Bugger the money pit strikes again

[Woodzie]

I'm sure i am cursed at the mo ......................

Rear wheel bearing has gone leaking diff oil and draged in some sh1t so better do both



That takes the total this year up to

A head gas sniffer kit
a alternator X2
repaired a starter motor
a rear diff oil seal
a front wheel bearing
a leaking injector pump
a water pump
a cambelt
a steering idler
a uj
5x tyres
now both rear bearings and new diff oil

And it needs a oil change And i think i need to strip and clean the starter motor again






It's a sodding Money Pit at the mo





Stormy ......sorry cant do RTTS as this is the final nail

[joker??]

sorry to hear you wont be at rtts ian but i know how you feel ,speedo needs fixing ,idler arm , nearside bearing ,just done turbo , starter motor , steering box , outside cv boot ,exhaust ,batteries ,thats without all the mods
hehe lucky val aint on this site

ps forgot cambelt tyres wheels ,brakes all round , shocks x4 ah the list goes on

[stormforce]

No worries Ian hopefully next time.Hope you get it all sorted mate

[RodLeach]

Sorry to hear its all gone pete tong woodzie!!

Sucks when they eat the cash when it nots mods!

Mines been playing up and its making me nervous as to how much it could cost to get it 100%

[Woodzie]

The thing is i expect to spend some dosh on repairs .....I offroad it hard and it is 14 years old ....... It's just all in the last 6 months



Thank F*** i don't have a green oval ...........My mates list is about 10 times as long this year

[RodLeach]

The thing is i expect to spend some dosh on repairs .....I offroad it hard and it is 14 years old ....... It's just all in the last 6 months



Thank F*** i don't have a green oval ...........My mates list is about 10 times as long this year

When i had my 300tdi disco ES, The service history was one hell of a read!!!

Over £11,000 spent on repairs from 1996-2006, i had it for a month, When i got rid of it, it would crunch going into 2nd gear!

So your spot on! Land rovers are worse for repairs.

i just wish i knew how to diagnose things, so i knew what was wrong.

[surfenstein]

bugger,bugger,bugger,bugger.do you think thats what the noise was?are you sure you cant make it.

[Apache]

How did the engine swap go Mark?

[Woodzie]

bugger,bugger,bugger,bugger.do you think thats what the noise was?are you sure you cant make it.

No mate run out of readies........those scripts have paided for the parts

Plus all the time i have had off due to the accident . This was the break point






After seeing Richard earlier this year and doing St.Just ,I was looking forward to it but Thats my luck this year

[Woodzie]

How did the engine swap go Mark?

Oh yes how did it go .........

[kiowa]

I dont wish to rub it in mate but just read your thread and i hope you get get it sorted it,s not nice when things keep going wrong but i have had my surf for 4 years now and the only thing that has gone was an oil seal on the rear axle.I have never known a car you can give so much abuse to and it just dont brake maybe it,s just the age diffrence or a model change from 2nd to 3rd gen or am i just a lucky $$$$$$$

[surfenstein]

How did the engine swap go Mark?

um it didnt.

[24Seven]

It's offroading that gets them.

Just done this last week for the MOT

Removed Head lights to wash the mud out
Removed one hub, regreassed bearings.
Tightened both front wheels bearings
New Centre Prop Bearing
New Differential flange Seal
New Steering Idler
New Front hub Inner Bronze bush
New Exhaust

Done in the last few months, on top of the normal oil / Filter changes (engine, diffs gearbox)
new CV boots one side
Removed Alternator for a strip down and clean.
New Anti roll bar Kit
New Shocks all round.

Edit to add

New water pump
New cambelt
I'm sure there is more

Still to do (but not for the MOT)
CV boots other side.
Front hub Inner Bronze bush other side

[Woodzie]

um it didnt.

BUMMER

[MrE]

Thank F*** i don't have a green oval ...........My mates list is about 10 times as long this year

I would have to agree having just sold my moly-coddled D90 which cost me £3k+ on repairs last year, mostly due to poor design