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Hi guys,
recently had an MOT fail due mainly to emissions. i need a 6000 mile service over the next few weeks anyway so i asked the garage to do a check over the whole car to get a shopping list of things to do in my continuing attempt to bring the car back to it's former glory - and do it all in one go. The garage is a respectable TVR specialist who i have been impressed with so far so im not doubting their expertise but would be interested to know what you guys would do in this position... im technically proficient but dont have huge TVR experience althouth i'd like to get my hands a bit dirty so feel i could take on a few of these things myself.
From the Garage:
I have listed the MOT work first followed by work advised sooner rather than later, followed by general advisories. All prices are inclusive of labour, parts and vat.
MOT -
1. To seal exhaust blow from upper cat on bank 2 and to renew lambda sensor which is switching too slowly on o/s - £240
2. With regard to the n/s co% being high and oxy high, recommend a compression test and to balance the throttle bodies - £130 this will be reduced if the service is required.
3. Hazard warning lights not working when engine turned off – he wants an hour initially to investigate this as nothing obvious - £66
4. To adjust headlamp aims and top up washer fluid £66
5. When were the tappets last adjusted?
Advisories –
1. Diff pinion oil seal is leaking - £125
2. Handbrake cables are rubbing through on suspension arm, requires renewal of cables - £159
3. N/s exhaust is loose, requires renewal of clamp - £55
4. Chassis by cats is very rusty, recommend clean up and heat shield upgrade - £243
5. Gearbox mounts are split, require renewal - £90.43
6. Gearbox tail shaft seal is leaking, requires renewal - £46.78
7. Engine mounts are split, require renewal - £265
8. Requires renewal of 2 n/s oil cooler hoses and to adjust position of oil cooler (pipe is rubbing into alloy tank) - £298
9. Bad oil leak from oil pressure switch, requires renewal of switch - £120
10. Jump start plug is corroding, requires cleaning up - £17
11. O/s/front brake hose is insecure, requires securing - £17
12. O/s door intermittently not opening from outside, suspect door release button fault, to renew switch - £84.00
13. Brake and clutch fluid requires renewal - £72
14. Requires radiator alloy welding repair (rad will have to be removed to do this) - £299
15. Recommend timing chains adjusted - £50
Advisories which can be left for now if required –
1. O/s rear exhaust silencer (not tail pipe silencer) is badly dented.
2. Slight fluid leak from clutch slave cylinder, brake fluid was low, keep and eye on fluid level.
3. Small tear in o/s steering rack boot.
4. Small leak from power steering rack, possibly pinion seal, cleaned off excess.
5. Front tyres are worn on inner edges, recommend tracking check and adjust when tyres are renewed.
6. Handbrake warning light not working.
7. Body tub is cracking around o/s boot hinge and gas strut is weak.
8. Alarm siren not working.
Other items you requested, 6k service approx £460
cheers.
recently had an MOT fail due mainly to emissions. i need a 6000 mile service over the next few weeks anyway so i asked the garage to do a check over the whole car to get a shopping list of things to do in my continuing attempt to bring the car back to it's former glory - and do it all in one go. The garage is a respectable TVR specialist who i have been impressed with so far so im not doubting their expertise but would be interested to know what you guys would do in this position... im technically proficient but dont have huge TVR experience althouth i'd like to get my hands a bit dirty so feel i could take on a few of these things myself.
From the Garage:
I have listed the MOT work first followed by work advised sooner rather than later, followed by general advisories. All prices are inclusive of labour, parts and vat.
MOT -
1. To seal exhaust blow from upper cat on bank 2 and to renew lambda sensor which is switching too slowly on o/s - £240
2. With regard to the n/s co% being high and oxy high, recommend a compression test and to balance the throttle bodies - £130 this will be reduced if the service is required.
3. Hazard warning lights not working when engine turned off – he wants an hour initially to investigate this as nothing obvious - £66
4. To adjust headlamp aims and top up washer fluid £66
5. When were the tappets last adjusted?
Advisories –
1. Diff pinion oil seal is leaking - £125
2. Handbrake cables are rubbing through on suspension arm, requires renewal of cables - £159
3. N/s exhaust is loose, requires renewal of clamp - £55
4. Chassis by cats is very rusty, recommend clean up and heat shield upgrade - £243
5. Gearbox mounts are split, require renewal - £90.43
6. Gearbox tail shaft seal is leaking, requires renewal - £46.78
7. Engine mounts are split, require renewal - £265
8. Requires renewal of 2 n/s oil cooler hoses and to adjust position of oil cooler (pipe is rubbing into alloy tank) - £298
9. Bad oil leak from oil pressure switch, requires renewal of switch - £120
10. Jump start plug is corroding, requires cleaning up - £17
11. O/s/front brake hose is insecure, requires securing - £17
12. O/s door intermittently not opening from outside, suspect door release button fault, to renew switch - £84.00
13. Brake and clutch fluid requires renewal - £72
14. Requires radiator alloy welding repair (rad will have to be removed to do this) - £299
15. Recommend timing chains adjusted - £50
Advisories which can be left for now if required –
1. O/s rear exhaust silencer (not tail pipe silencer) is badly dented.
2. Slight fluid leak from clutch slave cylinder, brake fluid was low, keep and eye on fluid level.
3. Small tear in o/s steering rack boot.
4. Small leak from power steering rack, possibly pinion seal, cleaned off excess.
5. Front tyres are worn on inner edges, recommend tracking check and adjust when tyres are renewed.
6. Handbrake warning light not working.
7. Body tub is cracking around o/s boot hinge and gas strut is weak.
8. Alarm siren not working.
Other items you requested, 6k service approx £460
cheers.
1. To seal exhaust blow from upper cat on bank 2 and to renew lambda sensor which is switching too slowly on o/s - £240 - Too much, easy to do yourself, bit fiddly. Did he connect to the Diagnostics to establish the fault?
2. With regard to the n/s co% being high and oxy high, recommend a compression test and to balance the throttle bodies - £130 this will be reduced if the service is required. Balancing of throttlebodies can be done yourself but to be honest is easier to give to a specialist, it is a bit fiddly and time consuming.
3. Hazard warning lights not working when engine turned off – he wants an hour initially to investigate this as nothing obvious - £66 Wiring fault, can't quite work that out.
4. To adjust headlamp aims and top up washer fluid £66 5 min job if the bonnet is off, but you need to have access to the right kit.
