MGTF Servicing in Scotland
Now that I have my MG TF, I would like to get Cambelts and Water Pump done, can anyone recommend a business in Scotland?
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Dreadnought Garage, Callander.
https://www.dreadnoughtgarage.com/
https://www.dreadnoughtgarage.com/
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95 MGF
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Got quoted £677.18 for Timing Belt, Water Pump and Tensioner change by Dreadnought Garage. Everyone I have check south of the border into England is coming in £295 to £350 for the same work.......
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2003 TF 135 sunstorm
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How far south do you have to travel to find a satisfactory garage who will do the job in its entirety for £350?
Obviously the further south, the less cost effective is the thought of driving to have the job done & return the same day.
I guess that there will be a number of contributors who would prefer to leave the oiliest of jobs to those who job it is to repair cars & would travel to those whose reputation goes before them.
I have been talking about rebuilding my suspension for a couple of years but as yet I’ve not plucked up the courage to start. The skills haven’t escaped me & if anything I’m better equipped that ten years ago, it’s simply I’m ten years older, ten years less supple & ten years more lazy.
I will entrust the job to a friend of mine who has moved a distance from his original establishment & I won’t hesitate to travel.
It has to be said that the longer a garage has been established & the older the mechanic, the greater is the likelihood of them being familiar with the K series, after all they were ubiquitous twenty five years ago & any mechanic of that era worth his salt should be capable of reacquainting himself with an old adversary.
Just a thought but do keep us posted, the more knowledge we collectively accrue the easier (less difficult) it will be, as these cars age.
M
Obviously the further south, the less cost effective is the thought of driving to have the job done & return the same day.
I guess that there will be a number of contributors who would prefer to leave the oiliest of jobs to those who job it is to repair cars & would travel to those whose reputation goes before them.
I have been talking about rebuilding my suspension for a couple of years but as yet I’ve not plucked up the courage to start. The skills haven’t escaped me & if anything I’m better equipped that ten years ago, it’s simply I’m ten years older, ten years less supple & ten years more lazy.
I will entrust the job to a friend of mine who has moved a distance from his original establishment & I won’t hesitate to travel.
It has to be said that the longer a garage has been established & the older the mechanic, the greater is the likelihood of them being familiar with the K series, after all they were ubiquitous twenty five years ago & any mechanic of that era worth his salt should be capable of reacquainting himself with an old adversary.
Just a thought but do keep us posted, the more knowledge we collectively accrue the easier (less difficult) it will be, as these cars age.
M
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Had my MG serviced and Cambelt, Tensioner and Water Pump done today by @david.mg.rover.mobile.mechanics.
Service = Oil, Oil Filter, Platinum Spark Plugs, Air Filter, Fuel Filter, Coolant.
David really knows these cars and I will be using him going forward.
Service = Oil, Oil Filter, Platinum Spark Plugs, Air Filter, Fuel Filter, Coolant.
David really knows these cars and I will be using him going forward.
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Thanks for reporting back, information like this is invaluable. All too often someone calls in for some advice & having drawn from the cup of knowledge, disappears & is heard of no more.
The sum total of the accrued knowledge on here has been hard won, your addition is welcome, thank you.
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The sum total of the accrued knowledge on here has been hard won, your addition is welcome, thank you.
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It's great to hear you found so.eone reliable who knows these cars well.
2003 TF 135 sunstorm
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