Thread: And that's why I do it myself...

Tell me about it... The Original Owner of my Classic had it regularly 'book' -serviced by Barbagallo's, where he bought it from. Understand he had no expenses...so money was no object. Not at $95K purchase price in 1995

Within a few years of selling it to the 2nd owner, it had an aftermarket radiator core installed... who had it 'serviced' by a small business, but not a LR specialist.
I bought it at 143,000km. Every problem it's had can be traced back to inadequate servicing, as well as some cheap & nasty LR design/materials. But the lack of workmanship has been the main factor.

What end of Perth are you in ? North, South, East or West ?

Look on the Bright Side, at 8 years old the injector harness is approaching it's Use-by date, so good excuse to replace it the Proper Way.... !

Im in the southern hills of Perth, but I still have a working Peugeot, Toyota and BMW motor bike so I am still mobile. Every usual suspect supplier of the appropriate recoil is closed this long weekend...not surprisingly! Have you got one? Buddy? Pal?

Alas, our friendship is doomed... Nope, never had a need, so my shed is empty of such Useful Things. - Lots of othe weird stuff, but zilch for Helicoils...

Sorry.

Anyway, gives you the rest of the day to check/find/fix other examples of professional workmanship...

James in Gosnells
The 'Lady Sarah', '95 Classic Vogue 3.9 V8, with working air suspension. - We dont' mention her drinking problem...

Hi not sure if you can still get them, but we used to buy a kit that had a tap and next size up sump plug,this is going back a bit though..Gary

I've got some loctite

I spit on Loctite. He needs Araldite!

Originally Posted by superquag

Every problem it's had can be traced back to inadequate servicing, as well as some cheap & nasty LR design/materials. But the lack of workmanship has been the main factor.

Are you saying the small independent was the problem or Barbagallo?

It was'nt an 'independant' (LR) but more like Greasy Joe's backyard service-centre... But one cannot totally discount BBG's work as the time-frame seems a little close.

In my experience, cruddy or 'no' coolant takes several years to do the damage that my Classic had. I'm going back to the time when ANY coolant or additive was only found in fully imported / top range Jap cars.
-PO told me that the Radiator had "recently"-whatever that means... had a re-core, heater pipes at the firewall eaten through and the heater tap stuffed and rusted. - was fitted when I bought it, though I don't think it was standard on the '95 softdash.

If BBG did'nt do a coolant change before it left their care, then I'd guess it never happened till it stuffed up and Natrad put in the re-core.

Edit: Checking the Service Record book ...
OO picked it up at end of 1995.
Serviced by BBGs (or Southern Land Rover, part of BBG) up to the last one in June 2004,
-and the last service was by a Jaguar dealer 7 months later at 74K

Since then...nothing in the book. I bought it nearly 4 years ago at 135k or so.

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