Member Since: 23 May 2022
Location: Romania
Posts: 21
I just got quoted for $8000 to fix the car
Long story short, I went for an oil and filters change and asked the mechanic to take a look under the car to see if everything is good and okay. I purchased this LR3 TDV6 HSE 4 months ago for $5500, I took the car for a spin, everything went nice, even had a local mechanic check the car and he mentioned that the tires need to be changed and there are a few bushings and calipers that need to be changed, nothing too expensive. At the mechanic that I did the service, he basically spent ~2 hours looking for issues such as: all bushings, all cardans, all rods, all control arms, CVT oil leaks, bellows, distribution, accessory belt, all brake pads, all brake discs, all calipers and the list goes on and on with parts that need to be repaired or changed.
The thing is, except an issue with my suspension, the air compressor overheats and gives me an amber suspension fault from time to time, the car runs fine. It doesn't make weird noises, I've done ~2000 km so far with it without any issues on motorways, forest roads (nothing too extreme). I do understand that some of them are recommended for preventive maintenance, but the price of the quote blew my mind. I did go under the car with him and saw some of the issues (such as bushings moving sideways, or parts where the rubber seal was broken) but I have a feeling I might get fooled into thinking that the car is a wreck and have it fixed.
After the quote I even started thinking about selling the car but calmed down and started looking at the quote. As far as I'm concerned, the biggest issue I see at the moment is the leaking oil from the gearbox which should be an easy and cheaper fix that changing the entire gearbox. I already bought 4 all season tires from KUMHO for a decent price and I'll get the on asap.
How worried should I be about all the other things mentioned? I do intend to change some of those parts, but not all at once since I cannot afford blowing 8k all at once. I'm also considering getting a 2nd opinion from another mechanic.2006 Discovery 3 2.7 TDV6 HSE Zermatt Silver (Netherlands)
19th Jul 2022 4:07 pm
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10365
well maybe that is to bring it to top conditon
or maybe you with have issues at the yearly/bi yearly check
gearboxes do leak from the connector sleeve.
Check how hot the wheels are left to right after a drive. If one side it hotter than the other, it could need brake calipers
19th Jul 2022 4:43 pm
mek
Member Since: 18 Mar 2015
Location: Zurich
Posts: 468
You might want to consider buying a decent socket set and finding the advanced factors discount code...
I think most of us have replaced the majority of items on your list, and done so ourselves!
19th Jul 2022 6:52 pm
alexlvk96
Member Since: 23 May 2022
Location: Romania
Posts: 21
Pete K wrote:
well maybe that is to bring it to top conditon
or maybe you with have issues at the yearly/bi yearly check
gearboxes do leak from the connector sleeve.
Check how hot the wheels are left to right after a drive. If one side it hotter than the other, it could need brake calipers
I see, I will probably change parts as my wallet will allow and focus on the gearbox at first. Other than a laser thermometer and touching the brake discs, is there any other way to check the temperatures?2006 Discovery 3 2.7 TDV6 HSE Zermatt Silver (Netherlands)
20th Jul 2022 10:04 am
alexlvk96
Member Since: 23 May 2022
Location: Romania
Posts: 21
mek wrote:
You might want to consider buying a decent socket set and finding the advanced factors discount code...
I think most of us have replaced the majority of items on your list, and done so ourselves!
I do have a socket set but no mechanical knowledge and I am a bit afraid of breaking something. As for Advanced Factors discount code, what is that?2006 Discovery 3 2.7 TDV6 HSE Zermatt Silver (Netherlands)
20th Jul 2022 10:05 am
stew 46
Member Since: 01 Dec 2011
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That’s a code every D3 owner has to keep it on the road
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20th Jul 2022 11:12 am
alexlvk96
Member Since: 23 May 2022
Location: Romania
Posts: 21
So basically a discount code for this website https://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/ ?2006 Discovery 3 2.7 TDV6 HSE Zermatt Silver (Netherlands)
20th Jul 2022 11:20 am
jenseneverest
Member Since: 12 Jun 2017
Location: somewhere
Posts: 767
yes thats it....
8 grand is one hell of a list and nothing stands out as being that expensive from your list.
Brakes are obviously important, so is a gearbox leak as that will cost a lot of money if damaged due to running out of oil.
