Thread: D3/RRS Servicing Costs

Originally Posted by Neil P

I wouldn't have touched it . I don't buy any rebuilt anything whatsoever....... Factory fresh or to Hell with it. My 2c

I will second that. Too many experiences of dud work. Factory fresh can usually be trusted.

Originally Posted by Wilbur

I will second that. Too many experiences of dud work. Factory fresh can usually be trusted.

Yes, but there is often the question of what is the norm.

It is not clear to me that the replacement OEM alternator that the Land Rover dealer sells is not actually what most would call "rebuilt". Land Rover calls it a replacement part, gives it a part number different from the original, and remains silent with respect to lineage. Jet engines are only new once, then parts keep getting replaced on some sort of timed life cycle basis and sometimes they get the new parts wrong as per the recent Rolls Royce engine concerns. The replacement parts get installed and that is the norm.

Regarding automatic transmissions, factory rebuilt is also a norm. Sometimes the factory is the shop around the corner that has some special OEM certification and hence the OEM assumes some responsibility for the work the shop does. In other cases, it comes down to luck, the reputation of the shop and the people actually doing the rebuild. Sometimes the rebuild is even better than brand new if again, you were really lucky and had good people involved.

When I was driving American vehicles, I was fortunate in that I had access to a repair shop that was good. For me, it was either factory OEM replacement parts, (whatever that meant), or rebuilt in their shop by their people. That I liked best as I felt I knew what I was getting. It is harder with Land Rover as one has to first have a source of repair parts or rebuild kits and that is not as easy as with USA vehicles. Even Toyota is I expect a problem with regards to rebuild kit parts.

I have to agree with BByer as that is the "norm" when it come to ZFs apparently. No new, just re-manufactured is the term.

Anyone know of a good ZF mech who can have a look at it?