On 08/10/2019 15:56, Andrew wrote:
On 08/10/2019 11:17, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
To be fair, I suspect they hadnt done a freelander before and unless
you KNOW that the front coupling is fragile and you have to tie up the
prop shaft before removing the centre bearings and VC then its an easy
mistake to make.

So take it to a LandRover dealer and pay the appropriate labour rate !.

Er no. Just before I went into hoipsital for my cancer operatin I made
that mistake. They wanted to charge me £1500 for an MOT. I told them to
stop work and give me the car back. I had to threaten them with the
police. Eventually I paid for a bit of work to the handbrake and took it
for a second MOT. It passed.

I then involved an official MOT man who failed it on a couple of minor
things. He had words with the workshop manager.

I then learnt that the same workshop manager who had tried to stiff me
years ago for £3000 quid for a new XJS rear diff when it only needed a
new oil seal, was involved.



Back Street grease-monkey outfits are hit and miss when you have a
non-straight forward vehicle, unless you are certain that they are
specialists in that make of car.


This is not a back street grease moneky outfit. Its a decent firm that
does alot of work for commercial vehicles. I use them because they have
the headroom to get under my camper on a 4 poster.





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