5. When were the tappets last adjusted? Every 12k miles, when were they last done as they need to be done on a regular basis, again they can be done yourself.
Advisories –
1. Diff pinion oil seal is leaking - £125 - pig of a job without a ramp.
2. Handbrake cables are rubbing through on suspension arm, requires renewal of cables - £159
3. N/s exhaust is loose, requires renewal of clamp - £55 - Local exhaust centre.
4. Chassis by cats is very rusty, recommend clean up and heat shield upgrade - £243 - Do this yourself.
5. Gearbox mounts are split, require renewal - £90.43 easier with a ramp
6. Gearbox tail shaft seal is leaking, requires renewal - £46.78
7. Engine mounts are split, require renewal - £265
8. Requires renewal of 2 n/s oil cooler hoses and to adjust position of oil cooler (pipe is rubbing into alloy tank) - £298
9. Bad oil leak from oil pressure switch, requires renewal of switch - £120 - Do asap, easy job but will need to drop the oil.
10. Jump start plug is corroding, requires cleaning up - £17 - CHANGE IMMEDIATELY
11. O/s/front brake hose is insecure, requires securing - £17
12. O/s door intermittently not opening from outside, suspect door release button fault, to renew switch - £84.00 - Buy a switch
13. Brake and clutch fluid requires renewal - £72
14. Requires radiator alloy welding repair (rad will have to be removed to do this) - £299 - Leaking?
15. Recommend timing chains adjusted - £50 - Specialist although can be done yourself.
Advisories which can be left for now if required –
1. O/s rear exhaust silencer (not tail pipe silencer) is badly dented.
2. Slight fluid leak from clutch slave cylinder, brake fluid was low, keep and eye on fluid level. I would do this
3. Small tear in o/s steering rack boot. - I would look at this asap
4. Small leak from power steering rack, possibly pinion seal, cleaned off excess.
5. Front tyres are worn on inner edges, recommend tracking check and adjust when tyres are renewed. Geo setup is a good idea (£100)
6. Handbrake warning light not working. Switch ?
7. Body tub is cracking around o/s boot hinge and gas strut is weak.
8. Alarm siren not working. £30 from Abacus easy job, but might be the main unit.
Other items you requested, 6k service approx £460
Made some notes for you, happy to help you out. My tuscan isn't perfect and I have been going through steadily working through the list. I would do the jump start socket asap, like today it is a know problem and can lead to a fire. Steve Heath is selling the assembly for 17.
Sounds to me like you asked for a list, and you got one! Prioritise and then just work through, find some local owners who can help and you'll have a great car. A lot of these jobs can be done at the same time eg. oil switch at the same time as the service oil change, brakes could all be done at the same time.
My local MOT garage is great, but it does depend on how much you want to do yourself.
Hope that helps,
Neill
2. With regard to the n/s co% being high and oxy high, recommend a compression test and to balance the throttle bodies - £130 this will be reduced if the service is required. Balancing of throttlebodies can be done yourself but to be honest is easier to give to a specialist, it is a bit fiddly and time consuming.
3. Hazard warning lights not working when engine turned off – he wants an hour initially to investigate this as nothing obvious - £66 Wiring fault, can't quite work that out.
4. To adjust headlamp aims and top up washer fluid £66 5 min job if the bonnet is off, but you need to have access to the right kit.
5. When were the tappets last adjusted? Every 12k miles, when were they last done as they need to be done on a regular basis, again they can be done yourself.
Advisories –
1. Diff pinion oil seal is leaking - £125 - pig of a job without a ramp.
2. Handbrake cables are rubbing through on suspension arm, requires renewal of cables - £159
3. N/s exhaust is loose, requires renewal of clamp - £55 - Local exhaust centre.
4. Chassis by cats is very rusty, recommend clean up and heat shield upgrade - £243 - Do this yourself.
5. Gearbox mounts are split, require renewal - £90.43 easier with a ramp
6. Gearbox tail shaft seal is leaking, requires renewal - £46.78
7. Engine mounts are split, require renewal - £265
8. Requires renewal of 2 n/s oil cooler hoses and to adjust position of oil cooler (pipe is rubbing into alloy tank) - £298
9. Bad oil leak from oil pressure switch, requires renewal of switch - £120 - Do asap, easy job but will need to drop the oil.
10. Jump start plug is corroding, requires cleaning up - £17 - CHANGE IMMEDIATELY
11. O/s/front brake hose is insecure, requires securing - £17
12. O/s door intermittently not opening from outside, suspect door release button fault, to renew switch - £84.00 - Buy a switch
13. Brake and clutch fluid requires renewal - £72
14. Requires radiator alloy welding repair (rad will have to be removed to do this) - £299 - Leaking?
15. Recommend timing chains adjusted - £50 - Specialist although can be done yourself.
Advisories which can be left for now if required –
1. O/s rear exhaust silencer (not tail pipe silencer) is badly dented.
2. Slight fluid leak from clutch slave cylinder, brake fluid was low, keep and eye on fluid level. I would do this
3. Small tear in o/s steering rack boot. - I would look at this asap
4. Small leak from power steering rack, possibly pinion seal, cleaned off excess.
5. Front tyres are worn on inner edges, recommend tracking check and adjust when tyres are renewed. Geo setup is a good idea (£100)
6. Handbrake warning light not working. Switch ?
7. Body tub is cracking around o/s boot hinge and gas strut is weak.
8. Alarm siren not working. £30 from Abacus easy job, but might be the main unit.
Other items you requested, 6k service approx £460
Made some notes for you, happy to help you out. My tuscan isn't perfect and I have been going through steadily working through the list. I would do the jump start socket asap, like today it is a know problem and can lead to a fire. Steve Heath is selling the assembly for 17.
Sounds to me like you asked for a list, and you got one! Prioritise and then just work through, find some local owners who can help and you'll have a great car. A lot of these jobs can be done at the same time eg. oil switch at the same time as the service oil change, brakes could all be done at the same time.
My local MOT garage is great, but it does depend on how much you want to do yourself.
Hope that helps,
Neill
That’s a scary list when you first read it – im guessing you havent had the car very long, so this is quite a shock?? Who is it with? The prices seems a little high, particularly when some can be done at the same time.
From the Garage:
I have listed the MOT work first followed by work advised sooner rather than later, followed by general advisories. All prices are inclusive of labour, parts and vat.
