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It's only the self levelling for the headlights........ But the point is, when people say I'd only use a main dealer, with fully trained technicians etc etc.... Be aware, just because they say they're the experts, doesn't make it so....
The chap that spotted this, was a very experienced mechanic, in a very ordinary, but well run customer focused garage....
I called because I was due an MOT, and he couldn't understand why my headlights were so high on the test rig..
After he found it, he asked what job had been done, I told him and he went and checked every other fixing in the area just in case..... To be fair they were all fine....
The chap that spotted this, was a very experienced mechanic, in a very ordinary, but well run customer focused garage....
I called because I was due an MOT, and he couldn't understand why my headlights were so high on the test rig..
After he found it, he asked what job had been done, I told him and he went and checked every other fixing in the area just in case..... To be fair they were all fine....
When I had an old Jag XJ40 Sovereign, it had some work done to it,, passed an MOT etc.
3 days later after pulling off the M1 having traveled for 3 hours, I went to turn the wheel at a round-a-bout only to find the car went in a straight line, then suddenly lurched into a turn and then wouldn't come back to straight, until suddenly another lurch and 2 circuits of the round-a-bout it steered straight.
I pulled over and found my whole steering rack hanging under the car only connected by the track rod ends and the steering column splines.
No bolts remained in the rack mounts at all!! The fact we'd been cruising on the motorway for so long had hidden the fact as the force had kept the wheels pretty much straight.
Luckily I had stopped outside a WICKS DIY place, so after buying a groundsheet (to lay on), a brush, some cleaning fluids and some bolts I slid under cleaned the areas and fitted the bolts. The car handled great again.
Fact of the matter is,, so called experts are just people doing a 9-5 job. They can and DO make mistakes.
3 days later after pulling off the M1 having traveled for 3 hours, I went to turn the wheel at a round-a-bout only to find the car went in a straight line, then suddenly lurched into a turn and then wouldn't come back to straight, until suddenly another lurch and 2 circuits of the round-a-bout it steered straight.
I pulled over and found my whole steering rack hanging under the car only connected by the track rod ends and the steering column splines.
No bolts remained in the rack mounts at all!! The fact we'd been cruising on the motorway for so long had hidden the fact as the force had kept the wheels pretty much straight.
Luckily I had stopped outside a WICKS DIY place, so after buying a groundsheet (to lay on), a brush, some cleaning fluids and some bolts I slid under cleaned the areas and fitted the bolts. The car handled great again.
Fact of the matter is,, so called experts are just people doing a 9-5 job. They can and DO make mistakes.
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