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Replaced Timing Belt And Now Car Won't Start

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imagine being bludgeoned with the cam you broke. that would make me lol

still waiting for a quote for the job. the bloke reckons it won't be astronomical, but then, i've never used these guys before, they were just conveniently close to my work

anyone had any experiences with JSA in preston? speifically, anything i should be worried about?

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Oh god not pedgman??? My mate bought a car from them which was luckily quite tidy but as far as their machanical work goes i wouldnt really recommend them. They fitted a castor rod to his car and left it a little loose, over time it starting moving. Everyone makes mistakes, but its upto you. I wouldnt recommend them personally.

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the mechanic who's working on my car is new to JSA, but seems to have a fair bit of experience with RB series motors in general

they finally got back to me with a quote for $430 today and they reckon it should be right to go by wed or thurs

things he mentioned were wrong:

-cas is stripped

-cam linkage thing is stripped

-timing is out by a brutal amount

-and something else which i didn't listen to because i was trying to get on to bell st from teh calder freeway

i won't be taking my car back there again, purely based on the fact that it took them a week to get me a quote, but at least it's not gonna be a ball breaker to fix

i am somewhat relieved

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suddenly i am quite impressed

they did it for under the quoted price, and the mechanic waited around til almost 7pm could pick it up when i finished work

this guy really takes pride in his work. he even left the broken parts in the boot so i could take them back to the bloke who f**ked this all up in the first place. what a legend.

the boss is an ass though, i'll stand by that without question

anyway. i have a working car again. i should go check the events section :)

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