MOT -
1. To seal exhaust blow from upper cat on bank 2 and to renew lambda sensor which is switching too slowly on o/s - £240
Replace the lambda yourself, I would have thought the blow would be an easy fix with some adjustment. If it were me I would take out the cats, clean up the chassis myself then (after MOT) refit decats so you don’t get overheating in this areas again. A heatshield isn’t needed then…
2. With regard to the n/s co% being high and oxy high, recommend a compression test and to balance the throttle bodies - £130 this will be reduced if the service is required.
Balance throttle bodies and compression test is an hour / hour and half job at most for a practiced garage so this estimate seems steep. DIY if you have a lead and airflow meter – if not they its about £70 for both and you will have it for future tune ups. Its not easy, takes a bit of practice, loads of threads on here about it. If done by a garage it is part of a service.
Have to add though – could it not be CAT related?? How recently were they replaced? Was the MOT place ‘TVR friendly’?
3. Hazard warning lights not working when engine turned off – he wants an hour initially to investigate this as nothing obvious - £66
Curious fault, but I would beware paying £66 for investigation! Give Carl Baker a ring at Car and Bike Installations, im sure he will be able to help…
4. To adjust headlamp aims and top up washer fluid £66
Assuming this is an hours labour estimate?? Bit cheeky if he is balancing throttle bodies…once the bonnet is off a 5 min job!!!
5. When were the tappets last adjusted? Tappets every 12k / 2 years, when was the last 12k service. TBH they are worth checking annually.
Advisories –
1. Diff pinion oil seal is leaking - £125
Not sure on this one….not something I have come across
2. Handbrake cables are rubbing through on suspension arm, requires renewal of cables - £159
Cant believe replacing a handbrake cable is difficult, would be surprised if the part isn’t a ‘generic’ ford / GM part? I would DIY, then at least when you fit you can be sure its not rubbing.
3. N/s exhaust is loose, requires renewal of clamp - £55
DIY – Stainless steel clamps from Car Builder Solutions are £9 each and excellent quality (I have just done this job myself)
4. Chassis by cats is very rusty, recommend clean up and heat shield upgrade - £243. As above…for gods sake, he is asking you pay £250 for lambda and to fix a blow in the cats, then a further £243 for some clean up and painting. You could probably do the lot for £150 in parts costs to yourself and it’s a simple, if not time consuming and fiddly, job to do.
5. Gearbox mounts are split, require renewal - £90.43.
This seems sensible, not sure how difficult this is? Mounts available as parts – if you have a jack to support box, and suitable ramps cant see why DIY wouldn’t be possible?
6. Gearbox tail shaft seal is leaking, requires renewal - £46.78
As no. 5 really, not sure on this one again.
7. Engine mounts are split, require renewal - £265 Agree with nrick, pig of a job, specialist really.
8. Requires renewal of 2 n/s oil cooler hoses and to adjust position of oil cooler (pipe is rubbing into alloy tank) - £298. Seems a lot of cash for replacement of two hoses, does that include the replacement oil (presuming you would have to drain down). I would DIY this one for sure. Not sure how much the hoses are, but oil maybe £80. Hose £20 each maybe? Halves his price anyway!
9. Bad oil leak from oil pressure switch, requires renewal of switch - £120
Note sure.
10. Jump start plug is corroding, requires cleaning up - £17 Its more the break down of cables / connectors that’s a risk. Personally if its an issue I would just remove. I use an accumate charge lead hard wired to the cabin. Only ever had a flat battery once and I was able to charge it, I guess its an issue if you park away from home for long periods?!
11. O/s/front brake hose is insecure, requires securing - £17
Seems steep for what sounds like tightening a bolt or using a tie wrap!! Need a bit more detail here, but DIY for me.
12. O/s door intermittently not opening from outside, suspect door release button fault, to renew switch - £84.00. Switches are cheap and a definite DIY.
13. Brake and clutch fluid requires renewal - £72. Yep, OK, but should be done as part of a 12k service.
14. Requires radiator alloy welding repair (rad will have to be removed to do this) - £299. Is it leaking? If not, why bother, if yes, how bad? Can it wait? Specialists can recore. If its an upgraded Alloy rad this would be unusual
15. Recommend timing chains adjusted - £50. Why? Not sure on this one!
Advisories which can be left for now if required –
1. O/s rear exhaust silencer (not tail pipe silencer) is badly dented.
2. Slight fluid leak from clutch slave cylinder, brake fluid was low, keep and eye on fluid level.
I don’t think a new slave is expensive or difficult to replace?
3. Small tear in o/s steering rack boot.
Not sure how difficult this is.
4. Small leak from power steering rack, possibly pinion seal, cleaned off excess.
Could be a biggy, but if the box is OK, then suggest monitoring for a while?
5. Front tyres are worn on inner edges, recommend tracking check and adjust when tyres are renewed.
Recommend not waiting until tyres are renewed!! Suggest a check now if I were you, will probably improve handling too!
6. Handbrake warning light not working.
Not unusual…if you are renewing cable, fix it then?
7. Body tub is cracking around o/s boot hinge and gas strut is weak.
Reinforce the Fibre glass with some resin and replace the strut? Strut is £12, I replaced mine recently.
8. Alarm siren not working.
May have been disconnected?
Other items you requested, 6k service approx £460
cheers.
I would suggest tackling the bits you can DIY, tick them off one by one. For the rest would suggest TVR Power (midlands) or St8Six (oxford) or Automedon (Blackpool).
Don’t think there is anything major on the list but the prices seem high to me…
and finally, shop around for parts. TVRCARPARTS is a good site, TVR Power Store is also good, and Racing Green has a good online store(but i wouldnt use them for service work)
From the Garage:
I have listed the MOT work first followed by work advised sooner rather than later, followed by general advisories. All prices are inclusive of labour, parts and vat.
MOT -
1. To seal exhaust blow from upper cat on bank 2 and to renew lambda sensor which is switching too slowly on o/s - £240
Replace the lambda yourself, I would have thought the blow would be an easy fix with some adjustment. If it were me I would take out the cats, clean up the chassis myself then (after MOT) refit decats so you don’t get overheating in this areas again. A heatshield isn’t needed then…
2. With regard to the n/s co% being high and oxy high, recommend a compression test and to balance the throttle bodies - £130 this will be reduced if the service is required.
Balance throttle bodies and compression test is an hour / hour and half job at most for a practiced garage so this estimate seems steep. DIY if you have a lead and airflow meter – if not they its about £70 for both and you will have it for future tune ups. Its not easy, takes a bit of practice, loads of threads on here about it. If done by a garage it is part of a service.
