Alex_G60_Fanatic

Only 3 other members of the forum from dundee if I recall... And I've not seen any on line for ages. I would be better posting on SVAG or another Scottish based forum I think. but worth a go. Theres some things I just can't do on a driveway in the rain, doing it yourself is all well and good but a roof and proper tools is alway a bonus and a privilege I'm more than willing to pay for!

There was a time when you could drive a car down to your local service centre, repair centre or MOT centre and expect to receive a good service done to a high standard. Now, I don't consider myself as old, and maybe this is just from personal opinion based on bad luck and chance but it would seem that I can't trust anyone other than myself to fix cars nowadays... All garages seem to be either speed focused (get the car in and out as soon as possible) leeding to mistakes being made due to time not being invested in the job. Or just lazy swindlers that try to charge you for work you don't need and didn't ask for... 1. The first example I have is from my local firm (I wont give names). Gave them my polo to pop on a new fan belt and service... got the car back missing an alternator bolt and the belt flapping in the engine. They took 3 days to look at the car and when they did get round to looking at it they rushed and did a crap job. 2. Took another Polo and the Corrado I had to a kwick-fit franchise to get new tires. I asked for cheep tires for the polo and Pirelli for the corrado. What I got was budget tires all-round and all but 1 of them where 3 years out of date. Unfortunately, this was only noticed a year after buying them when i came to change another tire on the polo due to a flat. 3. Asked a garage to fit a new subframe to the corrado. Gave them the replacement frame that i got second hand and I cleaned it up and it needed a spot of welding... (I know your not supposed to weld the subframe but never mind that just now). Got them to do the welding and asked them to "clean up the welds and make sure you clean and then re-coat the surface with hamerite or something after you weld it. They did weld it but they didn't spray it or treat it and the welding looked like it was done by a toddler... it was a complete mess! 4. Gave the C to another garage, asked them to replace the subframe (to replace the frame that the other garage badly welded...). Again I provided a subframe. They did replace it, but they didn't replace any of the other components like the wisbone rubbers, ARB bushes etc... When i came to take the wishbones off to put the new suspension on the car, they where almost completely worn though.... Where never less than a year old! 5. Gave my car to a garage to MOT. Told them in person what was wrong with the brakes and they told me they would test it within the week and get back to me... Didn't hear anything for 4 days so I rang him up and he said "ohh yeah, I tried to move it but there was no brakes! Couldn't MOT it like that." I then explained to him that this was not only mentioned to him before i dropped it off but I also provided him with a new brake bias valve (in person!) as well as a note explaining him the problem, left in the car on the passenger seat. I phoned him again another 4 days later and he still hadn't looked at the car and still no MOT test had been done. I've been to almost every garage in Dundee and Fife and I have never recieved a good service from any of them. Is this just me? I don't mind someone taking their time on a car... If i get a good job then I would be prepared to pay for it. But to take over a week to look at a car only to say that nothing has or can be done is a bit off i think. If he had explained that he didn't have the time to look at it this week then i would have been more understanding, a lack of communication I feel is a common problem but then you also get a*seholes that just don't give two ****s... I was in a garage the other day, I know the owner and was sitting in his office looking down on the garage floor. I saw a mechanic (I assume he was a mechanic... Lunatics are not often found in garages conducting repairs) standing over a Renault scenic. He was trying to remove the exaust manifiold... his tool of choice was a 10lb sledge hammer... and more than once he missed the target, hitting the engine bay trim pieces and on one occasion, what looked like a coil pack! Is no car SAFE! Can you trust anyone to look at your car? Even if you trust the garage owner... They can't watch every employee 8hours a day! At some point, some complete git is going to get near your car and has the chance of doing harm to your pride and joy.... I despair :(

never seen a red one? Is it a red LED or a red surround?

My wing mirrors only move in one direction, think I'm going to have a go at cleaning the connectors up in the switch.

WOW... That really is OEM! Good luck mate! I hope it's possible!! Your other alternative is to try and find the previous owners? they may have a picture of the car when it was new? Post the reg number in here and see what you get

With me it's best to assume I'm stupid... You'll not be far wrong!

yeah, all fuses checked. I would pop a multi meter on the red/yellow wires to check i was getting juice but the car is at the garage just now...

Tried turning my radio on the other day in the rado and there is no power getting to the head unit. I looked at the fuse box and that all looks fine. The only thing that I've done to the electrics since I last used the radio is fit an external up-rated headlight loom and change the battery. I had the head unit out to check the back of it and I did find a loose wire... [ATTACH=CONFIG]48371[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]48372[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]48373[/ATTACH] does this have anything to do with my problem do you think?

Sounds like he's gone to the trouble of getting a stereo block connector now... Have you tried Maplin? But then I'm not sure what the name of the spade connectors are...

lol

http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?10426-Door-handle-repair-kit..........THEY-ARE-NOW-AVAILABLE&highlight=door+handle+repair+kit ;)

Im with fish-sticks on this one... I expect she started to reverse, hit the bollard and then panicked, dropping the clutch and throwing the car up the bollard. These folk need their licences thrown away!

Clever little bit of kit that! I'll re-test the preasures and go from there i think! :)

ooo no no... I NEED to be told how to suck eggs.... I thought you just needed the cam cover and the cam out, not the entire head! Maybe I'll leave this to a professional! does anyone have any idea the costs involved? I assume if the head comes off then It'll need to be skimmed and new gaskets etc... ---------- Post added at 12:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:29 PM ---------- I think i'm getting confused between cam seals and valves... Was going to try changing the cam seals! ... I'll get my coat..

been watching this - The chap makes it look pretty simple but I was wondering is this something that can be done on a drive way with the engine in-situ? The reason for thinking i could do with this is that I ran some pressure tests on the car a few months back and I was getting about 8-9bar on all cylinders except one where I was getting about 6ish. Was thinking this could be a likely cause and a good place to start as the car has been sat idle for the past 2 years anyway. Not taken a look at the pistons themselves although I do have an endoscope that would fit into the spark plug sockets. Also, if there is anyone in the Dundee/Fife/Perthshire area who knows what they're talking about (as opposed to me bumbling around the engine bay) then I would love a second opinion :smug:

dunno, yet... Waiting to hear back from the garage, although im expecting a fail as i didn't fix the brakes in time (Eurocar parts took 7 days to deliver my new brake bias valve!)

I know how to do it, I just don't have an alan key that will fit the plug and i can't be bothered to mess around with welding bolts to nuts ect... ---------- Post added at 09:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:02 AM ---------- Don't mind me.... just making a list! battery cover - 281915411f door card retaining clips - 3A0 867 301 A

Glad it was a simple fix

Whoops! yeah... to right! could be anything! Try attaching a multi meter to the fuse terminal and check what kind of voltage your getting to the fuse, might give you an idea of whats happening! Good luck!

indeed.... Have a look behind the motor to see what the connection to that looks like. Might be a dodgy wire touching some metal and shorting.

lol... just check all the yellow fueses!

20amp fuse in position 6 i think (yellow fuse) :thumbleft: http://www.a2resource.com/electrical/CE2.html

how on earth did she climb a 4 foot ballard!? I'm impressed!:thumbleft:

didn't manage to get a bigger picture did you? He must have been going at a fair ol'whack to get that high up in the air. What was it he hit?

checked the fuses? otherwise as Nathan suggests