Deondef
Member Since: 08 May 2007
Location: Randburg
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Ok , so after a visit to Baben's and Heine's friends at Midrand LR - they reckon shocks are gone..........., "lower arms" bushes gone........., maybe engine mountings suspect ........... 
This D3 has done 55k km's with only one serious off road trip. Fuel starvation/filter block/fuel pump issue not totally resolved yet - why would I have to believe that Land Rover has sorted out its reliability issues 
Will include these latest problems in a letter to - I believe is now called - "Jaguar, Land Rover South Africa" to try and ascertain how they get to these "reliability results".
Atacama, Sandlover - I will send you PM with a copy of letter to the JLRSA gurus Erstwhile - D3 S '07. Dual battery system. Upgraded tow hitch. Mantec skid plate. Frontrunner rr. Tmax double headed built in compressor
Defender TD5 110 CSW '00. "With everything"
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heine
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Midrand
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Was all this after Sandton gave the car the all clear . Methinks you need to kick some butt . 
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| 28th Oct 2008 8:55 pm |
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Deondef
Member Since: 08 May 2007
Location: Randburg
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heine wrote:Was all this after Sandton gave the car the all clear . Methinks you need to kick some butt .
Yes - and Waterford - I'm slowly running out of dealerships  Erstwhile - D3 S '07. Dual battery system. Upgraded tow hitch. Mantec skid plate. Frontrunner rr. Tmax double headed built in compressor
Defender TD5 110 CSW '00. "With everything"
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| 29th Oct 2008 4:21 am |
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Baben
Member Since: 15 Feb 2006
Location: Kyalami
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I saw Nico and Dewalt yesterday (dropping off RRS wheel for repair - don't take any vehicle with 20" wheels offroad, especially if your father-in-law is driving) and they mentioned that you had popped in. They confirmed the shocks etc are goners. I believe you get a lot further with these guys than you will anywhere else, especially if your attitude is right. I think most of their customers bitch and moan at them all day, so once in a while when a reasonable guy talks to them they listen
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| 29th Oct 2008 5:42 am |
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heine
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Midrand
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Yup - don't break them - we like them 
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| 29th Oct 2008 7:02 am |
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Deondef
Member Since: 08 May 2007
Location: Randburg
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I suppose an invite to them for our next tea party is in order
Although - let me first see the results of their workmanship next week Erstwhile - D3 S '07. Dual battery system. Upgraded tow hitch. Mantec skid plate. Frontrunner rr. Tmax double headed built in compressor
Defender TD5 110 CSW '00. "With everything"
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| 29th Oct 2008 10:50 am |
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heine
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Midrand
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Dunno if they can make it - they're working stiffs - not consultants like you 
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| 29th Oct 2008 11:19 am |
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Sandlover
Member Since: 13 Dec 2007
Location: Windhoek
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Quote:Atacama, Sandlover - I will send you PM with a copy of letter to the JLRSA gurus
You want me to co-sign? Willingly  Frontrunner roofrack and ladder. Optima yellow top. National Luna dual battery system. Bridgestone Dueler D694 A/T.
Christian Faure
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| 29th Oct 2008 11:45 am |
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Deondef
Member Since: 08 May 2007
Location: Randburg
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heine wrote:Dunno if they can make it - they're working stiffs - not consultants like you
Hey - Dros is not 2 minutes away - and one can have a coke with your steak  otherwise we make it after knock-off Erstwhile - D3 S '07. Dual battery system. Upgraded tow hitch. Mantec skid plate. Frontrunner rr. Tmax double headed built in compressor
Defender TD5 110 CSW '00. "With everything"
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| 29th Oct 2008 12:15 pm |
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heine
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Midrand
Posts: 4054
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Your call sweetie 
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| 29th Oct 2008 12:17 pm |
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Atacama
Member Since: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Paulshoff
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Deon
I have a set of shocks . Not had the time to fit them yet .
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| 29th Oct 2008 4:42 pm |
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PierreJ
Member Since: 22 Aug 2007
Location: Perth, W.A.
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heine wrote:Your call sweetie
Heine you sometimes worry me........ Why is the fear of long words called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?
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| 30th Oct 2008 2:23 am |
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heine
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Midrand
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Not as much as I worry baben
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| 30th Oct 2008 6:54 am |
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Kabous
Member Since: 11 Jul 2007
Location: Mokopane
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Glad to report after 63k , no hassles whatsoever  . Maybe it's the type of driving , mine has been mostly long distance with a fair amount of dirt roads. Maybe she don't like rush our traffic
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| 30th Oct 2008 4:12 pm |
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Richard SA
Member Since: 24 Apr 2007
Location: St Francis
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heine wrote:Yup - don't break them - we like them
I agree if it was not for Nico allot of things in my 5 discos I had would have been more painful thx to these few that make a difference.
Tea party with them sounds cool, Just don’t make a bet on the count that will pitch. When you arrive late everyone is excited to see you just to find out later that it is not your personality but that you swung the count thx Heine not even 3 J&D could fix that. White LR3 TDV6 2007
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