Guest Hooli Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 I did hear Shropshire nhs is calling for owners of 4x4 vehicles to do something with nurses The radio went crackly so I don't know what but I'm on to Steve to get it fixed before it's over The Trust I work for borrows/is loaned a Defender 110 every winter by the local LR dealer to collect staff who can't get to work in the 'terrible' conditions. It does amuse me as there is bugger all need for it & they should be told to turn up or get taken to HR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 The Trust I work for borrows/is loaned a Defender 110 every winter by the local LR dealer to collect staff who can't get to work in the 'terrible' conditions. It does amuse me as there is bugger all need for it & they should be told to turn up or get taken to HR.Spose it's good publicity for the dealer / land rover if nothing else Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Any updates Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk Updates as in it's fitted and I'm driving round with a smile on my face , unfortunately not, it's on a pallet until the weekend, this engine is from a manual so everything has to come off it , something he prefers to to Saturday afternoons so the constant phone ringing and people pulling up "can you just do this" is over. He said he may go in Sunday morning so I might go up and undo some bolts stephen01 and billyboy406v6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Can I just say what a bad idea a thousand pound Range Rover is? Shame it's been such a faff but I admire your perseverance. Fingers crossed this is a good one and your tame mechanic doesn't have too many stresses getting it back in. On the plus side second time around should be a breeze for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 I don't think it was a bad idea, just bad luck, I don't believe anyone lists engines on ebay knowing they're knackered , pay with paypal and ebay will just refund , even if they get a pile of bricks on a pallet back If i'd known how it was going to turn out would I have bought it, no , I took a chance and it didn't work out but as long as I don't end up with more than 3k in a running driving no warning lights on (for the first 100 miles), new gearbox,new suspension Range Rover I'll be happy. Next update will be me driving it with a petrol station shot or a link to a 99p I never want to see it again, don't care if it sells for £40, eBay auction But remember, you're reading a post from a guy that spent 15k on a Peugeot 406 and swapped a RD400 for a burglar alarm in the 80s so this is peanuts compared to my previous monumental fuckups PS I also bought a Maserati with almost 100k on it Sigmund Fraud, DeeJay, drum and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Are you Mentor for Kiltox? Supernaut, The Reverend Bluejeans, Kiltox and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I also bought a Maserati with almost 100k on it How did that get to 100k?That must include the miles done on the back of the breakdown truck surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Joking apart, I have great regard for these blokes.He who never made a mistake never did anything and all that. First thing they taught me at BAe. If you make a mistake own up, there's nothing that can't be put right.Better done here than at 30,000 ft. Timewaster, CreepingJesus, Sheefag and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 How did that get to 100k?That must include the miles done on the back of the breakdown truck surely?It's got a long way to go yet https://jalopnik.com/at-12-900-would-you-just-tape-over-the-odometer-on-th-1821080083 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I think you have balls going for a modernist Rangie with a crispy ducked engine. This is the sort of thing I used to do when I was a lad and had the time. Motorbikes, Cars, forever buying some clapped out shite and making it non-shite with second hand stuff. Nearest I got recently was a couple of years ago. My lad snapped the main shaft in his Fiesta ST. Senondand boxes were IMHO too much money. So I bought one for £75 with a cracked case and took the intervals out and put them into his good case, job done, took a chance and it worked out. You were just unlucky but you will get there in the end. Do get us some piccys though if you are up with the spanner an this weekend Wack, jumpingjehovahs and tooSavvy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 IT'S ALIVE Just got a phone call , I can go and collect it tomorrow, sounds great, no smoke , goes really well though he's only been round the block in it , just insured and taxed it I had a policy running on the Maserati but it's SORN , to change to the RR they wanted £150 until the policy end in august but for a full year on a new policy it's the same price , ie £260 refund plus £150 £410 I'd forgot the Maserati is only insured for me so added my wife on, but the recent shunt from behind is going to complicate things, I was driving on her policy I'm on hold for ages then he comes back, adding your wife has opened up a few more quotes, cost to change with your company has stayed the same but with a different company we can either do a refund of £260 and you pay £3.50 so £263.50 for a year or you can take a new policy out for £263.50 for the year so much for declaring a bump increasing the insurance expect a petrol station shot sometime tomorrow decision now is whether I can be bothered to make the 150 mile round trip to get my £200 back on the knackered engine or whether I just strip it and sell the working bits on ebay Rave, richardmorris, SiC and 36 others 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Finally! Hats off to that mechanic. