how long for these jobs?

MVP composed the following;:

A single to three normal working days, for a proper job, one man working solely on the one vehicle. As above, a weekend sounds about right, ish .. ;)

A lot, however, depends upon how he can get to various bits. If he has a full on lift, a la Kwik fit et all, then it could be much easier and quicker. If he's working from a pit it's a little less easy, and if he's using ramps and jacks then some bits can be very awkward.

I would have been pissed at leaving it for four days with no work being done.

It is a good days work depending on how easily your 110 comes apart.

Did you supply new bolts and nuts for the bushes? I used to try and save my customers a few quid by re-using the old bolts if they were not worn, but it is not really worth it, much quicker to replace them all.

An ageing Defender can add hours to a job just because everything is rusted solid. And not everything is advisable to heat up to remove !

It is all a learning curve, trying to fit customer in between other jobs is always a nightmare. Especially for a Ramp hugging job like you are having done. I now will not let customers just drop their car off on the off chance of it getting done in between jobs much better to be booked into a definite slot.

A vice is good enough. It is all I ever use, despite having a 20ton press that as been sitting waiting to be put in the workshop for 15 years.

Wait and see on Monday ;-) he is probably having a busy weekend.

-- Marc

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I've not done this but an hour at most?

All going well, I can do one front hub in 1/2 an hour, so an hour for the front axle. I imagine the rear is similar, but the drums can be a bit of a pig to get off.

HTH, Gromit

will keep folks posted. when I saw him on friday I mentioned I write now and again for Land Rover enthusiast magazine and I was going to do a 2 page article about the work being done, would he mind if I used his address or would he prefer just his phone number...

Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

I got a pack of bolts from paddocks with the bushes as they were cheap enough and at 20 years vintage it'd be easier to split, cut, mangle the old ones off, so goes my logic.

Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

so if he pulls his finger out then it can be done. wait and see what monday brings.

thanks folks.

Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

On or around Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:10:42 +0000, MVP enlightened us thusly:

given a suitably-equipped workshop...?

springs and shocks, about 1/2 hour each corner. Bushes add a bit, say half hour each end to get the linkages off an on and maybe another half hour total pushing bushes in and out. Extras: half an hour to replace bolts in a turret seat when the feckers ... ditto to remove a broken bolt in the rear spring seats... a stuck bolt in a silly place in the radius arms or wotever could hold you up half an hour as well.

erm... lessee, that's about 3½ hours plus.

'bout an hour. Extras here can run to at least half a day to remove the manifold, drill out a broken stud and replace it.

... 4½ ...

half an hour, with the right tools, maybe more if any of 'em are seriously stuck.

... 5...

check: 5 minutes each. replace, dunno. at least half an hour each, I expect.

...6...

half an hour.

...6½ , could run to a couple of days, if the luck's against you.

well, maybe. Or he might be busy on a panic job for someone. Yerman Hannaford, for example, does breakdowns, and those take priority; since he's a one-man-band, once he's out on a breakdown, there's no-one there.