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RWDboy Forums Junkie Location: South Australia Registered: July 2002	Re: Word of mouth Wed, 10 March 2004 13:02 I'm not "bashing" anyone here...I'm saying I've had good experiences with the guys but I'm recommending that people don't take an entire car over there. These guys have always done a *good* job when I have just taken engines/engine components there and for a very affordable price. I know you pay what you get, but I paid about $800-900 all up to have the rear main seal replaced and the idler pulley and tensioner pulley bearings replaced and a few seals (the rocker cover) re-gooed and they put a new alternator belt on while they were there. I talked to these guys and asked if it was okay by them to do the job and do it properly, and they said no problemo, and I get a job that is merely 'okay' and definitely not worth the money I paid way too much for it, it was a complete rip-off. If they had told me "Oh were busy and we may do a shit job" then I would've really appreciated the honesty - then I would've done the job myself Regardless it was a complete waste of my money and time...I could have easily done the job myself for the cost of the parts but I simply didn't have the time and I needed the car on the road...I *paid* them for their time and I feel duly ripped. I haven't gone back to them and complained because I have no further need for them (I'm always doing the work on my car from now on because I love my car, and the average mechanic doesn't give a flying crap) nor do I wish to talk to the guy about him doing a 'dodgy' job especially if I catch him on a bad day (he's cool on good days though) Quote: ok im probably gonna cop shit for this being as im an apprentice mechanic, but does it really make them bad mechanics for leaving a couple of bolts out of the timing cover and the dust seals hanging out? Bad mechanic? Maybe not - but definitely not the kind of mechanic I'm after! Dust covers are not a critical part of the car, and the flywheel shield thingo isn't overly critical either, although I don't want dust working it's way around my flywheel seal/bearing...it simply doesn't make them look like a good mechanic that I can trust. What it boils down to is that I'm fastidious -> I want my cam timing cover to be non-'butchered and no longer worth even having on' - it's not even like they accidently broke it, they purposely cut off the indent where one of the bolts goes through so they could slip it over the timing belt easier. I can understand them doing this, but honestly it only takes like 60 seconds to figure out how to get the thing over the cam timing belt. The end result - I had to go get a replacement one, and the bolts and then I had to do all the work that I paid them to do again. [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Word of mouth	RWDboy	Sun, 07 March 2004 04:58
	Re: Word of mouth	Arch	Sun, 07 March 2004 05:37
	Re: Word of mouth	frank_grimes	Sun, 07 March 2004 07:16
	Re: Word of mouth	Steve-AE86	Sun, 07 March 2004 11:40
	names deleted	net nazi	Wed, 10 March 2004 05:20
	Re: Word of mouth	nomuken	Wed, 10 March 2004 09:34
	Re: Word of mouth	EVOSTi	Wed, 10 March 2004 10:20
	Re: Word of mouth	FWDCelica	Wed, 10 March 2004 10:54
	Re: Word of mouth	bbaacchhyy	Thu, 11 March 2004 00:41
	Re: Word of mouth	sideshow	Wed, 10 March 2004 10:51
	Re: Word of mouth	EVOSTi	Wed, 10 March 2004 11:05
	Re: Word of mouth	Apollo	Wed, 10 March 2004 11:33
	Re: Word of mouth	RWDboy	Wed, 10 March 2004 13:02
	Re: Word of mouth	T APLUS 22	Wed, 10 March 2004 13:06
	Re: Word of mouth	SIMDOG	Thu, 11 March 2004 00:07
	Re: Word of mouth	Apollo	Thu, 11 March 2004 00:22
	Re: Word of mouth	RWDboy	Thu, 11 March 2004 02:44
	Re: Word of mouth	JDM hachi	Thu, 11 March 2004 05:55
	Re: Word of mouth	EVOSTi	Thu, 11 March 2004 06:03
	Re: Word of mouth	mrsoopra	Thu, 11 March 2004 06:35
	Re: Word of mouth	RWDboy	Thu, 11 March 2004 14:12

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