pistonbroke Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Just got off the phone to my local friendly trusted mechanic. He's fitted my new clutch, changed the gearbox oil and diff oil, done some other bits and bobs. Then he tells me that when he went to re-fit the exhaust, he found a funny gasket with a smaller hole than the rest of the exhaust, I stopped him there and said, "you haven't left it out have you?" knowing that he's talking about the restrictor ring. He said he thought it was a bodge job so modified it by opening it up more. I've put him on to Mr Whiffen to get me a new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benyon Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Hahaha that's funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movistar Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Just got off the phone to my local friendly trusted mechanic. He's fitted my new clutch, changed the gearbox oil and diff oil, done some other bits and bobs. Then he tells me that when he went to re-fit the exhaust, he found a funny gasket with a smaller hole than the rest of the exhaust, I stopped him there and said, "you haven't left it out have you?" knowing that he's talking about the restrictor ring. He said he thought it was a bodge job so modified it by opening it up more. I've put him on to Mr Whiffen to get me a new one Oh dear....could have been interesting if he hadn't said anything[sHOCK][/sHOCK] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 lol oh no....well the poor bloke was only trying to help, most would just bolt it all back together without a care in the world lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 He's a top bloke and can't recommend him enough. Tech one toyota specialist in Sidcup. 02083020600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 lol, so that will be down to him to buy you a new one then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Yeah, no argument at all, I gave him Pauls number and he's getting a new one. I'll give you an example of how genuine he is, Supra Surj took his TT in there for some work, he accidently curbed one of his wheels. Instead of parking it up against a wall so the damage couldn't be seen like a lot of mechanics would have done. He contacted Surj straight away, told him what had happened, paid out for a brand new rim, and gave him the lightly damaged one as a spare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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