No discount code, that is just their price.

After a bit of a muck around with certain discs I ordered not being available until Feb 2019, I ended up with Britpart (reluctantly) drilled a grooved discs, with Brembo pads. Now fitted, but sods law says my drivers side caliper is partially seized. So went on the hunt for a new one, horrified at the cost of new ones and the insane surcharge, I settled on genuine caliper rebuild kits. Also discovered that on one of my journeys since the wheels were swapped over that a brake shield parted ways with the car. And I do remember hearing a clunk and my Mum saying, What just fell off the car?

Got 1 journey to do tomorrow, then I can park the Range Rover up until the caliper kit arrives. I also bought another kit while I was at it for the other Range Rover, and ordered a thermostat ready. Next on the list to buy is the water pump and coolant.

Just for the sake of it, I thought I would change the air filter as I had ordered one with some other parts. Couldn't have done it soon enough. The car starts better, runs better, sounds better. The old filter was well and truly clogged.

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Lesson learnt, won't procrastinate again

Just done what I should have in the first place. Listed all the parts I need and prices and marked off the parts I have bought for both Range Rovers. Was surprised that I managed to spend £261.46 alone on parts in just 2 weeks for this Range Rover
I am also proud at the same time though as I have not compromised on quality and shopped around to get the best prices.

For that money though I have bought:

Drilled & Grooved Discs, Brembo Pads, Air Filter, Fuel Filter, Genuine LR Caliper Seal Kit, Thermostat, Water Pump and Rear Wiper Arm.

Some parts already fitted, others I am building up as my mechanic offers a discount for bulk work, so going to put 2 boxes in front of him with 2 lists, and let him loose on both Range Rovers for 1 or 2 days to tackle the jobs. I am also investing in a floor standing press so that I can replace just bushes rather than entire arms, on all my cars as I also have a Ford, which are renown for eating bushes too.

And although I love winter and the snow, I really wish it was still summer right now so I could tackle some jobs myself.

The brakes are now working properly, didn't even need the refurb kit, the caliper is now or at least for now free'd up. And labour was just £15. So very pleased for the minute.

So after getting back from the test drive, put a list of what parts I need together. Some have already been bought.

Drilled & Grooved Discs (£75) - Bought & Fitted
Brembo Pads (£41.99) - Bought & Fitted
Air Filter (£7) - Bought & Fitted
Fuel Filter (£12) - Bought
Genuine LR Caliper Seal Refurb Kit (£17.99) - Bought, Not Used
Thermostat (£29.99) Bought
Water Pump (£59.99) Bought
Dayco Alternator Belt (£9)
Front Wiper Blades (£21.59)
Rear Wiper Arm (£17.50) Bought Used, Not fitted yet.
Front Suspension Arm Bushes (Price Unknown Yet)
External Fuel Primer Pump (Price Unknown Yet).
Viscous Unit (£119.99)
Brake Shields (Looking for used ones, so price unknown yet).
OSF Brake Hose (£13.19)

And probably more that I haven't thought of yet. But the car is totally worth it to me.
The Thermostat and Water Pump are next to be done.

cracking read,

Been quiet for a bit lol. Our C-Max packed up so all money got thrown at that and I was in hospital recently having major surgery. Now on the mend and home though. Nearly got all the parts together for a spanner day. Going to be venturing out of the house for my first long journey since my operation tomorrow and feeling nervous, but taking Tank for a good run.

Christmas day took the dogs down to the coast for a beach walk. Car behaved great.

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Tank is at least now back in the same town as me The garage confirmed that there was no teeth left on the starter motor so to start with, it will have a new starter motor fitted, then they are investigating the hot start problem. Thank goodness for the AA breakdown repair warranty, shame it took them 22 hours to recover my car!

I definitely won't get it back until the new year, but at least I have got my V8 to run around in. And for now the C-Max for any London runs that are needed.

Glad it happened before the warranty expired which is on the 2nd of January Makes a change that something would go wrong just before it expires

Absolutely fuming with the AA. What a bunch of crooks. They tell you to detail the problem when you break down and insist that you be recovered for the BRC, so I do. Struggling to start, caused the starter motor to pack up, BUT because the 1st responder only put down that the starter motor was at fault, They are only willing to replace the starter motor under the breakdown repair cover, however are threatening to refuse to payout any future claims on this one because there are a couple of pixels missing from the clocks!

Now looking at alternative breakdown companies with breakdown repair cover.

The AA have done nothing but take the over the last 12 months. 1st time I called them, it took them 12 hours just to get to my car, despite me being a disabled, priority customer who was stranded on the side of the M25 in a Shogun in January 2018, and ended up being looked after by a member of the Mitsubishi Owners Club.

This one took them over 20 hours to recover, and only because I insisted, did they finally give in and let me use my onwards travel cover to get a taxi home.

Very bitter taste left in my mouth indeed.

Big Yellow Taxi my

Really not happy with the lack of choice of breakdown repair cover on the market. I am STUCK with the AA. Better than nothing. But certainly preparing my cars better for future breakdowns including blankets, food, some way of heating us up in case the engine can't run. Really not happy though. This spring and summer is going to be packed with lots of preventative work so that I hopefully don't have to deal with the big yellow unless I really really really am desperate. Hell I will even consider getting recovery quotes at the time if needed. Another 2 weeks and it will be insurance quote time for the V8. That's going to be a ball ache.

Tank is finally home, I am £325 lighter lol luckily I get to claim £260 of that back from the AA. New starter motor seems to have fixed a lot of issues, hot start issue now seems to have gone, drives better. Glad to have it home.

Finally got around to ordering the breather filter mod from Island 4x4. Bought the Febi version which was just £19.99+VAT and also ordered a pollen filter which I overlooked when the aircon system was repaired and serviced last summer which was only £7.50+VAT.

Only ordered these as I had to buy rocker gaskets for my V8 (Oscar) which are leaking badly and to get free delivery I had to spend over £50

Very odd, My mechanic rebuilt my caliper for me as I was unable to finish the job, so now have a fully refurbished caliper, but the caliper on my car was not seizing again as I thought it was. I think I may be just a bit over sensitive after the breakdown in December

So I have a fully refurbished caliper spare.

The starter motor was definitely the hot start fault too. Took the car back to Essex and back and now covered over 150 miles since getting it back, and it never struggles to start anymore.

However it was discovered that the brake pipe (flexipipe) was pretty much rounded off at both ends, so a new brake pipe on the car itself is going to be needed at some point. (In the summer ) and the refurbished caliper and new flexi pipe I already have can be fitted at the same time. But now is the time of year that the V8 has to have attention as the MOT is less than 2 months and a couple of jobs need to be done. So now the TD6 is behaving for the minute, the V8 will get more attention.