Thread: Mechanics??!!

Time for a new mechanic me thinks.

I had a similar thing many years back on my Hillman Hunter. The clutch slave cylinder was replaced. That night I drove to the drive-in theatre and, as I pressed the clutch to go in, smoke poured out from under the bonnet and car. All the other cars around me seemed to disappear in all directions.

The mechanic had routed the plastic hydraulic line too close to the exhaust down pipes and the plastic had softened but not melted away. When I pressed the clutch, it had an aneurysm and failed, spraying fluid all over the exhaust.

I would have gone to a new mechanic after that but I was the useless bloody mechanic.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I had a similar thing many years back on my Hillman Hunter. ...

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I would have gone to a new mechanic after that but I was the useless bloody mechanic.

Did he repair the faulty workmanship at his own expense? (How did you work out who was paying???)

Did you go back again for more work?

The job was done rush for me as we were going away and the engine pipe burned through, of course at the wrong time but better than when I was away.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I would have gone to a new mechanic after that but I was the useless bloody mechanic.

ask the bastard for a refund!

Sounds more like a fitter( with no supervision?)than a mechanic.
A rush job is no excuse IMO.
It certantly would not be if the corenor had got involved.
Consider yourself fortunate given what could have been.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I had a similar thing many years back on my Hillman Hunter. The clutch slave cylinder was replaced. That night I drove to the drive-in theatre and, as I pressed the clutch to go in, smoke poured out from under the bonnet and car. All the other cars around me seemed to disappear in all directions.

The mechanic had routed the plastic hydraulic line too close to the exhaust down pipes and the plastic had softened but not melted away. When I pressed the clutch, it had an aneurysm and failed, spraying fluid all over the exhaust.

I would have gone to a new mechanic after that but I was the useless bloody mechanic.

My wife always wants me to take stuff to "other people" to get fixed...... That way it'll be done right you see...... She gets annoyed when I say "Why pay someone else to break it, when I can do that myself" ..... "At least I know how to fix it after I've broken it this way"

seeya
Shane L.

Mmmmm yep you pay how much a hour for nuffies to work on your car
In the end it aint good economics when it costs you twice