im not going to suss this out myself, anyone know a good cheap mechanic in glasgow ?

[rob12770]

hi, sorry if this is in the wrong place, but i can see no other scottish categories.
i have a noise when taking off, no idea what it is, im not going to suss this out myself, could be anything, anyone know a good cheap mechanic in glasgow ?
cheers rob

[lady zed]

Theres a rover garage in Duke St but they're not cheap. Not massively expensive either mind you.

[Yella Fella]

hi, sorry if this is in the wrong place, but i can see no other scottish categories.
i have a noise when taking off, no idea what it is, im not going to suss this out myself, could be anything, anyone know a good cheap mechanic in glasgow ?
cheers rob



GARAGES/MECHANICS

CALLANDER - Dreadnought Garage (http://www.dreadnoughtscotland.co.uk/) - Stirling Road, Callander, FK17 8LE - Tel. 01877 331099
GLASGOW- Rover Repair Centre - 147 Cumbernauld St, Glasgow, G5 - Tel. 0141 429 4910
GLASGOW- Rovers Workshop - 654 Duke St, Glasgow, G31 1JY - Tel. 0141 556 4042
MOTHERWELL - Paul McFadden Classic Sportscars - 261 Orbiston St, Motherwell, ML1 1QF - 01698 254 141

MOBILE MECHANICS - GLASGOW - Mark the Mechanic (http://www.gumtree.com/p/business-services/mobile-mechanic-diagnostics-engine-repairs-tyres-changes/97178471) - 07873243663


Read more: http://mg-freedom.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=techdisc&action=display&thread=2240#ixzz1yPc4D7Pj


http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x405/Bullitt160/MGGlasgow0003.jpg


http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x405/Bullitt160/MGGlasgow0002.jpg


You should find somewhere from that lot.

[lady zed]

GARAGES/MECHANICS

CALLANDER - Dreadnought Garage (http://www.dreadnoughtscotland.co.uk/) - Stirling Road, Callander, FK17 8LE - Tel. 01877 331099
GLASGOW- Rover Repair Centre - 147 Cumbernauld St, Glasgow, G5 - Tel. 0141 429 4910
GLASGOW- Rovers Workshop - 654 Duke St, Glasgow, G31 1JY - Tel. 0141 556 4042
MOTHERWELL - Paul McFadden Classic Sportscars - 261 Orbiston St, Motherwell, ML1 1QF - 01698 254 141

MOBILE MECHANICS - GLASGOW - Mark the Mechanic (http://www.gumtree.com/p/business-services/mobile-mechanic-diagnostics-engine-repairs-tyres-changes/97178471) - 07873243663


Read more: http://mg-freedom.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=techdisc&action=display&thread=2240#ixzz1yPc4D7Pj


http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x405/Bullitt160/MGGlasgow0003.jpg


http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x405/Bullitt160/MGGlasgow0002.jpg


You should find somewhere from that lot.




Where did you get Mark's number from Glenn? He came out to me once to fit a wishbone on honey, would recommend him, nice guy.

[rob12770]

thats excellent, thanks guys :bowdown:

[Yella Fella]

Where did you get Mark's number from Glenn? He came out to me once to fit a wishbone on honey, would recommend him, nice guy.


A few members of MGFreedom have used him for different things including HGF.

I use either Paul McFadden (Motherwell) or my local garage James Coyle Motor Engineers http://www.jcmotorengineers.co.uk/

[rob12770]

GARAGES/MECHANICS

CALLANDER - Dreadnought Garage (http://www.dreadnoughtscotland.co.uk/) - Stirling Road, Callander, FK17 8LE - Tel. 01877 331099
GLASGOW- Rover Repair Centre - 147 Cumbernauld St, Glasgow, G5 - Tel. 0141 429 4910
GLASGOW- Rovers Workshop - 654 Duke St, Glasgow, G31 1JY - Tel. 0141 556 4042
MOTHERWELL - Paul McFadden Classic Sportscars - 261 Orbiston St, Motherwell, ML1 1QF - 01698 254 141

MOBILE MECHANICS - GLASGOW - Mark the Mechanic (http://www.gumtree.com/p/business-services/mobile-mechanic-diagnostics-engine-repairs-tyres-changes/97178471) - 07873243663


Read more: http://mg-freedom.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=techdisc&action=display&thread=2240#ixzz1yPc4D7Pj


http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x405/Bullitt160/MGGlasgow0003.jpg


http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x405/Bullitt160/MGGlasgow0002.jpg


You should find somewhere from that lot.




i phoned peter at duke street, he said, after i described the problem, that is sounded like a bush on some bar or other..he also said parts were expensive cos these cars were made by bmw...hmm :confused:

[rob12770]

i phoned mark, hes coming to check it out in a few days, cheers guys and girls :D

[Yella Fella]

I have bought a couple of things from the Duke St place. These were second hand, and expensive, compared to what was available from e-bay but I need the parts on the day.