Have to add though – could it not be CAT related?? How recently were they replaced? Was the MOT place ‘TVR friendly’?
3. Hazard warning lights not working when engine turned off – he wants an hour initially to investigate this as nothing obvious - £66
Curious fault, but I would beware paying £66 for investigation! Give Carl Baker a ring at Car and Bike Installations, im sure he will be able to help…
4. To adjust headlamp aims and top up washer fluid £66
Assuming this is an hours labour estimate?? Bit cheeky if he is balancing throttle bodies…once the bonnet is off a 5 min job!!!
5. When were the tappets last adjusted? Tappets every 12k / 2 years, when was the last 12k service. TBH they are worth checking annually.
Advisories –
1. Diff pinion oil seal is leaking - £125
Not sure on this one….not something I have come across
2. Handbrake cables are rubbing through on suspension arm, requires renewal of cables - £159
Cant believe replacing a handbrake cable is difficult, would be surprised if the part isn’t a ‘generic’ ford / GM part? I would DIY, then at least when you fit you can be sure its not rubbing.
3. N/s exhaust is loose, requires renewal of clamp - £55
DIY – Stainless steel clamps from Car Builder Solutions are £9 each and excellent quality (I have just done this job myself)
4. Chassis by cats is very rusty, recommend clean up and heat shield upgrade - £243. As above…for gods sake, he is asking you pay £250 for lambda and to fix a blow in the cats, then a further £243 for some clean up and painting. You could probably do the lot for £150 in parts costs to yourself and it’s a simple, if not time consuming and fiddly, job to do.
5. Gearbox mounts are split, require renewal - £90.43.
This seems sensible, not sure how difficult this is? Mounts available as parts – if you have a jack to support box, and suitable ramps cant see why DIY wouldn’t be possible?
6. Gearbox tail shaft seal is leaking, requires renewal - £46.78
As no. 5 really, not sure on this one again.
7. Engine mounts are split, require renewal - £265 Agree with nrick, pig of a job, specialist really.
8. Requires renewal of 2 n/s oil cooler hoses and to adjust position of oil cooler (pipe is rubbing into alloy tank) - £298. Seems a lot of cash for replacement of two hoses, does that include the replacement oil (presuming you would have to drain down). I would DIY this one for sure. Not sure how much the hoses are, but oil maybe £80. Hose £20 each maybe? Halves his price anyway!
9. Bad oil leak from oil pressure switch, requires renewal of switch - £120
Note sure.
10. Jump start plug is corroding, requires cleaning up - £17 Its more the break down of cables / connectors that’s a risk. Personally if its an issue I would just remove. I use an accumate charge lead hard wired to the cabin. Only ever had a flat battery once and I was able to charge it, I guess its an issue if you park away from home for long periods?!
11. O/s/front brake hose is insecure, requires securing - £17
Seems steep for what sounds like tightening a bolt or using a tie wrap!! Need a bit more detail here, but DIY for me.
12. O/s door intermittently not opening from outside, suspect door release button fault, to renew switch - £84.00. Switches are cheap and a definite DIY.
13. Brake and clutch fluid requires renewal - £72. Yep, OK, but should be done as part of a 12k service.
14. Requires radiator alloy welding repair (rad will have to be removed to do this) - £299. Is it leaking? If not, why bother, if yes, how bad? Can it wait? Specialists can recore. If its an upgraded Alloy rad this would be unusual
15. Recommend timing chains adjusted - £50. Why? Not sure on this one!
Advisories which can be left for now if required –
1. O/s rear exhaust silencer (not tail pipe silencer) is badly dented.
2. Slight fluid leak from clutch slave cylinder, brake fluid was low, keep and eye on fluid level.
I don’t think a new slave is expensive or difficult to replace?
3. Small tear in o/s steering rack boot.
Not sure how difficult this is.
4. Small leak from power steering rack, possibly pinion seal, cleaned off excess.
Could be a biggy, but if the box is OK, then suggest monitoring for a while?
5. Front tyres are worn on inner edges, recommend tracking check and adjust when tyres are renewed.
Recommend not waiting until tyres are renewed!! Suggest a check now if I were you, will probably improve handling too!
6. Handbrake warning light not working.
Not unusual…if you are renewing cable, fix it then?
7. Body tub is cracking around o/s boot hinge and gas strut is weak.
Reinforce the Fibre glass with some resin and replace the strut? Strut is £12, I replaced mine recently.
8. Alarm siren not working.
May have been disconnected?
Other items you requested, 6k service approx £460
cheers.
I would suggest tackling the bits you can DIY, tick them off one by one. For the rest would suggest TVR Power (midlands) or St8Six (oxford) or Automedon (Blackpool).
Don’t think there is anything major on the list but the prices seem high to me…
and finally, shop around for parts. TVRCARPARTS is a good site, TVR Power Store is also good, and Racing Green has a good online store(but i wouldnt use them for service work)
Edited by Robertjp on Monday 11th July 13:21
Thanks for the responses guys, realy appreciate the time.
Neill:
1. To seal exhaust blow from upper cat on bank 2 and to renew lambda sensor which is switching too slowly on o/s - £240 - Too much, easy to do yourself, bit fiddly. Did he connect to the Diagnostics to establish the fault? :: yes paid for an hours labour to get them to investigate properly. i'd like to get the car back on the road asap so might ask them to do this anyway, despite the steep price.
2. With regard to the n/s co% being high and oxy high, recommend a compression test and to balance the throttle bodies - £130 this will be reduced if the service is required. Balancing of throttlebodies can be done yourself but to be honest is easier to give to a specialist, it is a bit fiddly and time consuming. :: take your point but not sure i have the time right now and it needs it for the MOT so will probably have this done too.
3. Hazard warning lights not working when engine turned off – he wants an hour initially to investigate this as nothing obvious - £66 Wiring fault, can't quite work that out. :: yes, strange one this could turn into a bottomless pit!
4. To adjust headlamp aims and top up washer fluid £66 5 min job if the bonnet is off, but you need to have access to the right kit. :: having the service done anyway so will ask for them to be a bit more realistic about the pricing once the bonnet is off.
5. When were the tappets last adjusted? Every 12k miles, when were they last done as they need to be done on a regular basis, again they can be done yourself. :: so they will have been done a year ago at the 12k service. im currently suffering a touch of speed 6 paranoia so will ask them to do this if necessary.
