scumbag
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2005
- Messages
- 3,321
- Location
- Abu Dhabi. UAE
- Car
- Its German, has a round badge, reminds me of a Mercedes. Satan fuelled
Ian B Walker,
For those of you who still have no view of a member who provides Ian’s services, this post may help.
I spoke to Ian in August and told him about the gearbox on my comedy car. When it had its MOT, I asked the garage to change the gearbox oil. They had a few goes at getting the filler nut out, but they failed, they did say they were a bit worried about braking the gearbox casing, and probably with the work load they had, they didn’t want to spend all week trying to get it out, and they were not of the mind to charge me a fortune for doing so.
Ian told me he could get it out without too much trouble. Well Tuesday, he got his chance. Took him ten minutes to get the right bit of metal in the existing (Damaged) nut and get it out, much to my amusement with a face load of gearbox oil. (Note to Ian: when the car is not level the oil will come out of the hole!!). In total and full fairness. He did need me to hit the tool he was using with a hammer! So it did actually take 2 people.
My point here is a fully approved local back street garage was unable to do what Ian did in 10mins. I am not suggesting my local garage are wasters but it does put perspective on Ian’s abilities.
On top of that, this car is Not a Mercedes, and Ian had never seen one before!
He then spent half an hour on fabricating a bolt type bit on the nut so it will come put again. The reason he did this was the nearest Suzuki dealer did not have the parts in.
I am fully convinced Ian is the best person to speak to about your cars repairs and servicing before you contact anyone else. Ian will tell you whether he can do what needs doing, whether he needs to look at it before making a decision and whether he thinks you need someone else to do it with equipment he doesn’t yet own.
Therefore I am happy to recommend this service, from my experience and not because he is a member of this forum.
Let it be known, if he had been a clown this post would have still be made, just with a different outcome.
www.124works.com
For those of you who still have no view of a member who provides Ian’s services, this post may help.
I spoke to Ian in August and told him about the gearbox on my comedy car. When it had its MOT, I asked the garage to change the gearbox oil. They had a few goes at getting the filler nut out, but they failed, they did say they were a bit worried about braking the gearbox casing, and probably with the work load they had, they didn’t want to spend all week trying to get it out, and they were not of the mind to charge me a fortune for doing so.
Ian told me he could get it out without too much trouble. Well Tuesday, he got his chance. Took him ten minutes to get the right bit of metal in the existing (Damaged) nut and get it out, much to my amusement with a face load of gearbox oil. (Note to Ian: when the car is not level the oil will come out of the hole!!). In total and full fairness. He did need me to hit the tool he was using with a hammer! So it did actually take 2 people.
My point here is a fully approved local back street garage was unable to do what Ian did in 10mins. I am not suggesting my local garage are wasters but it does put perspective on Ian’s abilities.
On top of that, this car is Not a Mercedes, and Ian had never seen one before!
He then spent half an hour on fabricating a bolt type bit on the nut so it will come put again. The reason he did this was the nearest Suzuki dealer did not have the parts in.
I am fully convinced Ian is the best person to speak to about your cars repairs and servicing before you contact anyone else. Ian will tell you whether he can do what needs doing, whether he needs to look at it before making a decision and whether he thinks you need someone else to do it with equipment he doesn’t yet own.
Therefore I am happy to recommend this service, from my experience and not because he is a member of this forum.
Let it be known, if he had been a clown this post would have still be made, just with a different outcome.
www.124works.com
Its all about thinking outside the box. Simple engineering.
