I've had so many bad "dealer" experiences locally (here in Central Florida) it is ridiculous. I've literally had damage parts on the car when it was returned to me and had to get them to replace them (multiple times). A friend of mine had a situation where the supercharger was replaced under warranty and they never bothered to reinstall the strut tower braces and gave it back to him that way, along with multiple other "little things" they forgot to reinstall. The local Jag Specialist (non-dealer) won't even work on modified Jags any longer because they are "certified" to do work and are "buddies" with the local dealers, which makes matters even worse if I needed a qualified and reliable local Jag specialist. Thankfully I have some really smart friends who own garages, while not specialists, I would trust more than any of these other "qualified" places. It is a real shame.

 

Wow! This is one reason I do all my own work! Sorry about all of your issues.

DC

 

I have to ask what does "certified" actually mean. This is something new to me when it comes to JLR service. Is the shop doing warranty work for them?

 

It will not be going back for servicing. I will do everything myself from now on. The only thing I would not have been able to do myself is weld aluminum to fix the damaged threads in the frame most likely cause by the dealer last time the transfer case fluid was changed!

 

I guarantee you 100% the dealer broke that captured nut loose in the frame. When I did mine, I used a ton of penetrating oil and then NO IMPACT and backed them out nice and slow and went back and forth to be sure the threads were clean. Another on this forum @RonDog broke one of his off taking out the crossmember to change the fluid too...A lesson learned for us all.

One of those jacklegs in the shop hit it with an impact and it spun off (sucky design by the way!), and then I bet he put the impact away and used a ratchet nice and slow on the rest of them...and then started crafting his story to make it your issue. I would be willing to put money on it.

Well...Lesson learned.

Take care,
DC

 

 

Good info on a necessary cleaning of the auxiliary radiator shroud for all F Type owners! Skip ahead in video to roughly 6 minute mark. You need to see the amount of debris!

 

Yes! Definitely worth doing. Here is a shot when I had the front off for the Project 7 Grille install. Nasty!

DC

 

there’s that dirt trap as well! Ty for sharing!

 

SOLD! Time to move on to my American Muscle. 2022 Shelby GT500 arriving in 2 months and have a 2023 Corvette Z06 on order!
THANK YOU ALL! This has been an incredible Forum, entertaining and a great resource for information. Wishing you all the best! I will certainly stick around and chime in once in a while.

 

Thank you for the videos and the overall positivity you brought to the forum. I learned a lot from your videos and have probably watched them a dozen times each, ha. Congrats on the new rides and I'm looking forward to see what have ins store for those cars.

 

So i have been looking aroud for a while and finally found it.
so i bought a 2017 f type R from a dealer in Montreal. Wouldnt you know it was the car supersportmtl's car. Amazing looking car sounds great. Well at least it did until the engine blew. 🤷
when i bought it they told me it was tuned and thats about it. Drove it 5000K this year and mid October it **** the bed. 30K to have it rebuilt.

 

BUMMER! But it's only 30K expense with LOI of 15K overall. Could be worse, eh??