Advisories –
1. Diff pinion oil seal is leaking - £125 - pig of a job without a ramp. :: ok
2. Handbrake cables are rubbing through on suspension arm, requires renewal of cables - £159
3. N/s exhaust is loose, requires renewal of clamp - £55 - Local exhaust centre. :: ok
4. Chassis by cats is very rusty, recommend clean up and heat shield upgrade - £243 - Do this yourself. :: ok - can it be done on axle stands? i dont have easy access to lifts or ramps but could buy them i suppose! when i bought it a year ago, it looked absolutely fine so would be interested to see this for myself.
5. Gearbox mounts are split, require renewal - £90.43 easier with a ramp :: ok
6. Gearbox tail shaft seal is leaking, requires renewal - £46.78
7. Engine mounts are split, require renewal - £265
8. Requires renewal of 2 n/s oil cooler hoses and to adjust position of oil cooler (pipe is rubbing into alloy tank) - £298
9. Bad oil leak from oil pressure switch, requires renewal of switch - £120 - Do asap, easy job but will need to drop the oil. :: yes, will do this with service - i have known about this one for a while but was waiting for service to do it and keeping a very keen eye on oil levels on advice from APM a year ago.
10. Jump start plug is corroding, requires cleaning up - £17 - CHANGE IMMEDIATELY :: it was actually changed by the previous owner a year ago i think so this can only be a years worth of corrosion. will probably change anyway depending on the condition.
11. O/s/front brake hose is insecure, requires securing - £17
12. O/s door intermittently not opening from outside, suspect door release button fault, to renew switch - £84.00 - Buy a switch
13. Brake and clutch fluid requires renewal - £72
14. Requires radiator alloy welding repair (rad will have to be removed to do this) - £299 - Leaking? :: mounts are cracked, will post a picture.
15. Recommend timing chains adjusted - £50 - Specialist although can be done yourself.
Advisories which can be left for now if required –
1. O/s rear exhaust silencer (not tail pipe silencer) is badly dented.
2. Slight fluid leak from clutch slave cylinder, brake fluid was low, keep and eye on fluid level. I would do this
3. Small tear in o/s steering rack boot. - I would look at this asap
4. Small leak from power steering rack, possibly pinion seal, cleaned off excess.
5. Front tyres are worn on inner edges, recommend tracking check and adjust when tyres are renewed. Geo setup is a good idea (£100)
6. Handbrake warning light not working. Switch ? :: yes, i had an intermittent brake warning light due to low brake and clutch fluid but at the time i suspected a dodgy handbrake switch so disconnected it to diagnose but forgot to reconnect!
7. Body tub is cracking around o/s boot hinge and gas strut is weak.
8. Alarm siren not working. £30 from Abacus easy job, but might be the main unit. :: ok
Other items you requested, 6k service approx £460
Made some notes for you, happy to help you out. My tuscan isn't perfect and I have been going through steadily working through the list. I would do the jump start socket asap, like today it is a know problem and can lead to a fire. Steve Heath is selling the assembly for 17.
Sounds to me like you asked for a list, and you got one! Prioritise and then just work through, find some local owners who can help and you'll have a great car. A lot of these jobs can be done at the same time eg. oil switch at the same time as the service oil change, brakes could all be done at the same time. :: Exactly!! i need it. like i say im ok with a spanner but dont have a huge amount of experience with tvrs so thought id get it looked at properly - at least then i have some clarity over the next steps.
My local MOT garage is great, but it does depend on how much you want to do yourself.
Hope that helps, :: massively - thanks again!
Neill
Neill:
1. To seal exhaust blow from upper cat on bank 2 and to renew lambda sensor which is switching too slowly on o/s - £240 - Too much, easy to do yourself, bit fiddly. Did he connect to the Diagnostics to establish the fault? :: yes paid for an hours labour to get them to investigate properly. i'd like to get the car back on the road asap so might ask them to do this anyway, despite the steep price.
2. With regard to the n/s co% being high and oxy high, recommend a compression test and to balance the throttle bodies - £130 this will be reduced if the service is required. Balancing of throttlebodies can be done yourself but to be honest is easier to give to a specialist, it is a bit fiddly and time consuming. :: take your point but not sure i have the time right now and it needs it for the MOT so will probably have this done too.
3. Hazard warning lights not working when engine turned off – he wants an hour initially to investigate this as nothing obvious - £66 Wiring fault, can't quite work that out. :: yes, strange one this could turn into a bottomless pit!
4. To adjust headlamp aims and top up washer fluid £66 5 min job if the bonnet is off, but you need to have access to the right kit. :: having the service done anyway so will ask for them to be a bit more realistic about the pricing once the bonnet is off.
5. When were the tappets last adjusted? Every 12k miles, when were they last done as they need to be done on a regular basis, again they can be done yourself. :: so they will have been done a year ago at the 12k service. im currently suffering a touch of speed 6 paranoia so will ask them to do this if necessary.
Advisories –
1. Diff pinion oil seal is leaking - £125 - pig of a job without a ramp. :: ok
2. Handbrake cables are rubbing through on suspension arm, requires renewal of cables - £159
3. N/s exhaust is loose, requires renewal of clamp - £55 - Local exhaust centre. :: ok
4. Chassis by cats is very rusty, recommend clean up and heat shield upgrade - £243 - Do this yourself. :: ok - can it be done on axle stands? i dont have easy access to lifts or ramps but could buy them i suppose! when i bought it a year ago, it looked absolutely fine so would be interested to see this for myself.
5. Gearbox mounts are split, require renewal - £90.43 easier with a ramp :: ok
6. Gearbox tail shaft seal is leaking, requires renewal - £46.78
7. Engine mounts are split, require renewal - £265
8. Requires renewal of 2 n/s oil cooler hoses and to adjust position of oil cooler (pipe is rubbing into alloy tank) - £298
9. Bad oil leak from oil pressure switch, requires renewal of switch - £120 - Do asap, easy job but will need to drop the oil. :: yes, will do this with service - i have known about this one for a while but was waiting for service to do it and keeping a very keen eye on oil levels on advice from APM a year ago.
10. Jump start plug is corroding, requires cleaning up - £17 - CHANGE IMMEDIATELY :: it was actually changed by the previous owner a year ago i think so this can only be a years worth of corrosion. will probably change anyway depending on the condition.
11. O/s/front brake hose is insecure, requires securing - £17
12. O/s door intermittently not opening from outside, suspect door release button fault, to renew switch - £84.00 - Buy a switch
13. Brake and clutch fluid requires renewal - £72
14. Requires radiator alloy welding repair (rad will have to be removed to do this) - £299 - Leaking? :: mounts are cracked, will post a picture.
