Recommend a Geelong mechanic??
Submitted: Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 20:47
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Plasnart
G'day all!
Recently had my 4.2 TD GUII serviced at what I thought would be a reputable 4x4 workshop in Geelong (Fyans St down opposite VicRoads) but ended up VERY VERY VERY upset with them.
I generally do oil change at 5k intervals myself then have a workshop do the extended servicing at the 10k intervals.
Have you ever heard of a good workshop only replacing one oil filter and leaving one of the old ones in there?? What about no details on receipt of what work was undertaken? I've got no proof they did anything but change a couple of filters (one oil, one fuel). Or what about asking for $580 when they quoted me $390?? Don't worry, I had it out with the manager and only paid the quoted price. As I was having it out with the manager, 2 other blokes came in complaining about work that had been done to their vehicles from that workshop. Seems like it might be a regular occurrence!! Could go on for ages but won't
bore you.
Anyway, does anybody know a GOOD diesel mechanic in Geelong (or nearby anyway) for my GU, because I am NEVER going back to these guys. Would love to find one I could trust.
I don't mind paying for good service. All that I ask is that the mechanic gives me good work and I'll pay them good money. I'm not after the cheapest quote, I'm after the good mechanic and will pay accordingly.
Thanks for any leads.
Reply By: rolande- Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:55
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:55
G'Day Plasnart,
There was a guy running a
shop called "performance diesel" in Moolap who had a good reputation.
The orignal premises is now empty and I have been trying to track him down for a few months.
Try asking around, if you find where he now is please let me know.
Thanks
Rolande
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Reply By: Member - Tim - Stratford (VIC) - Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 23:40
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 23:40
Plasnart,
I had my
suspension done at ATS4x4 - more than happy with the service and results. I'm pretty sure they do servicing and pre-trip inspections etc.
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Reply By: Member - Mike H (VIC) - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 11:39
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 11:39
G'day Plasnart,
I have been happy with the work done for me over the past few years by
Paul Adams,
Geelong Automatic Transmission,
1 Edols St.,
North Geelong.
Cheers,
Mike
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Reply By: yakodi - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 18:27
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 18:27
Gday - understand trouble with finding an exceptional mechanic but our family mechanic is in East geelong around the corner from your recent expereince. Reidys mechanics is the name. They've serviced our Patrol frequently at a good price. One of their experienced mechanics has a 4.2 TD patrol ute. So they have first hand experience with patrols.
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Reply By: Plasnart - Monday, May 21, 2007 at 08:57
Monday, May 21, 2007 at 08:57
Thanks everyone for helping me out with this query. Will follow up your leads. It's always good to hear from satisfied customers of good mechanics. I should have done this before I went to that other place!!
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Follow Up By: rolande- Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 20:17
Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 20:17
G'Day Plasnart,
Wondering how you went in the search for a decent mechanic?
Any experience to share?
Regards
Rolande
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Reply By: lc_120man - Monday, May 21, 2007 at 10:06
Monday, May 21, 2007 at 10:06
ATS Geelong, never has a problem with them.
www.atsgeelong.com.au/
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Follow Up By: tuck 01 - Monday, May 21, 2007 at 13:21
Monday, May 21, 2007 at 13:21
Except when they fitted ARB strengthening brackets to front end of my 100, they welded them instead of bolting as stipulated. Now, forever watching and waiting for them to crack.
Then, when it was all put back together, they screwed up (ARB) torsion bar far too high so tyres were rubbing on full lock. Then assured me it was set the same as before, and the rubbing on full lock was not an issue.
I'll keep using ATS in its original guise as tyre sellers/fitters (Affordable Tyre Service), but a bit dubious on the mechanical side of things.
Note, my experience was when they were just getting into the mechanic/fitting side of things, so may have different people and skills now?
Cheers
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Follow Up By: GO_OFFROAD - Monday, May 21, 2007 at 17:40
Monday, May 21, 2007 at 17:40
Geoff,
I dont remember you coming back for tyres rubbing, and welding the brackets is what stops the arm cracking, bolting them on is suppsed to stop them dropping to the bump stop, if they do, so bolting is more of a band aid approach than the prevention method we have had master engineered.
As for the height, you are governed by the length of the shock, and the minimum droop you can run, hence the diff drop to stop the cv boot wear with the right length shock, but I would be interested to know
A/ were the tyres a standard size, and
B/ where would they rub if the vehicle was to tall?
Darren McRae
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Follow Up By: tuck 01 - Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 10:28
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 10:28
Darren
ARB make the brackets and say they should be bolted. If not, they say there is a risk of cracking. That's the advice I listened to.
Don't want to get into slanging match as I'll be in for a couple of new tyres soon, but the front end was pulled apart to do the strengthening brackets on a Friday, after I picked it up I noted the tyres rubbing on full lock, phoned and organised to bring it in on Saturday morning. It went up on the hoist and I was assured all was OK, but there was no explanation as to why it was rubbing when nothing had been changed apart from installing the brackets and re-assembling the front end.
Maybe I'm a fool, but I drove it like that for some time before the workshop that installed the
suspension reset it back to the height it was before the ARB brackets were fitted. After that, it drove better, did not rub on full lock, and my low beam was not getting me flashed all the time.
My tyres are 285/75/16 fitted by your workshop. At that time they were ST's.
As I said, I hope to remain a tyre customer, and the mechanical/assembly work was done early in your branching into that field, so I am not making comment on what you do today, only my experience about 18 or so months ago.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: GO_OFFROAD - Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 11:52
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 11:52
not wanting to start slinging anything either, ARB do have an issue, where they dont want to take on toyota's liability with the a arm issue, and cant call it a "fault" without upsetting said major vehicle supplier with said components, so they had to try and find some solution that fitted into the politics of all of that.
We dont saee it a sa solution, but a band aid, and we dont need to be friendly with Toyota either.
If the oversize tyres were rubbing, perhaps the lock stops were adjusted?
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