So guys am i right in thinking that labour on this would be approx 5 hours

for a garage to do this.

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Sal

Noticed that you're only down the road from me in Preston.

I would suggest contacting Independent Land Rover Services 01772 555634 unless of course you have your own trusted Indie.

Yes I would say you are looking 4-5 hrs

You know with the FF every garage bill is going to be £500+ mark with parts - even if it is just changing a washer. Howard
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5 hours (he says reviewing how long it took him to do it himself - @ 3 days ) - I like to call it methodical

Best to get them done, they may "look OK" with a bit of surface rust, but they can be as brittle as anything, I was shocked at how easily some of the pipe I thought was OK fell to pieces once I had removed it from the car. .
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thanks guys, yes i will be getting them done, no point cleaning and making it look pretty,

when underneath its a pathetic excuse for a FFRR.

i love her so will be treating her.

sal RANGE ROVER OVERFINCHED 4.2 S/C
FRONT BUMPER O/F
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BOOT SPOILER O/F
22" ALLOYS. O/F
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I sometimes wonder why we can't get the stainless steel braided lines you can buy for motorbikes. That stuff is much better, you can buy it on the roll (I did for my streetfighter conversion project) with the loose fittings, cut lines to length and install. Or the same outfits that sell the sets for motorbikes could do them for cars with the crimped connections.

Those kits do exist but only for a few models (boy racers) and only to replace the rubber hoses by the looks) What I meant is a full replacement by stainless braided lines.

Anyway, just a thought as many of them race around in my cluttered mind and lot of them NSFW  MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

Just coat your all brake pipes with grease and you won't need to replace them.

going to have a look at it today, see how bad they really are, might get them to change it to a advisory.

sal RANGE ROVER OVERFINCHED 4.2 S/C
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Just to clarify, I don't advocate covering corroded brake pipes in grease, if they are corroded they need to be replaced.
What I meant was if your steel brake pipes are still in good condition with the paint / lacquer intact it's a good idea to coat them with grease to stop any risk of corrosion in the future. Generally this only needs to be done once with the exception of the exposed pipes adjacent to each of the wheels which I tend to clean-up and re-coat every year.

Hi, no i dint take it in that way, i need more time to change them as i will be changing them, and they have offered for

me to look at them to confirm how bad they are.

So yes everyone i will be changing them stopping over 2 tonnes at 20mph on a school run with a burst pipe i

won't entertain.

thanks again to all of you for your input.

LOVE THY FFRR.

sal RANGE ROVER OVERFINCHED 4.2 S/C
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Hi Sal,
I think these things get us all in the end!

I had mine done just before I sold it, no doubt will have to get new one done soon.

Can't tell you how much it cost as I gave receipt to new owner but I do remember paying about £2k for them to do it all but that included:
New Alternator
New Rear suspension bushes top and bottom
Service
MOT
and of course new brake pipes.

Just another bump in the road of Range Rover ownership  Geoff

Hi Geoff,

ill let you know but 5 hours labour and approx £80 for lines plus fluid oh yes and i need 2 new tyres on the rear.

ill get a price of them today but ill probably take it somewhere else.

sal RANGE ROVER OVERFINCHED 4.2 S/C
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ok just got the quote back £700 to replace the brake lines i had to laugh really,

couldn't split the labour and parts as its there price on the computer.

i have got 14 days left so i think ill get a second opinion but i think ill jack it up and have a look

at it first.

sal RANGE ROVER OVERFINCHED 4.2 S/C
FRONT BUMPER O/F
REAR BUMPER. O/F
BOOT SPOILER O/F
22" ALLOYS. O/F
STAINLESS STEEL EXHAUST O/F
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Having followed this thread I think I have been massively undercharged for all the work/parts done to mine for once...........

Basic arithmetic seems to suggest they are charging £124/ hour for labour - £700-£80 = £620/5 = £124/hour. I would suggest that any decent indy would charge less than half that - try K Motors in Leyland (they did mine) or a more convenient indy to you, after all it is a pretty standard job. Geoff