15. Recommend timing chains adjusted - £50 - Specialist although can be done yourself.
Advisories which can be left for now if required –
1. O/s rear exhaust silencer (not tail pipe silencer) is badly dented.
2. Slight fluid leak from clutch slave cylinder, brake fluid was low, keep and eye on fluid level. I would do this
3. Small tear in o/s steering rack boot. - I would look at this asap
4. Small leak from power steering rack, possibly pinion seal, cleaned off excess.
5. Front tyres are worn on inner edges, recommend tracking check and adjust when tyres are renewed. Geo setup is a good idea (£100)
6. Handbrake warning light not working. Switch ? :: yes, i had an intermittent brake warning light due to low brake and clutch fluid but at the time i suspected a dodgy handbrake switch so disconnected it to diagnose but forgot to reconnect!
7. Body tub is cracking around o/s boot hinge and gas strut is weak.
8. Alarm siren not working. £30 from Abacus easy job, but might be the main unit. :: ok
Other items you requested, 6k service approx £460
Made some notes for you, happy to help you out. My tuscan isn't perfect and I have been going through steadily working through the list. I would do the jump start socket asap, like today it is a know problem and can lead to a fire. Steve Heath is selling the assembly for 17.
Sounds to me like you asked for a list, and you got one! Prioritise and then just work through, find some local owners who can help and you'll have a great car. A lot of these jobs can be done at the same time eg. oil switch at the same time as the service oil change, brakes could all be done at the same time. :: Exactly!! i need it. like i say im ok with a spanner but dont have a huge amount of experience with tvrs so thought id get it looked at properly - at least then i have some clarity over the next steps.
My local MOT garage is great, but it does depend on how much you want to do yourself.
Hope that helps, :: massively - thanks again!
Neill
Robert:
That’s a scary list when you first read it – im guessing you havent had the car very long, so this is quite a shock?? Who is it with? The prices seems a little high, particularly when some can be done at the same time.
:: i think the prices seem a little high as well and im sure they'd reconsider depending on how much work i agree to but considering the service will be done anyway, im assuming they'll come down on a lot of these prices. i have had the car a little under a year but this list isnt a surprise at all. It was one of the cheaper Tuscans around at the time and has a stunning amount of history - it's a little way off concourse condition, lets put it like that but was my way into my all time dream car! can i say who it's with? didnt want to break any forum rules but it's with a specialist in surrey. have been impressed with them so far - loads of other tvrs in at the same time so definitely tvr friendly, ive actually been quite impressed so far by the way - no problems with the garage at all.
From the Garage:
I have listed the MOT work first followed by work advised sooner rather than later, followed by general advisories. All prices are inclusive of labour, parts and vat.
MOT -
1. To seal exhaust blow from upper cat on bank 2 and to renew lambda sensor which is switching too slowly on o/s - £240
Replace the lambda yourself, I would have thought the blow would be an easy fix with some adjustment. If it were me I would take out the cats, clean up the chassis myself then (after MOT) refit decats so you don’t get overheating in this areas again. A heatshield isn’t needed then… :: will have to convince my wife that it needs to be even louder then (currently on CCC's). i actually have the decat pipes already so just need to get them fitted.
2. With regard to the n/s co% being high and oxy high, recommend a compression test and to balance the throttle bodies - £130 this will be reduced if the service is required.
Balance throttle bodies and compression test is an hour / hour and half job at most for a practiced garage so this estimate seems steep. DIY if you have a lead and airflow meter – if not they its about £70 for both and you will have it for future tune ups. Its not easy, takes a bit of practice, loads of threads on here about it. If done by a garage it is part of a service.
Have to add though – could it not be CAT related?? How recently were they replaced? Was the MOT place ‘TVR friendly’? they did say it could be cat related so watch this space.
3. Hazard warning lights not working when engine turned off – he wants an hour initially to investigate this as nothing obvious - £66
Curious fault, but I would beware paying £66 for investigation! Give Carl Baker a ring at Car and Bike Installations, im sure he will be able to help… :: yes i agree especially when im doing a big service and other work at the same time. but i want the car back on the road asap so might ask them to start looking but keep an eye on rising costs.
4. To adjust headlamp aims and top up washer fluid £66
Assuming this is an hours labour estimate?? Bit cheeky if he is balancing throttle bodies…once the bonnet is off a 5 min job!!! :: agreed - will ask them to reconsider.
5. When were the tappets last adjusted? Tappets every 12k / 2 years, when was the last 12k service. TBH they are worth checking annually. :: understood.
Advisories –
1. Diff pinion oil seal is leaking - £125
Not sure on this one….not something I have come across
2. Handbrake cables are rubbing through on suspension arm, requires renewal of cables - £159
Cant believe replacing a handbrake cable is difficult, would be surprised if the part isn’t a ‘generic’ ford / GM part? I would DIY, then at least when you fit you can be sure its not rubbing.
3. N/s exhaust is loose, requires renewal of clamp - £55
DIY – Stainless steel clamps from Car Builder Solutions are £9 each and excellent quality (I have just done this job myself) :: great advice. thanks.
4. Chassis by cats is very rusty, recommend clean up and heat shield upgrade - £243. As above…for gods sake, he is asking you pay £250 for lambda and to fix a blow in the cats, then a further £243 for some clean up and painting. You could probably do the lot for £150 in parts costs to yourself and it’s a simple, if not time consuming and fiddly, job to do. :: good, will do myself - quite fancy having a go at this one.
5. Gearbox mounts are split, require renewal - £90.43.
This seems sensible, not sure how difficult this is? Mounts available as parts – if you have a jack to support box, and suitable ramps cant see why DIY wouldn’t be possible? :: perhaps outside my ability. wouldnt want to run out of talent half way through this...
6. Gearbox tail shaft seal is leaking, requires renewal - £46.78
As no. 5 really, not sure on this one again.
7. Engine mounts are split, require renewal - £265 Agree with nrick, pig of a job, specialist really. :: ok
8. Requires renewal of 2 n/s oil cooler hoses and to adjust position of oil cooler (pipe is rubbing into alloy tank) - £298. Seems a lot of cash for replacement of two hoses, does that include the replacement oil (presuming you would have to drain down). I would DIY this one for sure. Not sure how much the hoses are, but oil maybe £80. Hose £20 each maybe? Halves his price anyway! :: will ask if this can be done cheaper during service i think.
