| Author | Message | ||
     Mike Gensler (Vwzorm58) New Member Username: Vwzorm58 Post Number: 5 Registered: 08-2003 |
I'm trying to decide which of the following 90K service items to do myself vs. have done at the dealer. Any comments? 1) Renew Anti-freeze 2) Renew Brake Fluid 3) Renew Gearbox Oil 4) Renew Trans Fluid/filter (automatic) 5) Renew Transfer Box Fluid 6) Renew Front Axle Oil 7) Renew Rear Axle Oil 8) Renew Swivel Pin Housing Oil 9) Check/adjust Timing 10) Check/adjust Steering Box 11) Renew O2 Sensors I'm a decent shade-tree mechanic, but am growing lazy in my old age. If any of the above are pretty straight-forward and don't require the removal of tons of extra parts just to get to them, I'm willing to tackle it. Any suggestions/comments greatly appreciated. Mike g. | ||
| dareDVL (Daredvl) Member Username: Daredvl Post Number: 80 Registered: 03-2003 |
6, 7 and 8 are dead easy. | ||
| p (Pfb) New Member Username: Pfb Post Number: 31 Registered: 08-2003 |
Nothing on that list sounds like it would be much work. Draining/refilling cases is easy, although a lot easier on a lift. Check timing is trivial. I've never changed 02 sensors, but can't imagine they are buried and difficult to get to. I thought swivel oil changed to grease some number of years ago, and I'm not sure how you drain the old stuff out if it's solid, so that is the one job I would personally want more info on... My local dealer charges over $100 an hour, and that is for *book* hours, which are nearly double actual work hours. That price is just plain silly and I *refuse* to give them any more business. Unfortunately, the independents aren't confidence inspiring either, so it' do it yourself time. As an aside, Jiffy lube will change case fluids for $20/case including fluids. If you insist on an experienced guy *and* supervise the work, it's a lot less messy than all that draning and fluid pumping on your driveway. They do radiator flush/fills as well. | ||
| Ian Bentley (Ibentley) New Member Username: Ibentley Post Number: 19 Registered: 06-2003 |
Swivel oil should be easy. Just remove the fill plug, then the level plug, then the drain plug LAST. The only jobs on the list I'd even think about having the dealer do are 4 and 10. There's a crossmember in the way of dropping the •••••• pan, and I've heard you need to spread the frame slightly to drop it out. There may be more info if you do a search on this site. I don't know how difficult adjusting the steering box is. All the other jobs are easy to get to and don't require special tools. Get yourself a copy of the Bentley (no relation) service manual. It costs less than 2 hours of dealer labour and has pretty decent instructions on how to do all this. | ||
| dareDVL (Daredvl) Member Username: Daredvl Post Number: 81 Registered: 03-2003 |
Considering the individual cost of an O2 sensor, I can't imagine wanting to replace one unless it was bad. | ||
| Robert Sublett (Rubisco98) Senior Member Username: Rubisco98 Post Number: 1019 Registered: 04-2002 |
4) Renew Trans Fluid/filter (automatic) I'm a shadetree mechanic myself, I've had to learn with the Rover. Anyhow, let someone else do #4. I would suggest you purchase the filter kit from the dealer/vendor of your choice, then pay someone else to do it. This project requires you to drop the crossmember, and I even had to drop my exhaust. Ended up taking me around 6-7 hours, but that was spread across a couple of days. |
