...

There is also a dash related question in there. Probably best in other section. Too late now.

Last week i bought this L322 with a v8 from 2004. We thought it will be a holiday car only. No used it nearly every day so far. It addictive. Its been "essexed". It will be "Suffolked" in time. It not problem free but it drives very well. Air suspension inactive. Well i am prepared for the...