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  1. powershift

    Made an appointment for timing chain fix

    Will do. I just talked with my insurance company First Rate Insurance and they only pay-out for the value of the truck and providing receipts for all the maintenance work would not change the payout. Not a huge deal since I haven't had a claim in over 30 years. Companies like Progressive...
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    Lr4 Brakes

    I save a few hundred by avoiding the dealer and still bought quality parts from FCP Euro. I bought front rotors too and still saved hundreds. I appreciate all the help. The Zimmermann rotors are not made in China, they are made in Germany and are high carbon steel with rust preventative coating...
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    Lr4 Brakes

    For compressing the caliper piston(s), in the past I have used a C-Clamp with the old brake pad and compressed the piston that way. I see at FCP Euro they have tools that are caliper specific to compress the piston(s) but are like $100 for a name brand. Would an old school C-Clamp and an old...
  4. powershift

    Made an appointment for timing chain fix

    No, he emailed and gave the $440 cost with a picture of the leaky rad. I approved it and didn't hear about being charged standby time. Aside from that, they didn't get all the parts needed so now I have a new eta for the 14th. Its been a long time since I dropped it off on the 27th of last month.
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    Opening the rear hatch

    I'm looking to open the rear hatch from inside. I saw a YT video where a lady had an LR3 and while sitting inside she hit the fob button and the glass hatch opened. She said you could program that button at the bottom of the fob to do various things like turn on the lights and such. I didn't see...
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    Lr4 Brakes

    $960 with labor sounds reasonable. It isn't due for brakes yet, I'm doing the work on my own and I'll have a ~30k mile span of time w/out having to do brakes while overlanding across the West. If what I read is correct, the sensors won't need to be replaced since the indicator light in the dash...
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    Made an appointment for timing chain fix

    That is a relief, thanks.
  8. powershift

    Lr4 Brakes

    $430 sounds reasonable, plus you did the work yourself so that is even more savings. The quote illustrated is what I'd expect with labor included, but I plan to do the work myself. I looked at FCP Euro and I could replace all rotors and pads with sensors (the dash light is not on) for 1/2 the...
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    Made an appointment for timing chain fix

    The shop working on my LR4 said they found a leaky radiator. $440 for it and no labor cost. It seems overpriced by $140. I looked online and found rads around $250-$300 w/out shipping, but I'm not sure if they are better or worse quality than stock. To me a plastic radiator is cheap, but even...
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    Lr4 Brakes

    The brake pads on my LR4 are very quiet and the dust is manageable as long as I wash the rims and tires every week. The stopping power isn't that great but its fine and I don't need to change it for a dustier compound or risk noise. I asked my local land rover for a quote for front and rear...
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    Lr4 Brakes

    For the Hawk brakepad fans, which compound did you get for front and rear? I found the HPS 5.0 compound could be the best for me but they only have that compound for the rear and I need the same compound front and rear...
  12. powershift

    Drivers Side Floorboard Wet

    Clever. When you run the line through the hole, how do you know the line has gone far enough? I'm not sure where the end points are lol.
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    Drivers Side Floorboard Wet

    That sounds like a better method. For accessing the hole to run the line through, I was thinking maybe try to stand up from inside through the sunroof like a party animal in a limo or by standing on ladder from the outside and then reaching over. How are you gaining access to the holes to run...
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    Drivers Side Floorboard Wet

    I need to check my drain lines, but don't have an air compressor. Is running some fence wire down in there an acceptable way to unclog any potential blocks?
  15. powershift

    Made an appointment for timing chain fix

    Yes. I don't have an account on my phone.
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    Made an appointment for timing chain fix

    Another reason I didn't want to buy new is because cars today exploit people at a personal level and there is no way around it. Here is an article about it https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/12/automakers-data-privacy-practices-are-unacceptable-says-us-senator/
  17. powershift

    Coolant Crossover Pipe Repair 5.0 V8

    That is a pretty clever way of finding a leak.
  18. powershift

    LR4 Buyers Guide YouTube Video

    I'm a pictures and text guy, but even for that media it would be a lot of work and not worth it unless you yourself needed to know all that.
  19. powershift

    Made an appointment for timing chain fix

    They quoted $8k for the timing chain work. But they also required changing the cam actuators (the parts that connect to the cam to change timing) because they too wear out from long oil change intervals. Normal quotes around here were $7k and nobody else mentioned the actuators. One Land Rover...
  20. powershift

    Made an appointment for timing chain fix

    There are 2 power steering flushing kits too. I should ask about why there would be 2 kits needed. I have a slight power steering moan that happens and he thought changing the fluid would correct it. But that might be a trick and I might be paying for a flush and then later a power steering rack...
  21. powershift

    Made an appointment for timing chain fix

    That is a great question. If it were me doing the work I'd just drain what is there and refill. But the labor says they are doing a flush so I'm guessing either to pad their pockets or they would be using the extra fluid to flush out contaminants or clutch pack material? Is it even possible to...
  22. powershift

    Made an appointment for timing chain fix

    Agreed, it is a lot and a bit suspect. I've done the intake before so it seemed excessive and enough money to motivate me to get out there and DIY. Since I don't actually need to remove the intake I won't need to disconnect those wires in back it sounds like. I got the revised quote and the...
  23. powershift

    Made an appointment for timing chain fix

    I was asking them to replace the remaining coolant parts (pump, t-stat, hoses, etc), I already did the rear crossover. Since the front crossover requires the intake to be removed all the coolant replacement parts went under a different quote than the timing chain components. Because of that...
  24. powershift

    Control arm fail

    That looks expensive with the half-shaft broken off like that too. Be sure to change both control arms to OEM parts and not just the one that failed.
  25. powershift

    Coolant Crossover Pipe Repair 5.0 V8

    In my case coolant wasn't on a lot of other stuff. I had a problem with that fitting while doing the rear crossover and coolant was all over the valley and head on the left side when I lifted the intake off. It wasn't on top of the intake, there was no sign of coolant standing in front of the...

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