. . . and now he's gonna squeeze you till the pips squeek.
Please can I have some help
- Thread starter Shelly
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I'd agree with this - you have time and money already invested in him, and he's relying on that principle and that you dont feel like paying him, even though its not fixed, to then move it and pay someone else to do the work.
Personally I'd cut my losses tell him you're collecting the car to take somewhere else - but do it correctly. He's saying its stripped down but is it - until you see it, you dont know.
I certainly wouldnt trust him and work he does now, with how he's treated you tbh.
If he was confident and competent at doing the work, it would be sorted by now.
Good luck whatever you decide, Shelly
All the pieces are back on my Z , I should be getting a call later on this afternoon, it’s failed its mot , so that has got to be done too.
Hopefully more to tell you then
Hopefully more to tell you then
MOT. So it's running now?All the pieces are back on my Z , I should be getting a call later on this afternoon, it’s failed its mot , so that has got to be done too.
Hopefully more to tell you then
And this will be a story called “how I paid an engine rebuild when all that was wrong was a spark plug”.
So in half a day it went from "non runner because tming chain jumped a cog" to "it's on the ramp with chain off" to "failed MOT".
He is indeed a wizard.
On the other hand. Giving him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he started on it last week and just didn't tell anyone.
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Hi Shelly,,
check your speedo for how many miles it’s done …. perhaps the bloke has used it for his driving holiday round Europe
check your speedo for how many miles it’s done …. perhaps the bloke has used it for his driving holiday round Europe
What “bits” exactly? Has the garage diagnosed the issue @Shelly ?Alan phoned the garage up yesterday morning, and said what is happening with Shelly’s car , he said he’s got all the bits off it and also the chain too and I’ll be working on it this week , so give me a couple of more days and it will be done . I couldn’t then say all the bits need to go back on it lol , so fingers crossed, my Z will be back home very soon
Beautiful Z!
You beat me to it! Yours is on the road before mine!!!
My Z was due it’s MOT today but the radiator blew yesterday as Chris was taking it home so he could pop to the MOT station first thing this morning…back to the drawing board and waiting for parts…sigh.
Have a glorious zoom around in Snow White
You beat me to it! Yours is on the road before mine!!!
My Z was due it’s MOT today but the radiator blew yesterday as Chris was taking it home so he could pop to the MOT station first thing this morning…back to the drawing board and waiting for parts…sigh.
Have a glorious zoom around in Snow White
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I give up. 4 teeth? I don't know what engine it is but lets assume its the 2.5 then, if I'm not mistaken, the crank sprocket has 19 teeth? 360 degrees divided by 19, times 4 (teeth) give us 75 degrees at the crank shaft. 37ish degrees at the valves.He said it had jumped 4 teeth
I’ve got a invoice to say what has been replaced
No way on this planet did it skip 4 teeth without significant valve damage.
But. As I said. I give up.
If you're happy then let's leave it at that.
Please ignore everything everyone, including me, has said and enjoy your zed.
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Yep. I rest my case also.I give up. 4 teeth? I don't know what engine it is but lets assume its the 2.5 then, if I'm not mistaken, the crank sprocket has 19 teeth? 360 degrees divided by 19, times 4 (teeth) give us 75 degrees at the crank shaft. 37ish degrees at the valves.
No way on this planet did it skip 4 teeth without significant valve damage.
But. As I said. I give up.
If you're happy then let's leave it at that.
Please ignore everything everyone, including me, has said and enjoy your zed.
Enjoy your car @Shelly.
(Pretty sure the car paid for the four new teeth the mechanic has in his mouth).
Really hope you get your Z back very soonBeautiful Z!
You beat me to it! Yours is in the toad before mine!!!
My Z was due it’s MOT today but the radiator blew yesterday as Chris was taking it home so he could pop to the MOT station first thing this morning…back to the drawing board and waiting for parts…sigh.
Have a glorious zoom around in Snow White
I’m so happy at the moment that my Z is back with me
To tell you the truth it was getting to me and making me sad
I truly understand @Shelly I’m there, too.Really hope you get your Z back very soon
I’m so happy at the moment that my Z is back with me
To tell you the truth it was getting to me and making me sad
it’s been really horrible without my beautiful car
I won’t sleep tonight now ,as I’m so excited lol
New update from Allan
The chain guides had snapped which put slack in the chain, which made the chain jumped 3-4 teeth , which put the timing out , which led to it not starting….
parts were
Full chain kit and cam sprokets
4 new coil packs
4 new spark plugs
oil change
oil filter
also It had a full mot
new coil spring on the rear
including labour and mot cost £1,658.68
The chain guides had snapped which put slack in the chain, which made the chain jumped 3-4 teeth , which put the timing out , which led to it not starting….
parts were
Full chain kit and cam sprokets
4 new coil packs
4 new spark plugs
oil change
oil filter
also It had a full mot
new coil spring on the rear
including labour and mot cost £1,658.68