Thread: First tow.... *sigh*

Sorry to hear but luckily still within the towing range. Let us know what it is when you have a chance. (something for me to prepare for one day perhaps)

One of the ACE hoses burst. No reason obvious. From the valve block to the front actuator (sway bar). Now trying to find parts as it seems to be an unheard of failure... no parts in Oz. Lucky me. Quote from LRParts of a bit under $750 landed ($300 of that freight) for the full four-pipe harness or $200 less just for that one individually. Waiting on the Indy to weave his sourcing magic and see what he can do Monday morning.

When i called her this morning, SWMBO told me to look on the bright side as every one of these issues gets me a step closer to fully fixed. A motto we can all live by

Just when you have it'll be time to move it on for something else from the Land Rover stable. Or maybe not.

Hmmm , I burst one in Tassie - it was a typical LR repair .......as in expensive !

Cost was approx $2300.00 , the pipeworks are a complete unit to the junction just under the drivers side front door .
To replace was a body lift / raised job .
The fluid is ahem rather pricey approx $70/ litre -STC 50519- there is a Penrite equivalent tho or Texaco CC33270
the ACE pipe was part number LRO15144 @ $610.00 , description was ACE pipe front kit


i was trying to find a pic of the pipe can update if you like .

once fixed All was good again , however the dash lit up in Red ! And we had to be on the boat on a Sunday afternoon .....

You can run Transmax Z ,, (well you can in the D2's ACE) also works in the PS and gearbox!
not sure if its cheaper---

LR019388 was the one that went in mine. Looking to possibly get the full harness (all four pipes) RQA500018 but we'll see what's available. Thankfully caught it early so there will be no other damage. Indy stocks all of the right oils and only uses genuine.
Interesting to hear that this "unheard of" failure had happened to at least one other...

If the pipe can be removed then take it to an hydraulic hose specialist who should be able to fit connectors to the pipe to allow a suitable hydraulic hose to be fabricated.

That was my first thought and is my fall-back if genuine parts are to exxy or hard to get. Fairly straightforward repair for the hydraulic mobs to do.