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Hurrah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 Not told me how much yet though , he's going to Spain for a week over Christmas, I don't think the drinks bill will be worrying him tapir, Kiltox, dome and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 "Honey you know that private helicopter you always wanted".... CreepingJesus, stephen01 and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 You've not seen his garage, if you imagine that porcelain tiled spotless workshop with every tool on a painted silhouette on the wall and somebody with a soft brush constantly cleaning Think the polar opposite stephen01, Rusty_Rocket, Rave and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 They tend to be the ones with rolls of notes for toilet paper. CreepingJesus and Kiltox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 They tend to be the ones with rolls of notes for toilet paper. he does OK but when I drive in the yard and see him at 56 years old laying under an Iveco outside because it's too big to go in the workshop with a gearbox in his hands and it's horizontal sleet , I turn the heater up another notch on my van The Reverend Bluejeans, stephen01, Al Bundy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 I did a Discovery gearbox in those conditions once, I was in my 20s & don't fancy doing it again. Wack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 Currently on virgin's finest dome, Dave_Q, pilninggas and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 The Thousand Pound Range Rover is surely a better idea than £182,059 for an RANGE ROVER 5.0 V8 AUTOBIOGRAPHY MODIFIED BY OVERFINCHList Price £182,059Now £169,990 Rusty_Rocket and Wack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 I couldn't imagine spending that on a car , even if I'd won 20m on the lottery I'd be playing the dealers off against each other , a guy on another forum worked for a company that made interior plastics , he said the difference in price between run of the mill cars and luxury was very little Profit margins must be very high as most cars these days have what luxury cars had in them 20 years ago If that was closer I'd be interested https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F152834175741 Preston station Sigmund Fraud and Eddie Honda 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 You've not seen his garage, if you imagine that porcelain tiled spotless workshop with every tool on a painted silhouette on the wall and somebody with a soft brush constantly cleaning Think the polar oppositeBut, he's proved he can do the business, especially on this project, in fact, you've inspired me to do something similar in the near future as I've had a massive chod clearly these last few weeks, a decent project won't go amiss (post Xmas of course). Great effort fair play. I always used to laugh at these idiots that day they won't take their car to a place that's not kept immaculate, ok perhaps on a brand new range rover where there's one person paid to simply clean the workshop but in the real world of garage ownership sheet bills need to be met weekly, wages paid etc is not always practicable to have a deep clean every week/month let alone day. I'd say if the garage you're taking it to is that immaculate and your a shite owner expecting a cheap price you maybe disappointed. Looking forward to the drive home updates !!!! Wack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 he does OK but when I drive in the yard and see him at 56 years old laying under an Iveco outside because it's too big to go in the workshop with a gearbox in his hands and it's horizontal sleet , I turn the heater up another notch on my van I've always said a good mechanic is one of the most underpaid and under appreciated tradesmen. I wouldn't do it for a living. HarmonicCheeseburger, Wack, Sigmund Fraud and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 Looking forward to the drive home updates !!!!Oh yes , there's an update Drove it to Costco at haydock , I pulled into the car park and the check coolant bong came on , oh fuck I pull up to see it bleeding green all out the front The RAD hoses are a bloody stupid clip on design , one must've been pushed in but not clicked , the big speed bumps did for it and it fell off So , 30 miles and the indignity of the AA man following me home Didn't get hot so it's ok , sounds sweet , everything works including the heated seats and I love it It's like sitting in a 70mph armchair Bad news was I put £50 in it and it didn't make it 1/2 way up the fuel gauge , no petrol station shot as the AA man was waiting for me I did have time to go in costco and buy some cleaning products so used the time wisely dome, Dirk Diggler, mercedade and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Got a picture of it yet? HarmonicCheeseburger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 I do stephen01, loserone, Isaac Hunt and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 That's horrible, top commitment! Wack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 That's fantastic for the cost, no excuse for Kiltox not to get one now... The Moog, Kiltox and Wack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 That's fantastic for the cost, no excuse for Kiltox not to get one now... There is, this one runs ok. Kiltox, CreepingJesus, Wack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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