Servicing

[Nibs]

Hi everyone

 

Maybe this should be on the main forum?

 

I am a proud owner of a TR5 that has lots of history and would love to keep this going.

 

I used to own a TR6 and had this serviced at a local garage who said he was a specialist, but I nearly got ripped off as he never conducted half the work but tried to charge me a fortune for it. He only changed 4 of the plugs on a straight 6 engine I always thought there was 6 pots not 4, he only cleaned the oil filter instead of replacing it, god only knows if he changed the oil. These are only 2 of the items that I caught him out on. He was a cowboy in overalls and I refused to pay the bill and drove off.

 

The question is I would love to keep the service history going as the car has only had 2 owners from new, I can conduct the work myself as I am a qualified mechanic, but instead of having lots of receipts from where I purchased the items from would love to have the official literature with the history that I have. All I want is a good job at a reasonable price instead of everytime you say what you've got they add another £50 or more for the same job or worse still not doing the job at all. I won't name the garage but shall never go there again.

 

I live in a small village about 5 miles from a town called Lowestoft in Suffolk,

 

If you know of a good garage please forward me the recommendations

 

 

Many Thanks

 

Nibs

[Rex Wyer]

Hi Nibs, Try Manvers Triumph, Station Road Elmswell Suffolk. 01359 244417.

Its not that far from you and Clive Manvers seems to know what he is talking about.

 

Alternatively Marko ( Classic-marques ) may be able to help you with other suggestions.

as he also lives in the area .

[BrianC]

TRGB aren't far away and have rebuilt a few TR5s. Talk to Richard Dempster.

 

TRGB LTD

Unit 1, Sycamore Industrial Estate,

Long Drove,

Somersham,

Huntingdon,

Cambs, PE28 3HJ.

Telephone: 01487 842168 - Fax: 01487 740274

 

 

[No connection and I don't have a TR5 but we trust them with both our cars (and they rebuilt my TR3A).]

[67_gt6]

These cars are so easy to service yourself, is there really any value in a "service history" as such?

 

andy

[ianc]

Keep your own Service Log, just as many of us do - it's just as, if not more, valuable than any bills from a garage.

I record all the things which I do to the car (servicing, modifications, replacements etc) and with the car (International, Prescott, Brooklands etc), and have always done so. Similarly, I record the costs: petrol (and mileage, so that I can keep a check on mpg) and all other costs (parts, service items, repairs, additions etc).

There's a world of difference between a modern Euro or Oriental box, which is impossible to service without a laboratory and special tools, and a classic, which is a simple device on which almost anyone can do the majority of jobs. The value of a classic can only be enhanced by a really good personal Service Log - and you, too, would benefit by being able to refer back to discover when last you replaced the trafficator flasher unit or some other part.

Ian Cornish

[Nibs]

Thanks guys i guess its the better the devil you know than the devil you don't at least if i do the work myself i know it shall be done properly.

 

Thanks for all the advice

 

 

Cheers

Nibs