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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5242  
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Well my dad has ordered a new brake master and a vacuum pump for this, he suspects that they have faffed with the brake master. They decided to replaced it for some reason, after my dad replaced it. So he is undoing some of their shyte. They have practically threw another 1000 at this since its came back and its still not done
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5th Jan 2025 12:46am |
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| Jon w Member Since: 22 Dec 2015 Location: North East Wales Posts: 217  
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Hind sight is a wonderful thing but I would have cancelled the caravan holiday and gone over it with them and got them to rectify all the faults before accepting it back.
That is a ridiculous amount of money for the work they have done and the quality of work. I know time and parts soon add up but come on I would want a immaculate build for that price |
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10th Jan 2025 3:51pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5242
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your not wrong there, My parents had the holiday planned when this went in at the time, so they were well told that they needed the defender back way before August. MAP 4x4 / Spanner monkeys or who ever they want to be, were wanting to string the rebuild out till the September.
Also what doesn't help matters is my dad keeping his sodding gob shut, in stead of putting his foot down and challenged people. It bites me to see the state of the car, and my dad doing his money, and we are sorting out other peoples handy work. my buddies have all practically fell off the their chairs with shock when i told them. One of them said it looks like they have just used any old nuts and bolts to put that back together, to the point that they have killed it. Three others said that they should have sold it on as a spare repair and gone either TD5 like i did or a late Puma. I did have this conversation too with them, showed them some defenders on here for sale at the time too. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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11th Jan 2025 1:13am |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5242
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A few weeks ago now, After we over hauled the brakes, Pedal was going right to the floor, it was dangerous. When i test drove it.
Replaced the full lot, We discovered the flexi hoses that they put back on, were not the goodridge hoses, but terrfirma. My dad has reverted the flexi hoses back to standard units and all seems ok. The pedal seems a little soft for my liking but the brakes are much, much better, and not locking on. Steering column is next on the list, as my dad cannot get the cowling right at all. So something is a miss there.  Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
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