Problems following accident

Great news they are going to repair it, but looks like it may take a while:(

Mrs hh:angel:

Had a talk to the assessor yesterday. He says he is having problems finding anyone prepared to take on the repairs.

Anyone got any suggestions I could pass on to him? Preferably near here.

John

These blokes Tony Farrugia Bodyworks Pty Ltd might be interested. Being the recommended ACT Land Rover repairer they might at least understand what's involved.

Regards,
Tote

On the 23rd, at the assessor's request, I saw anther repairer.

He is a bit perplexed as to what is involved, and to help him, I would like to be able to give him some information.

With this in mind, can anyone point me to a 110 body diagram that shows what is involved in removing or disassembling the body? Or perhaps a link to a video showing body removal or even body disassembly?

John

John, I just wonder if the public library near you or any member here has the Haynes Land Rover 90 110 and Defender Restoration Manual

Perhaps on it is enough information for the insurance mob.

Cheers

just to add to my previus post the book can be purchase HERE as well

Thanks for that, but I was really looking for something I could email to him just to allow him to make an estimate.

The problem he has is that he has never worked on a similar repair - in theory the insurer requires him to use their software to estimate man hours - but Landrover 110 is not covered by the software, and the only job on a Defender that is covered is a complete repaint. Hence he is rather lost.

John

The news today is that the repairer in the last post has agreed to carry out repairs, and has ordered parts. Got this from my case manage at the insurer when he called me this afternoon, after trying to phone him twice on Friday and twice on Monday.

I will phone the repairer tomorrow and see if he can give me a time.

John

Looks like some resolution at last - that's good :).

Tenacity wins ? I hope it works out well.

Update; The repairer I mentioned in my last post had not, in fact actually ordered parts. In fact, he had not even in fact done anything, except dicker with the insurer about how he was going to quote.

So a week ago I went in to the insurer's office in Dubbo, and metaphorically thumped the table. As a result I was told that the assessor would call me Monday this week to report on progress. The next day I got a phone call from the repairer asking for the details of the parts sources I had mentioned to him when I saw him in earlier. I gave him the names of a couple of the nearest (All Four x 4, and Land Vehicle Spares) that I have dealt with and found OK.

No call this Monday, so yesterday I went in to the repairer. He has actually ordered a crossmember from Land Vehicle Spares, and it may be here as soon as next week (they stock one, and this is a replacement for their stock, which was already on the way). So the repairs may actually be ready to start as soon as the week after next.

John