Thread: Ford Ranger Servicing Options

Originally Posted by tac a1

And that's the reason why I run a landcruiser. 9.2 litres of 15/40 Castrol Vection oil. Bought in bulk for $4.20 per litre. Filter cartridge every 5000 kms. Grease every 2500 kms. Fuel filter every 10.000 kms. Air filter cleaned or changed when its needs it.

Easy and cheap. I only get the major services done at the shop when diff and gearbox oils need to be done.

I heard the other day that a new ranger service is 800 odd dollars. No thanks.

Only if you pay someone else to do it.
New vehicles aren't that much more expensive than older generation ones, it's just people are scared of electronics so pay someone else to do everything.

Being a Land Rover guy I pretty much have to do everything myself, between people being scared to work on them, local parts being stupidly expensive and the fact they break all the time (kinda but not really) I'd hate to pay someone else to do the work.

My later generation vehicle doesn't cost me much more to service and doesn't break down anymore often, it's really only the increased complexity means parts are a bit more expensive and you need to own a computer to read codes/reset things.

Obviously if your common rail diesel goes bang it cost a lot to fix but everything cost a lot to fix.
I enquired about getting my steering rack reconditioned the other day, was going to be $750+GST and that was basically just replacing seals which the seal kit I can buy for $100.

I don't at all regret going for a newer vehicle, its better in every single was than a vehicle from the 90s, if I need to do a bit of research i to how the car works to fix something then so be it.

Originally Posted by Beetroot

Only if you pay someone else to do it.
New vehicles aren't that much more expensive than older generation ones, it's just people are scared of electronics so pay someone else to do everything.

Being a Land Rover guy I pretty much have to do everything myself, between people being scared to work on them, local parts being stupidly expensive and the fact they break all the time (kinda but not really) I'd hate to pay someone else to do the work.

My later generation vehicle doesn't cost me much more to service and doesn't break down anymore often, it's really only the increased complexity means parts are a bit more expensive and you need to own a computer to read codes/reset things.

Obviously if your common rail diesel goes bang it cost a lot to fix but everything cost a lot to fix.
I enquired about getting my steering rack reconditioned the other day, was going to be $750+GST and that was basically just replacing seals which the seal kit I can buy for $100.

I don't at all regret going for a newer vehicle, its better in every single was than a vehicle from the 90s, if I need to do a bit of research i to how the car works to fix something then so be it.

Do you go online fir your parts? If so, is it land river specific sites you use?

Originally Posted by tac a1

And that's the reason why I run a landcruiser. 9.2 litres of 15/40 Castrol Vection oil. Bought in bulk for $4.20 per litre. Filter cartridge every 5000 kms. Grease every 2500 kms. Fuel filter every 10.000 kms. Air filter cleaned or changed when its needs it.

Easy and cheap. I only get the major services done at the shop when diff and gearbox oils need to be done.

I heard the other day that a new ranger service is 800 odd dollars. No thanks.

Not hard to do diffs, probably easier than engine oil changes?

No I just don't want to buy the oil for them. I know how to do it.

They have it in bulk and its just easier to put it on the hoist and change it there.

Originally Posted by Danger Mouse

Do you go online fir your parts? If so, is it land river specific sites you use?

Possible the best thing about land rovers is how easy it is to buy parts. There a dozens of websites you can buy them from, mostly in the UK (shipping is usually well priced) but Australia, the US and locally you can buy online. Its easy to find part numbers too which is nice.

Every other vehicle I've tried buying parts for is a pain in the arse in comparison but if you can find part numbers you can buy buts online too.
I bought a bunch of service parts for a VW Golf recently from Latvia and saved a fortune over buying from the dealer or Repco.