Land Rover Repair/Expert Profile


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I own J E Robison Service in Springfield, MA. We are Bosch Car Service for Land Rover, BMW, Mercedes, and other European lines. I can answer most questions about Land Rover service or repair. I'm known as a car enthusiast, machine aficianado, photographer, writer, and speaker. I've been around Land Rovers and British cars most of my life. Visit me at my car business, www.robisonservice.com or my author website, www.johnrobison.com. Check out my autism and writing blog at jerobison.blogspot.com or my photos on www.pbase.com/robisonphoto John Elder Robison

Experience in the area

I have been a Land Rover service manager since Land Rover returned to North America in 1987. My company is a four-star Bosch Car Service facility, known nationwide for Land Rover service, overhaul, customization, and restoration. We're a dealer and service agent for APCO, backer of the Land Rover Assured and Certified dealer service contracts and Easycare independent service contracts. In addition to Land Rover our company services BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Rolls_Royce, and Bentley motorcars. We have factory-plus-level service capability for all makes. Visit my company online at www.robisonservice.com > service > land rover Also visit my blog at robisonservice.blogspot.com

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Publications

In the Land Rover world, my writing can be found in Land Rover Lifestyle, Land Rover Monthly, The Rover News, The Rover Log, The Rover Reference. In the wider publishing world, my work is published by 20 publishers in over 50 countries. Look Me in the Eye is a New York Times bestseller and an international bestseller.

Education/Credentials

I am ASE certified, Bosch Trained, and trained by Omnitec/T4 and Autologic on their Land Rover test systems.

What do you like about this subject?

I've been a Land Rover enthusiast since seeing them in National Geographic as a kid. You can find me in the woods at Land Rover off-road events throughout New England

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In addition to being a Land Rover lover, I'm also John Elder Robison, nonfiction book author. Check me out on Google or at www.johnrobison.com

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Recent Answers from John Robison

2009-11-07 Defender Td5 fuel pump whine:

That noise may mean the pump is going bad, or the filter is getting clogged. Change the filter now as a preventative measure and see what happens. I've seen those pumps get noisy and just be that way

2009-11-07 trans cooler:

The usual cause of cooler leaks is rust and corrosion. Here at Robison Service (in New England) w end up cutting the lines off and most of the time we have to replace it all - cooler lines, etc. You

2009-11-06 air suspension inactive:

That message usually means there are faulty or conflicting signals from one or more sensors, so system operation is disabled. You will have to find a workshop with the specialized test equipment to speak

2009-11-05 To many miles on a disco??:

That's pretty high mileage. I'd look it over really carefully to see what kind of care it's received. My own 2004 has 135,000 miles and I expect it will be running just fine at 200k, but the poorly cared

2009-11-04 1996 Disco brakes:

I can't say that you do or don't have a bad flex line. It would be unusual if you did. Either way, a rear line or caliper problem will not cause a really hard pull to either side. If the truck dives

 

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