20th Jul 2022 11:30 am
alexlvk96
Member Since: 23 May 2022
Location: Romania
Posts: 21
It also includes the hourly rate for all the work that needs to be done which is around $3000 for ~90 hours of work for ~$30/hour (price varies between $10 and $50). The price for all parts is around $5000.2006 Discovery 3 2.7 TDV6 HSE Zermatt Silver (Netherlands)
20th Jul 2022 11:54 am
Motolab
Member Since: 18 Oct 2019
Location: Sleen
Posts: 1815
jenseneverest wrote:
nothing stands out as being that expensive from your list.
Well…. Is that the case?
I recently had a “few” worn arm bushings… rear and front…
Since we all know that complete replacement arms can be a better option than just new bushings… and i hate to do the same work twice, i wanted to renew all bushings in one go..
I ended up with 4 arm and bolt sets from AF, with a invoice above €1000 at arrival in the Netherlands..
I did have no time myself this time before summer holiday’s due to my business activities, so outsourced the work.. another €3000 ….
Two arms at the rear had to be cut up to remove them in a still reasonable time….
Due to sand ingress and a little rust, a lot was sized solid ..
The good news, it drives like new now..
Hopefully good for another 15 years…Best regards
Harold
Always looking for Pre '55's & Pre war British Motorcycles! knowing or having one for sale? PM please. I visit the UK 6 times a year
Ps. I edit my texts quite often, english is not my native language, so I will edit My “typo’s” etc.
20th Jul 2022 4:38 pm
jenseneverest
Member Since: 12 Jun 2017
Location: somewhere
Posts: 767
3000 euro in labour alone ?? I'm moving to Holland and opening a landie workshop......
makes me feel a load better having struggled with the rears on mine, took the best part of 10 hours with a lot of swearing, the fronts are dead easy, but would have happily done the job 4 times over at that price lol.
21st Jul 2022 12:39 am
Moleshome
Member Since: 15 Oct 2020
Location: Wokingham
Posts: 412
Edit - Replied to the wrong post
21st Jul 2022 8:25 am
Motolab
Member Since: 18 Oct 2019
Location: Sleen
Posts: 1815
jenseneverest wrote:
3000 euro in labour alone ?? I'm moving to Holland and opening a landie workshop......
makes me feel a load better having struggled with the rears on mine, took the best part of 10 hours with a lot of swearing, the fronts are dead easy, but would have happily done the job 4 times over at that price lol.
TBH “easy talk” every job is different, i do “some” “spannering” by trade, just on motorcycles not cars…
As we need a motor every day and with a full portfolio in our own workshop, this kind of job was outsourced… they kept me updated every few hours and i know why it did take this time, and yes they did exchange the handbrake unit and cables on the same invoice… (had to do it twice as some ebay moron, (allmotorspares) sold me a “good and sound/tested” unit, with broken gear wheels and we had to do it twice)
I just wanted to make a point regarding high costs when outsourcing big jobs to a workshop…
It is very quick NOT cheap!
What allmotorspares sells as tested/good and sound, can look like this, internally..
As we tend to believe a trader, we only discovered this after experiencing malfunctioning… this is very time consuming on a LR D3/4 i can tell you…Best regards
Harold
Always looking for Pre '55's & Pre war British Motorcycles! knowing or having one for sale? PM please. I visit the UK 6 times a year
Ps. I edit my texts quite often, english is not my native language, so I will edit My “typo’s” etc.
21st Jul 2022 10:06 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8104
To put things into perspective your Disco would have cost around ÂŁ55,000 when new, latest model D4 would have cost around ÂŁ80,000, now is it so expensive to repair.It can when others can't,
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22nd Jul 2022 6:20 am
jenseneverest
Member Since: 12 Jun 2017
Location: somewhere
Posts: 767
TBH im probably out of touch with labour rates, my "spannering" is on HGV's. All my colleges will send there own cars to dealers or good independent garages despite being more than capable of doing the work themselves.
I have no trust, especially in main dealers, (or garages in general) and so will always work on my own cars. Yes i know things can go wrong and take a load of time to fix, i changed what i now term the hose from hell on the engine block a while ago, the job took 2 days in the end for one bloody coolant hose.
My distrust in dealers stems from the many cock ups i have seen over the years, for example the new work van had a set of break pads done by the main dealers, collected and delivered back to us by them......problem was the break pads had been fitted back to front, literally metal on metal. No one including the sales rep that brought the van back thought there was anything wrong with it. In the end i had to get the manager and there "technician" down to have a look. Turns out, their apprentice had done the work on our van.... obviously unsupervised, great.
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