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The reason I ask is that I had my suspension bushes renewed a while ago and not long after the work was done I had to go to get the car MOTd. When the tester checked the front drivers side wheel for play, the wheel was moving in and out at top and bottom by a factor of INCHES, due to the nyloc nuts being loose. 
This is about 500-750 miles after the work had been done.
I called the specialist who had done the work to see what their policy was on re-using what is in essence a 20p item, and a major safety item at that. I was told that it was policy to reuse nyloc nuts if they "didn't appear too bad". A race prepared car ought to be a bowel disturbing experience then.
I have to admit that the difficulty in finding anyone local who is reliable, trustworthy and knowledgeable enough to work on my Griff has resulted in me deciding to sell the car. Dealers and specialists seem to think that TVR on the bonnet means a license to print money by charging rip off prices for what are, quite often, run of the mill items; attitude is generally sloppy and a general air of "we know better than you" seems all too common. After 20 years of TVR ownership I have given up.
One shining light during all of this has been Mark Adams, a true gent and as straight as they come. Obviously an expert in his field, he is also honest and is not happy until he is satisfied that the car is running correctly. Mark sorted out a misfire which one TVR main dealer had tried to fix by static krypton tuning, dumping a bottle of injector cleaner into the petrol tank and proclaiming the car as "sorted".
This is about 500-750 miles after the work had been done. I called the specialist who had done the work to see what their policy was on re-using what is in essence a 20p item, and a major safety item at that. I was told that it was policy to reuse nyloc nuts if they "didn't appear too bad". A race prepared car ought to be a bowel disturbing experience then.
I have to admit that the difficulty in finding anyone local who is reliable, trustworthy and knowledgeable enough to work on my Griff has resulted in me deciding to sell the car. Dealers and specialists seem to think that TVR on the bonnet means a license to print money by charging rip off prices for what are, quite often, run of the mill items; attitude is generally sloppy and a general air of "we know better than you" seems all too common. After 20 years of TVR ownership I have given up.
One shining light during all of this has been Mark Adams, a true gent and as straight as they come. Obviously an expert in his field, he is also honest and is not happy until he is satisfied that the car is running correctly. Mark sorted out a misfire which one TVR main dealer had tried to fix by static krypton tuning, dumping a bottle of injector cleaner into the petrol tank and proclaiming the car as "sorted".
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