Need to change the wheel bearing, But...
#23
03-09-2011 | 02:31 PM
#24
03-09-2011 | 05:59 PM
Baja
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From: Pittsburgh PA suburbs.
Surely you jest. Locally the vo/tech school automotive classes had an article in the paper that they do repairs for the cost of parts only. You don't pay for labor because the students are performing the work under the supervision of the instructor. The article I saw was geared toward senior citizens but some do similar programs, you could look into that.
But really, if doing the wheel bearings is too much for you to handle, you obviously purchased the wrong vehicle for yourself. If you cannot maintain it yourself, an older Discovery can be very expensive very quickly and then right after you fix one thing (or usually during that attempted repair) some other devastating problem will be Discovered. (That is how it got the name Discovery). I renamed mine Recovery. Of course after a while, you have worked your way totally thru the vehicle and then they are a real pleasure because you have become intimately familar with it and yourself on a much deeper level.
As far as the gaskets keeping stuff from leaking out, I was only half right. They also help stuff like water from leaking in as well. If you can't laugh about it, then you will really have a miserable day.
Last edited by Danny Lee 97 Disco; 03-10-2011 at 07:03 PM.
#25
03-09-2011 | 06:04 PM
Baja
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From: Pittsburgh PA suburbs.
Hell that is straight out of The Redneck Mechanic's Handbook and Guide to Better BarBQueing.
If you wonder whether you really need that fifty cent gasket for that two hundred repair job, you might be a RedNeck Mechanic. Just use duct tape over it after you get it back together. And maybe some chaw to plug that leak.
If you wonder whether you really need that fifty cent gasket for that two hundred repair job, you might be a RedNeck Mechanic. Just use duct tape over it after you get it back together. And maybe some chaw to plug that leak.
#26
03-09-2011 | 06:35 PM
TReK
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From: Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
Surely you jest. Locally the vo/tech school automotive classes had an article in the paper that they do repairs for the cost of parts only. You don't pay for labor because the students are performing the work under the supervision of the instructor. The article I saw was geared toward senior citizens but some do similar programs, you could look into that.
But really, if doing the wheel bearings is too much for you to handle, you obviously purchased the wrong vehicle for yourself. If you cannot maintain it yourself, an older Discovery can be very expensive very quickly and then right after you fix one thing (or usually during that attempted repair) so other devastating problem will be Discovered. (That is how it got the name Discovery). I renamed mine Recovery.
As far as the gaskets keeping stuff from leaking out, I was only half right. They also help stuff like water from leaking in as well. If you can't laugh about it, then you will really have a miserable day.
But really, if doing the wheel bearings is too much for you to handle, you obviously purchased the wrong vehicle for yourself. If you cannot maintain it yourself, an older Discovery can be very expensive very quickly and then right after you fix one thing (or usually during that attempted repair) so other devastating problem will be Discovered. (That is how it got the name Discovery). I renamed mine Recovery.
As far as the gaskets keeping stuff from leaking out, I was only half right. They also help stuff like water from leaking in as well. If you can't laugh about it, then you will really have a miserable day.
#30
03-09-2011 | 11:24 PM
Baja
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From: Pittsburgh PA suburbs.