Thread: Defender breakdown

<span style="color:blue">i might be up for that....let me know when......</span>

[quote=DEFENDERZOOK]<span style="color:blue">i might be up for that....let me know when......</span>

shouldnt be a problem for a lady of leisure---

[quote=Pedro_The_Swift]

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

<span style="color:blue">i might be up for that....let me know when......</span>

shouldnt be a problem for a landy of leisure---

<span style="color:blue">fixed up your spelling error...... </span>

Thought I'd just finish this thread off with a few of the details.

Bought the pump from these guys.
http://www.mansfieldmotorsltd.co.uk/shop/e.../3/1996/8/24/36
Mansfield charged me 611 pounds, their website isn't up to date on price.

I tried the two places below, both had better prices, but neither could help in the time that I needed the pump in.
http://www.blrs.co.uk/shop/index.php
http://www.lrdirect.com/customer/product.p...productid=91868

If you're feeling real brave try this link - http://www.vepump.cn Chinese VE pump maker.

I got caught with import charges. Apparently there's a magic $ number under which customs doesn't bother to chase the duty - too much overhead for the amount of duty. I don't know if this is true, but may be worth a try. Also make sure the invoice is clearly marked 4wd part, mine wasn't, although the box was taped with 4x4 tape and the company is mansfield 4x4. If it is a part for a 4wd it only attracts 5% rather than 10% import duty. Then GST on the top of that.

Since it's an export from UK there is no VAT, so in some cases price will be down by 17.5%. Freight was 80 pounds with Fedex, I worked out it would be 120 pounds with Royal Mail, both under a week delivery.

All up just under $2000.

Karcraft quoted $2500 for a new pump non-LR or $4500 for LR. Other thing with Karcraft was that they didn't have a pump in stock and wouldn't have one for four weeks.

That Chinese site also seems to supply parts for the pumps also. I found the Chinese site using the Bosch numbers on the pump, not the LR number.

Cheers
Simon

Other thing I've noticed since the 130 came home is a bit of a drop in power. I don't know if it's because I spent a week charging about in the Subaru, or if the old pump had all of the fancy tuning stuff done and the new one doesn't.

Now I'm tossing up whether I should get it tuned or enjoy cheaper diesel bills.


Cheers
Simon