[davecw000]

Does the Rover Repair Centre or the Duke Street place have a T4?
- Or anywhereelse in Glasgow - Central belt?
Any idea of the cost for a session?

Cheers

[WeeMan]

hi, sorry if this is in the wrong place, but i can see no other scottish categories.
i have a noise when taking off, no idea what it is, im not going to suss this out myself, could be anything, anyone know a good cheap mechanic in glasgow ?
cheers rob

Petrol or diesel!.... maybe suss it out yourself for free. Welcome to the club and can I just suggest paying the £10 to join, it's well worth it mate AND the how - to's themselfs will more than pay you back with interest.

[HarryM1BYT]

Petrol or diesel!.... maybe suss it out yourself for free. Welcome to the club and can I just suggest paying the £10 to join, it's well worth it mate AND the how - to's themselfs will more than pay you back with interest.

I agree, it is at least worth trying to narrow down the problem to a specific area, even if you cannot fix it yourself.

Plenty of free expertise and guidance available here.

[Yella Fella]

Does the Rover Repair Centre or the Duke Street place have a T4?
- Or anywhereelse in Glasgow - Central belt?
Any idea of the cost for a session?

Cheers

I don't think the duke st place has T4. Too upto date for them, they are a sort of old style garage. Dreadnought do.I used their T4 to link a new key fob to the car. Can remember how much though, $25 I think.

[derekosb]

The Arnold Clark Motorstore in East Kilbride had a T4 when I had my 75. The service department was the old Park Automobile Co main Rover dealer and therefore the T4 was in the workshop.

This branch recently became a Toyota dealer so not sure if they will still have the T4?

HTH

Derek

[Jules]

Does "good" come cheap !?
I'm not sure about that :o

[pab]

If you can get the car over to Kirkintilloch,on the High St.Ind.Est. there is a garage called ''Autocraft'' two of the mechanics are ex MG Rover technicians,very clued up too.

A T4 is available in the same Town at a Land Rover diagnostics centre on Kilsyth Road.

You could mention my name,they are also familiar with the Club.

[FLYER]

OP i asked for your address so i could come and have a look and you didnt get back to me :shrug:

Good luck getting it sorted.

[Tim_Burgess]

Does "good" come cheap !?
I'm not sure about that :o

A customer of mine used to have the following sign up in his pub:

Your food will be prepared using your choice of 2 out of the following 3 words:

CHEAP
FAST
GOOD

EG. Good and fast won't be cheap.......

You don't mention if it's petrol or diesel, it could be rear engine mount, either worn or worked loose. Moto Build have polypropolene replacements on their website under MG ZT. www.moto-build.com

[rob12770]

OP i asked for your address so i could come and have a look and you didnt get back to me :shrug:

Good luck getting it sorted.
i sent you a pm with my name adress and mobile number, i waited in for you, :confused:
i dunno what happened there.. i dont see it in my sent box so i assume i messed up somewhere..sorry pal il send it again.
cheers Rob

[FLYER]

i sent you a pm with my name adress and mobile number, i waited in for you, :confused:
i dunno what happened there.. i dont see it in my sent box so i assume i messed up somewhere..sorry pal il send it again.
cheers Rob

got it rob , see you around 4ish monday .:}

[rotrex]

a wee bit further but if stuck I'll check it for you if you fancy a wee drive to me;). Tam

[FLYER]

a wee bit further but if stuck I'll check it for you if you fancy a wee drive to me;). Tam
fear not SIR TAM of SHOTTS i will extole your many virtues to rob when i see him . Hopefully his problem will be obvious .
:shrug:

will post after i have a butchers .

[FLYER]

In my extremely humble opinion the thrust bearing part of the concentric slave cylinder is slightly worn .


Could be wrong but there you go .;)

[rob12770]

In my extremely humble opinion the thrust bearing part of the concentric slave cylinder is slightly worn .


Could be wrong but there you go .;)

thanks very much for coming out flyer, ;) at least now i have an oppinion who is farmilliar with these motors, and like you say, if it becomes an issue, il get it sorted, but as you saw right now its driving well.
cheers rob

thanks to everyone else too, il bear you in mind Tam, cheers!

[FLYER]

thanks very much for coming out flyer, ;) at least now i have an oppinion who is farmilliar with these motors, and like you say, if it becomes an issue, il get it sorted, but as you saw right now its driving well.
cheers rob

thanks to everyone else too, il bear you in mind Tam, cheers!no problem rob , it was nice to meet you and your good lady [AND YOUR DOG :D]

[rob12770]

no problem rob , it was nice to meet you and your good lady [AND YOUR DOG :D]

lol, cheers.. nice to meet you too pal,
a wee pic for you..

