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

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

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

2009-11-15 Water Pump...:

Well, I would certainly have a talk with the mechanic about how that happened. People make mistakes, but the auto repair field is unfortunately rife with incompetence. We have a tool to hold the pulley

2009-11-13 1997 Discovery LSE V8i:

Mass air meters are commonly available in the $300 range. I'm not sure what you are talking about at $1700. In any case, there is no fault that says "bad mass air meter." The fuel trim faults - if those

2009-11-12 Land rover dis2 wheel bearings:

If the wheel bearings are bad you will get ABS fault codes - the ABS warning will be lit - or you will hear a distinct growl or whine when turning one way or the other. And in terms of service - a Land

2009-11-09 Climate Control:

Your passenger side problem has nothing to do with refrigerant level. You probably need new servos. There is a set of three servo motors (changed together) that regulate the temps on each side. Common

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

 

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