With great respect & much sympathy, you really need good skills & plenty of time, or a fair amount of money to pay a good Indy when necessary and to run any Land Rover, particularly a 14 year old one in need of extensive work.
Please do the maths; don't pour hard earned money into a car which will have little value when rectified. I know, I have been there with a RR Classic many years ago.
Listen to the well respected experts like Disco_Mikey.
Good luck.
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10th Aug 2019 3:29 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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The car before the fire would only be worth a couple of grand of so, spending anything on it would be financial madness. Scrap it or strip it & flog off the parts are the only realistic options. IMHNEO (NE = non expert) it would be a complete money pit, no point in throwing good money after bad.
10th Aug 2019 3:34 pm
austringer
Member Since: 04 Aug 2018
Location: downham market
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Dsl
Please show me where I can buy a discovery 3 HSE Manual for a couple of grand, the cheapest i have ever seen one was 6000.
10th Aug 2019 3:45 pm
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Rarity doesn't necessarily mean value and what things are for sale for is nowhere near as important as what they actually sell for.
Good luck with fixing it.
10th Aug 2019 3:49 pm
austringer
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Yes i understand these things however the car was worth 6k not 2k
10th Aug 2019 3:52 pm
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10th Aug 2019 3:52 pm
austringer
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Location: downham market
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Pete k
i see you sent me ling for tranny loom, did you notice mine was melted or is it just a likely outcome?
I am uploading a video to youtube but very slow
10th Aug 2019 3:56 pm
austringer
Member Since: 04 Aug 2018
Location: downham market
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i can see only 3 manual HSE on autotrader 6k 7k 8k
If i were entitled to a payout they would surely have to give me enough to purchase one of them?
i wonder if i can dispute the non payment due to expired MOT, the car been driving all those years and chooses to catch fire just as MOT expired, also i paid insurance 26 years and never made a claim until now
10th Aug 2019 4:03 pm
trainmanone
Member Since: 19 Dec 2014
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my suggestion is jet wash the engine compartment then post pics/video as a lot of powder crud masking the extent of damage imho
10th Aug 2019 4:09 pm
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austringer wrote:
i wonder if i can dispute the non payment due to expired MOT
What does your policy wording say re driving without an MOT? It may say it’s specifically excludes this, ie being driven when not road legal, in which case you’d have a much harder job than if it doesn’t say anything.
10th Aug 2019 4:17 pm
austringer
Member Since: 04 Aug 2018
Location: downham market
Posts: 41
i wish i had a pressure washer
10th Aug 2019 4:19 pm
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
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I'm not sure if manual transmissions have gearbox looms.
I think they must have, but specific manual version.
It's just below the windscreen so, likely bad.
I think driving it without MOT, probably upsets the insurance. But read small print
10th Aug 2019 5:52 pm
Pete K
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best to follow up the insurance claim!
10th Aug 2019 5:56 pm
Pete K
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I think you need to jack up the front (safely)
And understand if there is damage under the car
Remove gearbox shield and you can look up rear of engine.
10th Aug 2019 6:42 pm
austringer
Member Since: 04 Aug 2018
Location: downham market
Posts: 41
I can not see any small print i looked through all documentation.
I have been looking at Hastings direct on forums and they are worst company out of 48 according to which and others, i didnt realise i was insured with lying cheating gangsters, they had my car 2 weeks and not done engineers assessment yet despite telling me they done it and its a total loss.
It seems Hastings Direct do whatever they can to get out of paying and every one ends up going to ombudsman
Some South African guy owns it so i am not surprised, anyone remember the b side to the spitting image chicken song?
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