krissvdh

I doubt that was the dealers idea of a fix, more an attempt to diagnose. If it is an intermitant fault and you cannot replicate it how can you find and fix it? If it were a transit i would say it was a software problem. Likely solved by an update. But hey... thats a transit.

i don't think £25k is quite right. I hope this link works... Snap On Stupidity check out pages 3/4. or print them off and stick them together. Our Snap On dealer left this flyer on our stores counter and was almost laughed out of the building. about £16k + vat he reckons for the one on pg3/4 "Mr Big" is in there too.

i was 25 driving a 110 300tdi half overland prepared, fully comp £356 but with maxed out £600 excess. that was with norwich union until the landy got nicked with more security on it than a security shop. They payed out more than we were expecting too. Nfu insure my farm atv, I could drive two 110's for the cost of that...

I can see what you are saying but the information and tools bought on a compulsary basis are provided by the manufacturer to the dealership. When the rules change back it will be like returning the patent on a product or copyright on a book. You wouldn't have people taking money from you if you had spent millions of pounds on writing manuals and programs for diagnostic equipment. The fact that the manufacturer is putting more electronics into the vehicle and systems that are traditionally unservicable by your average mechanic is not to keep cards behind thier back it is because of ever increasing standards impressed upon them by people in the general public who demand such things. Take for example the new systems on Ford Smax & Galaxy. The information and technical repair manuals are out there for all to see. Three times in the last three weeks our local independant has recovered vehicles to us. Each time they had tried to jump start the vehicle. Each time frying the PCM, All because they don't look. Who has to fix it? either way the customer still has to pay. I guess i am lucky in the fact that our dealership labour rate is so cheap we can compete with our local independants. From the dealer side of things block exemption gave us a real headache. Tesco can sell you a brand spanking new defender but can they fix it? Sorry to rant but dealerships are under so much pressure from both the customer and the manufacturer. We have to buy the tools, all of them, even if we use it only once in 5 years. We have to pay for the software updates or our warranty claims are invalid. We have to constantly train and update workshop qualifications at huge cost to keep up the so called dealer standards. And we have to stay in the market by keeping our labour prices down. If Fred is authorised by the manufacturer to do the work then they too must have the appropriately trained and equiped workshop, good luck to them in that case. I know my local independant Landrover place is spot on.

Hey some of us guys who work in dealerships can use stethoscope's as well you know! This is only about the release of technical information and technology to the "Fred In The Shed".

If you have a friendly local snap on dealer, blue point (Snap on's budget range) have a new set of digital torque wrenches out at the moment. Competitively priced as well, about £85 for a 60nm - 200nm IIRC. I will double check the flyer if i still have it.

The fuel cut off switch hidden somewhere is a great idea, but as i found out if they want it they will take it... Mine had a clutch claw, a steering wheel clamp, one of those things the council puts on your wheels when you park somewhere you are not supposed to, a large reinforced concrete bollard and no fuel and the thieves still managed to take it from the forecourt of my local landrover place. Gutted. To make matters worse the wife spent the insurance money on our wedding so i am without landy for a while.

www.landrover-allover.com Good luck with your travels!

At the bottom of the page - see defender 98my ...Defender spare wheel

The mounting of the spare wheel on the bonnet was outlawed in 1998. I was researching something last week and came upon that little fact. I will try and find out where i saw it...

We had this sluggish problem when pulling away when we first started using this engine in transit vans, almost like a turbo lag. We had to recalibrate the ECU to rectify the problem. I am suprised LR have not come to the same end to sort this problem. Have you mentioned this to the supplying dealer? I know that things like this are not rectified by most vehicle dealers unless the customer complains because we very rarely make money from warranty work...

Hi Guys, This is my first post here. I am a mechanic by trade (Ford) and i have had everything from Draper, Clarkes and Mac Tools and i now have Snap-On. Although i have a lifetime garantee, Rollers BB's and all i would choose Snap-On every time purely because i use it every day. But! And this is a big But! If you find out from your local garage who your local Snap On man/woman is i can almost certainly say that they will have second hand tool boxes that have been traded in against new ones. These are still garanteed!!! And they are often a mere fraction of what the original 'new' price was. If that still does not work out then the Clarke ones from Machine Mart are also good for the money! Hope this helps. Kris