Mechanic at Cape York

I would recommend old mate at Cape York Spares and Repairs. He is also the RACQ man up that way and aside from his very dry sense of humour he is a pretty good mechanic......could even sort out problems with Landrover Discovery fancy suspension. He is reasonable with his prices too.

Cape York Spares and Repairs

I was up there in 2008 and a new Nissan’s ABS braking computer failed.
The owner told me that the Seisa mechanic couldn’t fix it.
He said his roadside assistance company (RAC I think) and Nissan were sharing the cost of putting it on the barge and sent it back to Cooktown – a transport cost of about $3500.

I cannot believe how anyone would go to places like Cape York without something like NRMA's Premium cover or any other State's equivalent cover.
Blow a clutch in a remote area and have to put up with finding a way home at exorbitant expense is beyond me. If it is taken to the RACQ workshop, at least one knows it will be fixed and there is some come back if it is not correctly done.
My own experience had me lifted out of the Bungle Bungle with a major problem back to Kununurra. The cost of the lift for vehicle and tow for the Kimberley Karavan, flight back to Kununurra and overnight accommodation was all covered. That was about $3500.00.
If the vehicle has to be returned to Cairns by barge it would be covered, along with accommodation all covered by a small premium.

A few years ago a member here recommended a Doug Chellingworth of DC Mechanical Repairs. I cnp'd the details from the post for future reference. Address is Shed 1, 63 - 65 Ardisia St, Smithfield QLD, 4878. The member's name was Ian G (NSW).

Thanks for all the replies, and yes the guy at Bamaga has it all sorted for us, and yes we have coverage but decided to sort it out ourselves.

Just a note for future reference, if anybody else reads this post looking for info.

Weipa Auto ( http://www.weipaauto.com.au ) is very sympathetic to ExplorOz users. Sam used to be an active user of the site and appreciated how difficult it is to get info on local services in the cape.
Helped me out amazingly when I limped into Weipa last time I was there.