9. Bad oil leak from oil pressure switch, requires renewal of switch - £120
Note sure.
10. Jump start plug is corroding, requires cleaning up - £17 Its more the break down of cables / connectors that’s a risk. Personally if its an issue I would just remove. I use an accumate charge lead hard wired to the cabin. Only ever had a flat battery once and I was able to charge it, I guess its an issue if you park away from home for long periods?! :: its a new connector last year so will have a look and remove / replace as necessary.
11. O/s/front brake hose is insecure, requires securing - £17
Seems steep for what sounds like tightening a bolt or using a tie wrap!! Need a bit more detail here, but DIY for me. :: agreed
12. O/s door intermittently not opening from outside, suspect door release button fault, to renew switch - £84.00. Switches are cheap and a definite DIY. :: ok
13. Brake and clutch fluid requires renewal - £72. Yep, OK, but should be done as part of a 12k service. :: only 6k service coming up but will ask them to do it anyway as i have the warning light and buzzer coming on when i go down hill or round a left hand bend!
14. Requires radiator alloy welding repair (rad will have to be removed to do this) - £299. Is it leaking? If not, why bother, if yes, how bad? Can it wait? Specialists can recore. If its an upgraded Alloy rad this would be unusual :: see above image, it hasnt got worse since i noticed it - i have a friend with some aluminium welding kit so was thinking of spending a day with him in his workshop.
15. Recommend timing chains adjusted - £50. Why? Not sure on this one!
Advisories which can be left for now if required –
1. O/s rear exhaust silencer (not tail pipe silencer) is badly dented.
2. Slight fluid leak from clutch slave cylinder, brake fluid was low, keep and eye on fluid level.
I don’t think a new slave is expensive or difficult to replace?
3. Small tear in o/s steering rack boot.
Not sure how difficult this is.
4. Small leak from power steering rack, possibly pinion seal, cleaned off excess.
Could be a biggy, but if the box is OK, then suggest monitoring for a while? :: agreed
5. Front tyres are worn on inner edges, recommend tracking check and adjust when tyres are renewed.
Recommend not waiting until tyres are renewed!! Suggest a check now if I were you, will probably improve handling too! :: yes i will have this looked at but maybe not at this garage. i've never had the problems that may do with handling. it's on nitrons and has uprated drop links so it's actually a great handling car at the moment.
6. Handbrake warning light not working.
Not unusual…if you are renewing cable, fix it then? :: see above - my fault entirely.
7. Body tub is cracking around o/s boot hinge and gas strut is weak.
Reinforce the Fibre glass with some resin and replace the strut? Strut is £12, I replaced mine recently. :: yes, i followed a post a while ago on this. will order today.
8. Alarm siren not working.
May have been disconnected? :: yes maybe might look into this myself.
Other items you requested, 6k service approx £460
cheers.
I would suggest tackling the bits you can DIY, tick them off one by one. For the rest would suggest TVR Power (midlands) or St8Six (oxford) or Automedon (Blackpool). :: tried to get the car into str8 six but got very limited response from them, Jason did tell me they were having problems with email and phones. perhaps a little too busy - no bad thing. they were my first choice then i ran out of time on the MOT and found these guys 20 minutes down the road.
Don’t think there is anything major on the list but the prices seem high to me…
and finally, shop around for parts. TVRCARPARTS is a good site, TVR Power Store is also good, and Racing Green has a good online store(but i wouldnt use them for service work)
That’s a scary list when you first read it – im guessing you havent had the car very long, so this is quite a shock?? Who is it with? The prices seems a little high, particularly when some can be done at the same time.
:: i think the prices seem a little high as well and im sure they'd reconsider depending on how much work i agree to but considering the service will be done anyway, im assuming they'll come down on a lot of these prices. i have had the car a little under a year but this list isnt a surprise at all. It was one of the cheaper Tuscans around at the time and has a stunning amount of history - it's a little way off concourse condition, lets put it like that but was my way into my all time dream car! can i say who it's with? didnt want to break any forum rules but it's with a specialist in surrey. have been impressed with them so far - loads of other tvrs in at the same time so definitely tvr friendly, ive actually been quite impressed so far by the way - no problems with the garage at all.
From the Garage:
I have listed the MOT work first followed by work advised sooner rather than later, followed by general advisories. All prices are inclusive of labour, parts and vat.
MOT -
1. To seal exhaust blow from upper cat on bank 2 and to renew lambda sensor which is switching too slowly on o/s - £240
Replace the lambda yourself, I would have thought the blow would be an easy fix with some adjustment. If it were me I would take out the cats, clean up the chassis myself then (after MOT) refit decats so you don’t get overheating in this areas again. A heatshield isn’t needed then… :: will have to convince my wife that it needs to be even louder then (currently on CCC's). i actually have the decat pipes already so just need to get them fitted.
2. With regard to the n/s co% being high and oxy high, recommend a compression test and to balance the throttle bodies - £130 this will be reduced if the service is required.
Balance throttle bodies and compression test is an hour / hour and half job at most for a practiced garage so this estimate seems steep. DIY if you have a lead and airflow meter – if not they its about £70 for both and you will have it for future tune ups. Its not easy, takes a bit of practice, loads of threads on here about it. If done by a garage it is part of a service.
Have to add though – could it not be CAT related?? How recently were they replaced? Was the MOT place ‘TVR friendly’? they did say it could be cat related so watch this space.
3. Hazard warning lights not working when engine turned off – he wants an hour initially to investigate this as nothing obvious - £66
Curious fault, but I would beware paying £66 for investigation! Give Carl Baker a ring at Car and Bike Installations, im sure he will be able to help… :: yes i agree especially when im doing a big service and other work at the same time. but i want the car back on the road asap so might ask them to start looking but keep an eye on rising costs.
4. To adjust headlamp aims and top up washer fluid £66
Assuming this is an hours labour estimate?? Bit cheeky if he is balancing throttle bodies…once the bonnet is off a 5 min job!!! :: agreed - will ask them to reconsider.
5. When were the tappets last adjusted? Tappets every 12k / 2 years, when was the last 12k service. TBH they are worth checking annually. :: understood.
Advisories –
1. Diff pinion oil seal is leaking - £125
Not sure on this one….not something I have come across
2. Handbrake cables are rubbing through on suspension arm, requires renewal of cables - £159
Cant believe replacing a handbrake cable is difficult, would be surprised if the part isn’t a ‘generic’ ford / GM part? I would DIY, then at least when you fit you can be sure its not rubbing.