Woof ! lol :D
http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb326/dorothysmart/8f4f1743.jpg

[keithybhoy]

My work has a few T4s and we still have a load of the old rover techs here too including the master techs.
Machargs south st 0141 435 5555;);)

[Yella Fella]

My work has a few T4s and we still have a load of the old rover techs here too including the master techs.
Machargs south st 0141 435 5555;);)


Do they do homers? :D

[keithybhoy]

Haha i wish,it ****** costs me just like a customer which is **** :(

[John-e]

Phoned Mark to look at my car sorry to say he knows nothing about how cooling fan works had him do a couple of checks on few minor issues to justify £25 call out will stick with Duke St who not cheap {BMW PARTS } and not 100% butdo seem to know the car

[Tim_Burgess]

Phoned Mark to look at my car sorry to say he knows nothing about how cooling fan works had him do a couple of checks on few minor issues to justify £25 call out will stick with Duke St who not cheap {BMW PARTS } and not 100% butdo seem to know the car

You can test the fan yourself, if you stsrt the car, switch on the A/C and press the windscreen demist button you should hear the fan motor running. If not, it could be resistor, relay or motor failure.

AFAIK only the motor is a BMW sourced part (made by Siemens).

Depending on the age of the car it could be either a 2 or 3 speed unit.

[FLYER]

Phoned Mark to look at my car sorry to say he knows nothing about how cooling fan works had him do a couple of checks on few minor issues to justify £25 call out will stick with Duke St who not cheap {BMW PARTS } and not 100% butdo seem to know the car

for future reference these guys know our cars .

AUTOCRAFT .unit 5 high st industrial estate . Kirkintilloch. G66 1PU.

0141 7750450.

[John-e]

You can test the fan yourself, if you stsrt the car, switch on the A/C and press the windscreen demist button you should hear the fan motor running. If not, it could be resistor, relay or motor failure.

AFAIK only the motor is a BMW sourced part (made by Siemens).

Depending on the age of the car it could be either a 2 or 3 speed unit.
Have done the test and fan not running at low speed no resistor in sight so its a 3 speed will purchase new motor with uprated resistor have a good quote to fit

thanks

[Greg]

I need to fit the uprated resistor. Any recommends in the Glasgow area for fitting?

[Tim_Burgess]

I need to fit the uprated resistor. Any recommends in the Glasgow area for fitting?

If we get a nano-meet / tech day organised it sounds like a job for that.

If you buy the resistor from Jules then it's only a case of whipping off the bumper, removing the old resistor, soldering on the connectors, putting in the new resistor, testing and putting the bumper back.

[buzzardjohn]

the garge in duke st will sort you out not bad prices if you want i have his number

[Greg]

Im only 10mins drive from the Duke St garage. I had my ZR in their as the passenger door was jammed shut. They managed to get the door open but couldn't fix the central locking, so they fitted a standard latch. Cost me £230 if I remember correctly.

Took my KV6 down as I thought my manifold was chatting a wee bit, and they wouldn't even take a quick listen. So they have lost the job, when I get round to replacing.

[Yella Fella]

Im only 10mins drive from the Duke St garage. I had my ZR in their as the passenger door was jammed shut. They managed to get the door open but couldn't fix the central locking, so they fitted a standard latch. Cost me £230 if I remember correctly.

Took my KV6 down as I thought my manifold was chatting a wee bit, and they wouldn't even take a quick listen. So they have lost the job, when I get round to replacing.


Ive been in a couple of times also for parts only to the Duke St place. Expensive if you ask me and a kind of rough and ready place. Twice I have tried to see into his workshop, but its always closed up. It worries me that you dont get past the reception and cant see where your car is!

I paid £35 for a power steering tensioner. They sell for £5 on ebay. Same with a fuel tank, £40 but he wanted £150 to fit it. My local garage (James Coyle Motor Engineers) http://www.jcmotorengineers.co.uk/ fitted it for £20.

[stugee]

I need to fit the uprated resistor. Any recommends in the Glasgow area for fitting?

Me too, wouldn't mind meeting up for a nano meet and tackling everyone's at the same time!

[Yella Fella]

Looks like an easy job.

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4638

[andel]

i had a t4 session there and it cost me £50 :christmas:

[Jules]

Hope they at least gave you a printout?
What were the results?

[Yella Fella]

i had a t4 session there and it cost me £50 :christmas:

I see you are in Motherwell, on the door step of Paul McFadden in Orbiston St. He is a good contact for all things Rover and MG. I have used him previously.