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Under 3500kg vehicles, e.g. Land Cruiser, Land Rover, Subaru etc.
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Broken Down in France

Hi,

Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated. We are broken down by the side oxygen road a out 30km from Chamonix in France en route for the ferry to Ireland.

We think the key has broken on the crank shaft pulley. Can anyone recommend a local mechanic?

Failing that, does anyone know how much it would cost to get the 110th transported to the ferry (1000 km).

Thank you in advance.

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Darragh.
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:confused1: bit more info would help... like what is a 110th?
Meanwhile some mechanics contacts in Chamonix as found by Google

Assuming the 110th (th being a typo) is a Landrover 110, Google comes up with these 'concessionaires'


Concessionnaire ELAN Subaru Land Rover
08 99 96 71 35
13 Bis Avenue des 3 Fontaines
74600 SEYNOD

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Concessionnaire et Garage Land Rover ELAN AUTOMOBILES a VILLE LA GRAND
08 99 10 07 28
4, Allée du Mousseron des Prés Village D'Entreprises
74100 VILLE LA GRAND

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Garage Land Rover Garagage AVOGADRO at VOUGY
08 99 10 31 38
1481, Route du Mont Blanc
74130 VOUGY
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Mechanic recommended on some Landrover forums :
"Rashid at Perfect Land in Sallanches- great guy 0033 4 50 58 83 52"
see circled area

-The other Landrover icon near geneva is ELAN AUTOMOBILES
-The white icon near ANNECY is ELAN Seynod
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Garage des Praz 74400 Chamonix , 1273 Route des Praz
0450531432


and if the 110th is something else, it would help if you could be more specific! cheers and good luck

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Thanks very much, you have been very helpful.
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If you are struggling to identify the fault, it migth be easier to speak to a Land Rover specialist in the UK, for help and advice.

Try: Foley SV, Footloose, Gigglepin, etc
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