The family runabout is a Subaru forester. The bloke I send it to for the times when I can't do it (which is often) owns and fixes rally cars. A sure sign of a pedantic bugger and one who can be relied on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrfants
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The family runabout is a Subaru forester. The bloke I send it to for the times when I can't do it (which is often) owns and fixes rally cars. A sure sign of a pedantic bugger and one who can be relied on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrfants
Yea I know that nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Trout
Yea telling them how to do the job quite often gets you work anyway. You remove stuff bring it in we can press it apart and back together or machine bits for you etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by No good names left
Far out I even lend some of my gear to certain customers which a lot of tradesmen wont do
$1800 for an Aston Martin is bloody cheap then :D
Just do it on you driveway at home and save some $$$ :)Quote:
Originally Posted by 300winmag
Glad I signed the service contract with toyota from 2021. My recent 75k service still cost around $350 last week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Southcity
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Originally Posted by blip
A good trick when doing an oil change if the oil filter is too tight to turn just bang a screwdriver through one side and out the other and then turn enough so you can unscrew the bloody thing.
The mechanics won't give you good tips like that, works on everything from an Austin Cabridge to a Rolls Royce :thumbsup:
leather trouser belt around the filer works every time.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag
Worked well for my old valiant,sharpened a screw driver just fore that job only.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag
Proper clamping filter remover seems to work
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Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag
That doesn't work so well when you're tring to tighten it :cave:
Smear a dop of oil on both threads and use some stilsons if you have to.Quote:
Originally Posted by No good names left
Mechanics just hand tighten them :P
Grabbing my popcorn and waiting for the chippies to arrive......Quote:
Originally Posted by blip
I do basic services myself, Since the mechanic I used at the time did an oil change with the wrong grade oil. I buy top shelf synthetic and decent filters and have saved thousands of dollars over the past 6 years.
You would be right there :)Quote:
Originally Posted by No good names left
Ha, just come in from outside, changed oil/filter and winter tyres for Summer tyres, on the RAV-4, last oil change and tyre swap, on this vehicle, as 100 days till flying/ departing for NZ,
oil changes seam expensive in NZ, I do them myself, Heavy duty Mechanic, oil free for me here, buy oil by the pallet load, for work vehicles.
I know I was shocked, by oil price in NZ, when I change oil in my old vehicles. down there.
Ha, just come in from outside, changed oil/filter and winter tyres for Summer tyres, on the RAV-4, last oil change and tyre swap, on this vehicle, as 100 days till flying/ departing for NZ,
oil changes seam expensive in NZ, I do them myself, Heavy duty Mechanic, oil free for me here, buy oil by the pallet load, for work vehicles.
I know I was shocked, by oil price in NZ, when I change oil in my old vehicles. down there.
okay we moan about servicing - well Waikakemoana service on 225 HP V6 susuki out board = $800 and all he did was change oil in leg check plugs thats it - 30 mins work
100k engine gotta be looked after.Quote:
Originally Posted by 300winmag
Mate has a late model Lambo, $15k for a service.
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Originally Posted by Southcity
You having a laugh mate, we also have to design what your wife saw in a magazine or on tele, make it out of shit wood you've been saving for that special project and bring our own morning tea! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by blip
Yeah a fixed service cost for 5yrs was one of the reasons I chose the ute I did. Time is passing quick though.Quote:
Originally Posted by eamars
Just like what mechanics do, but hey anyone can do it right. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BK10
Every one can but a lot shouldn't even attempt it.Quote:
Originally Posted by blip
I can change oil and have done before just don't choose to. But I wonder how many could build a house?
And a lot less mess than a punctured filter.Quote:
Originally Posted by blip
You sound like you're married to my wife - she has her own shit wood that she gets from all over the place and what tops it off, she can't visualise anything until you get half to 3/4 way through the project and then she comes out with what you've misunderstood or done completely differently to what she wanted. Bloody fun I tell you...Quote:
Originally Posted by BK10
As far as the servicing, definitely cheaper to DIY provided you know what you are about. The number of guys that cost themselves thousands, and half don't even realise that they are the cause of their issues!
Some vehicles you don't touch yourself - to much dumb shite on them (some Euro and Jap vehicles now have a plastic sump pan with a fitting cast in that the sump plug screws into, do the wrong thing with that and break the sump pan and you're screwed).
I used to get a bloody good deal on oil, I mean real good as I was in that industry for a while and what I could get it for was about $1 a litre cheaper than the dealer was charging. For an hour or so of labour to do the job, I reckon it cost me more than giving it to them. This was until they pissed me off mind you haha. I can do the servicing myself but I really hate working on cars. They suck.
I take a bit of shocking but this got my attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by southernman
During the last service on my AMG (which I've just sold), the ten litres of transmission fluid was $75.84/litre. Oh, plus GST. But I'm sure they charged me at cost..
Common sense leaves the chat...Quote:
Originally Posted by 6x47
Holy cow, that's unbelievable.
I’ve been using Oil Changers for my Ford Ranger since it was new, 2013. Now I can purchase a filter kit, oil, fuel, air and cabin for $75.00 inch. Oil Changes are happy to fit these. I met a guy there last time, he not only supplied the oil filter and the oil. I not quite that rude.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trout
No problems in 276,000 ks
Also I change the oil and filter in my Subaru Forester myself for $75.00 inc.
Great to have mates in the right places.
I know just enough about cars to know that I know bugger all and will happily leave most jobs to the mechanic - I have learned to stop before I stuff something upQuote:
Originally Posted by blip
Shout out to Ross and the boys at Challenge Greytown - good honest mechanics who don't charge moonbeams
Did you not figure out I was taking the piss about the charges being at cost?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bol Tackshin
I'm old and jaded. I consider nothing to be impossible, and find separating truth from fiction more difficult each passing year!
This was page two of the charging details:
I think there’s a good chance 15w40 is the wrong oil, that will cost more in fuel to run between services than you save on oil.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trout
I’ve always done my own servicing because I can and only know one mechanic that I would trust and he is the guy I trained 30years ago.
No one has mentioned checking the diff oil, checking and adjusting the brakes, checking the lights all work, plugging in the scan tool to check for faults. Making sure you are safe to drive the car.
Theres also a few other simple things you check on certain vehicles that helps keep them alive longer or go better that we dont write on the job sheet but get plenty of comments saying that what ever we did on the service made the vehicle go heaps better
