should be bringing the old girl home tomorrow ready to load up on friday evening for the off on saturday morning
all sorted sept for the cosmetic stuff 
will have a go at fitting it at the weekend
.. going to wait to fit the new rear pannel its a few days job so will wait till the summer hits ..
Hey Matt.Landy back into the workshop on monday for the last few bits of repair welding after the collision
Have a look at a LOF clutch kit on line I hear good things a bought them may be worth a lookHey Matt.
I’m down in town (Darwin) today on my very own saga! The LandRover clutch has failed. LandRover clutches are like cheese. My 2012 110 clutch failed at 60,000km was replaced with another original clutch and that failed like clockwork at about 120,000km. I replaced that with a heavy duty aftermarket clutch. The original clutch on my 2013 130 has just failed at 70,000km so I’m skipping the part where I replace it with another original LandRover clutch and go straight to the heavy duty product.
My eyes are watering and my wallet stinging. Oh the joys of driving a British Leyland design vehicle…!
Good luck getting your LandRover tidied up after the unfortunate dingle. Remember It’s the journey, not the destination….
Alan
I’m not sure where my new clutch is coming from. I’m lucky to have an awesome LandRover technician in Darwin who has worked on my cars for many years. I have put his kids through uni, built his house for him and send him on flashy overseas holidays every year while I struggle in the bush to keep body and soul together… I have complete, unwavering trust my LandRover technician: I know he can be relied upon to take me for every last cent. …
Tell me about it, been there and my card has the scars to this day...but I still keep an eye on the sales pages. V8 D3 next I think...
I might be wrong but I'm sure I read somewhere when you go on the LR Experience days the cars do everything on AT's
We have all been following Matt's saga with his Land Rover Discovery, time to tell you the saga with my Land Rover Freelander 2.
For many months I have been having problems with my tyres, they keep going down. Pumping them up was a pain in the derrier. One was particularly troublesome so I took it to the local tyre centre and they found a nail in it. I thought that would be the end of it - but no! It went down again.
Since I got the Landy 3 years ago I have never liked having road tyres on it. What's the point of having an off-road vehicle if the tyres won't let you go off-road in anything but dry weather. My old tyres were getting near the end of their life, so a couple of weeks ago, I decided to bite the bullet and get all-terrain tyres.
I consulted the oracle, Matt, and he help me find the right tyres. I got them delivered and then fitted. Happy bunny! But £500 lighter.
The other problem I had been having with the Landy was a funny whinning noise which I took to be a wheel bearing. When the car was in for something unrelated I got them to check the wheel bearings. They were fine but they told me I had a transmission whine.
There was two possible causes - transfer box or rear diff. Recently it was getting worse so I went back to the garage and asked them to sort it out. They were not keen and suggested a specialist transmission centre. Phoned them and they said to bring it in. My money was on transfer box but after they took it for a test drive they reckoned it was the rear diff.
So I now have an appointment on the 24th to get it sorted out. Rear diff or transfer box the end result is much the same. They will fix my Freelander and I will be about £1000 lighter!
I will keep you posted.
Chuck it in and get yourself a Mitsubishi Pajero with BFG tyres PaulWe have all been following Matt's saga with his Land Rover Discovery, time to tell you the saga with my Land Rover Freelander 2.
For many months I have been having problems with my tyres, they keep going down. Pumping them up was a pain in the derrier. One was particularly troublesome so I took it to the local tyre centre and they found a nail in it. I thought that would be the end of it - but no! It went down again.
Since I got the Landy 3 years ago I have never liked having road tyres on it. What's the point of having an off-road vehicle if the tyres won't let you go off-road in anything but dry weather. My old tyres were getting near the end of their life, so a couple of weeks ago, I decided to bite the bullet and get all-terrain tyres.
I consulted the oracle, Matt, and he help me find the right tyres. I got them delivered and then fitted. Happy bunny! But £500 lighter.
The other problem I had been having with the Landy was a funny whinning noise which I took to be a wheel bearing. When the car was in for something unrelated I got them to check the wheel bearings. They were fine but they told me I had a transmission whine.
There was two possible causes - transfer box or rear diff. Recently it was getting worse so I went back to the garage and asked them to sort it out. They were not keen and suggested a specialist transmission centre. Phoned them and they said to bring it in. My money was on transfer box but after they took it for a test drive they reckoned it was the rear diff.
So I now have an appointment on the 24th to get it sorted out. Rear diff or transfer box the end result is much the same. They will fix my Freelander and I will be about £1000 lighter!
I will keep you posted.
