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Just had the water pump go on the MG

Do any of you lads and lasses know of any mechanics that will not rip me off ?

Any help appreciated

Well, my uncle runs a small garage in Ciren and does a damn good job on my car ... but it might be a bit out of your way.

I've just found out my bumper is hanging off at the front fuck knows how that happened  :evil:

Just go to any trustworthy indepentant Andy.

Don't go to a francise garage cos they will rip you off.

m&b opposite the swiss chalet.i have been going there for years and dont use anywhere else.i've recomended them many times, and everyone has been happy with them
tel612600 if you want to try them

Agreed, but really want to be recommended by word of mouth really

There's a garage in cromby street...very reputable until he sold the lease and went traveling... he has just got the lease back though cos the guys that had it ran it into the ground.
He's re-opening this week sometime. I'll post a number as soon as i can.

If they are the ones on the John Hunt site next to Simtex body shop I'b recommend, if not Dellers who use to be in old town, now out towards stratton way.

Thankyou all

Blame Jenna

I do

thats them.

Who's that then? May be useful .

I blame both of you, I reckon I did it when I took you home  on Sunday night  :wink:

Cross Street is superb Andy and never rip me off.

nope they just tell the tyre shop to do it for them!

bitch.  Your brother owes me big amounts of money

I'll third this recommendation..

If you didn't drive like a lunatic in the first place then you wouldn't break it would you  :wink:

:mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

Luckily I noticed the Temp guage creeping up and stopped, otherwise it would be costing me a new alloy head as well.

Jen was a bit pissed off being stranded in Lechlade though

Surely if the water pump has gone you'd be best off getting the belts done at the same time.

Fred = Shocking driver

Had the timing belt done at the 40,000 service in Feb, but will ask for a new kit to be put on anyway as they have to strip it

The cost is going to be scary

scaredy cat

 :wink:

Nah just not ready to die yet

Fred, I bought a car from a place in Purton about ten years ago.  I found a few faults and they promised to sort it.  They told me to take it to a guy who was then based at the back of Kwik-Fit when it was in Manchester Road.  He did a brilliant job (obviously I wasn't paying) and I have taken my car to him ever since.  He is now called S&T and has the repair workshop in Ferndale Road, almost next door to the working men's club.  Just tell Dave I recommended you to him.

Thanks Ronnie

*BUMP*

Just had phone call from Garage

Cylider Head gone

£1500.00

Fucking cunty cunt cunt

 :(  :(

Bang goes the holiday this year

 :shock:

Throw it away and get a new one (engine, or for that price the whole car!).

Bit of a bastard mate.

What car have you got?

MG ZT

Ouch!

fucking ouch

Big fucking ouch.

That'll learn you for driving like a lunatic.

Dont know what to do really

Bit of a warning lads ..DO NOT use Penton in Salisbury for any work.I was told by this garage that the cam belt on my jeep needed changing and they quoted me £265.00,being tight i checked with the local 4x4 garage and they informed me that i dont have a cam belt on my jeep its a chain! so i checked with another Suzuki dealer and they confirmed this.I have now reported Penton to trading standards and spent the money that i saved on a new set of golf clubs :beers:  do not let my other half know! :wink:

Fred, can you not just get your head skimmed or buy a reconditioned one?

My sister used a garage over Rushy Platt when her head gasket went, cost her about £250 with skimming and fitting.

Is £1500 parts and labour?

If you have the Chassis and Engine number handy I can make a call and see if I can get the parts any cheaper (Ive worked in most Parts places in town)Though to be honest its still going to be somewhere near that id expect.

Thanks Yeovil

I am stuck in London until Friday so will get it then mate

You can probably pick up a fairly new one of those Rovers for less than £1,500

Buy a scooter. Go on holiday.

I remember when the head gasket blew on my shitty Saxo VTS.

£700 to fix it. Fuck that, bought a Type R  :D

The ZT is the big Rover 75 based barge not the little Rover 25 based ZR.

You won't get one for £1500.

Surely you will, its a fucking Rover after all!!

Not an MG ZT.

Maybe a grandad Rover 75.

Or even better, and probably ideal for Fred, a motor home  8)

I can hardly drive to London and take customers out on Mex's Vespa Ben :mrgreen:

Going to trade it in for a Winniebago

So lads

Do I pay for the work done to date (£440.00) and get it to a trader sharpish and get something else

or

bite the bullet and pay the £1500

The thing is I lurve the car

Is your zt the one with the 1.8 k series engine Fred?

i'd get the work done.

Be a man and attempt to fix it yourself with only household items as tools.

fuck knows mate

can I borrow some sellotape and a coathanger Ben

You answered your own question mate

I suspect from this that Fred ain't gonna be a 'man' over this FB.

I suggest you get it fixed because

a) you love it

b) it's an MG and no-one will want it if you try and trade it in

Or is it the 2.5 V6?

If it sounds smooth and raucous then it will be a V6.

OK

Picked the car up today, and the reason it needs a new head gasket is because it is leaking coolant on the front L/H/ side of the engine compartment.

This is exactly the fault that I have just spent £440.00 having a water pump fitted to cure.

Titcombes now want another £1500.00 to complete the work.

I have told them to fuck off, and that I have just spent a shitload of money and my motor is in exactly the same state as before the work was done, but my bank balance is not.

I am fucking angry  :twisted:

I have decided to get the work done as I really love the car, I got offered £7k trade in against an Astra SRI today, but put the two cars up against eachother and there is no comparison

Need to shop around now for someone to do the head gasket

Get it fixed. but don't pay for the cost of the labour stripping it back down to the water pump.

Any decent garage would've seen the gasket had gone or at least tested for it if the water pump was broken. At that point they should have replaced the gasket at the same time the head was off.

Therefore you shouldn't have to pay labour for them to strip it down to get to the cylinder head (and you could probably also argue putting it back together as well). I'd only offer to pay for the gasket to be replaced.

You are correct about their not being a comparison, they are both absolute bobbins.  :wink:

Titcombes are a bunch of cunts, always have been.

I went to them because they were my Insurance's approved repair agents.

I feel a complaint letter coming on

Abso-fucking-lutely. I realised after I posted that, that is doesn't really help your situation but was curious why you went there after being given loads of other alternatives.

I explored the other avenues that you lads had given but none could fit me in for 2-3 weeks, I use the car for work everyday (I work in Docklands), so I thought I would give my insurance company a bell, as the breakdown cover is organised by them and included in my monthly premium and, to be fair to the insurance co, they arranged everything and have been really good.

YAY

The MG comes home tomorrow

The first thing is to drive round to Titcombes and shit through their letterbox

Water pump gone my arse, the water leak was coming from the head gasket all along you bunch of rip off merchants

CUNTS

Yes Fred, they certainly are!!  They have been going downhill for years!  Trouble is the general public are pretty gullible and believe everything they are told - like more investors than you can shake a stick at! :soapy tit wank:

Fred, you'll miss your courtesy car. admit it!  :D