3. N/s exhaust is loose, requires renewal of clamp - £55
DIY – Stainless steel clamps from Car Builder Solutions are £9 each and excellent quality (I have just done this job myself) :: great advice. thanks.
4. Chassis by cats is very rusty, recommend clean up and heat shield upgrade - £243. As above…for gods sake, he is asking you pay £250 for lambda and to fix a blow in the cats, then a further £243 for some clean up and painting. You could probably do the lot for £150 in parts costs to yourself and it’s a simple, if not time consuming and fiddly, job to do. :: good, will do myself - quite fancy having a go at this one.
5. Gearbox mounts are split, require renewal - £90.43.
This seems sensible, not sure how difficult this is? Mounts available as parts – if you have a jack to support box, and suitable ramps cant see why DIY wouldn’t be possible? :: perhaps outside my ability. wouldnt want to run out of talent half way through this...
6. Gearbox tail shaft seal is leaking, requires renewal - £46.78
As no. 5 really, not sure on this one again.
7. Engine mounts are split, require renewal - £265 Agree with nrick, pig of a job, specialist really. :: ok
8. Requires renewal of 2 n/s oil cooler hoses and to adjust position of oil cooler (pipe is rubbing into alloy tank) - £298. Seems a lot of cash for replacement of two hoses, does that include the replacement oil (presuming you would have to drain down). I would DIY this one for sure. Not sure how much the hoses are, but oil maybe £80. Hose £20 each maybe? Halves his price anyway! :: will ask if this can be done cheaper during service i think.
9. Bad oil leak from oil pressure switch, requires renewal of switch - £120
Note sure.
10. Jump start plug is corroding, requires cleaning up - £17 Its more the break down of cables / connectors that’s a risk. Personally if its an issue I would just remove. I use an accumate charge lead hard wired to the cabin. Only ever had a flat battery once and I was able to charge it, I guess its an issue if you park away from home for long periods?! :: its a new connector last year so will have a look and remove / replace as necessary.
11. O/s/front brake hose is insecure, requires securing - £17
Seems steep for what sounds like tightening a bolt or using a tie wrap!! Need a bit more detail here, but DIY for me. :: agreed
12. O/s door intermittently not opening from outside, suspect door release button fault, to renew switch - £84.00. Switches are cheap and a definite DIY. :: ok
13. Brake and clutch fluid requires renewal - £72. Yep, OK, but should be done as part of a 12k service. :: only 6k service coming up but will ask them to do it anyway as i have the warning light and buzzer coming on when i go down hill or round a left hand bend!
14. Requires radiator alloy welding repair (rad will have to be removed to do this) - £299. Is it leaking? If not, why bother, if yes, how bad? Can it wait? Specialists can recore. If its an upgraded Alloy rad this would be unusual :: see above image, it hasnt got worse since i noticed it - i have a friend with some aluminium welding kit so was thinking of spending a day with him in his workshop.
15. Recommend timing chains adjusted - £50. Why? Not sure on this one!
Advisories which can be left for now if required –
1. O/s rear exhaust silencer (not tail pipe silencer) is badly dented.
2. Slight fluid leak from clutch slave cylinder, brake fluid was low, keep and eye on fluid level.
I don’t think a new slave is expensive or difficult to replace?
3. Small tear in o/s steering rack boot.
Not sure how difficult this is.
4. Small leak from power steering rack, possibly pinion seal, cleaned off excess.
Could be a biggy, but if the box is OK, then suggest monitoring for a while? :: agreed
5. Front tyres are worn on inner edges, recommend tracking check and adjust when tyres are renewed.
Recommend not waiting until tyres are renewed!! Suggest a check now if I were you, will probably improve handling too! :: yes i will have this looked at but maybe not at this garage. i've never had the problems that may do with handling. it's on nitrons and has uprated drop links so it's actually a great handling car at the moment.
6. Handbrake warning light not working.
Not unusual…if you are renewing cable, fix it then? :: see above - my fault entirely.
7. Body tub is cracking around o/s boot hinge and gas strut is weak.
Reinforce the Fibre glass with some resin and replace the strut? Strut is £12, I replaced mine recently. :: yes, i followed a post a while ago on this. will order today.
8. Alarm siren not working.
May have been disconnected? :: yes maybe might look into this myself.
Other items you requested, 6k service approx £460
cheers.
I would suggest tackling the bits you can DIY, tick them off one by one. For the rest would suggest TVR Power (midlands) or St8Six (oxford) or Automedon (Blackpool). :: tried to get the car into str8 six but got very limited response from them, Jason did tell me they were having problems with email and phones. perhaps a little too busy - no bad thing. they were my first choice then i ran out of time on the MOT and found these guys 20 minutes down the road.
Don’t think there is anything major on the list but the prices seem high to me…
and finally, shop around for parts. TVRCARPARTS is a good site, TVR Power Store is also good, and Racing Green has a good online store(but i wouldnt use them for service work)
This is the reason for the rad repair. it's happened on both side of the rad although it's worse on the near side. no sign of any front end damage and had the chasis checked when i bought it so not too worried but one of those things that i need to get fixed.
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I would put on a small plate or bigger washer until the time you want to get it out (Cold wet windy nights). Looks like the rad has been flexing causing it to fatigue from the weld. Could be rewelded no problem but would need to come out and drain the coolant. Not a major worry.
nrick said:
This is the reason for the rad repair. it's happened on both side of the rad although it's worse on the near side. no sign of any front end damage and had the chasis checked when i bought it so not too worried but one of those things that i need to get fixed.
I would put on a small plate or bigger washer until the time you want to get it out (Cold wet windy nights). Looks like the rad has been flexing causing it to fatigue from the weld. Could be rewelded no problem but would need to come out and drain the coolant. Not a major worry.Edited by Basil Brush on Tuesday 12th July 10:17
nrick said:
9. Bad oil leak from oil pressure switch, requires renewal of switch - £120 - Do asap, easy job but will need to drop the oil.
A new pressure sensor is about 60 quid and you don't need to drain the oil. It's a remote unit mounted on the offside inner wing under the airbox.nrick said:
10. Jump start plug is corroding, requires cleaning up - £17 - CHANGE IMMEDIATELY
Agree with this. I learned the risks the hard way!Edited by Basil Brush on Tuesday 12th July 10:18
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