Quote from: homesqueeze on January 21, 2015, 06:16:08 pmHad a new thermostat fitted. Three hours labour, ouch!3 hours!! Did they do it blind folded I did mine on the drive, only took me about an hour start to finish and I hadn't done one before!
Had a new thermostat fitted. Three hours labour, ouch!
Quote from: Wooly46 on January 23, 2015, 09:23:24 pmQuote from: homesqueeze on January 21, 2015, 06:16:08 pmHad a new thermostat fitted. Three hours labour, ouch!3 hours!! Did they do it blind folded I did mine on the drive, only took me about an hour start to finish and I hadn't done one before!Are you talking about the main thermostat?! This requires lots of parts to be removed to get to it, even the alternator. Are you sure you didn't just do the secondary one?
Quote from: homesqueeze on January 23, 2015, 10:05:17 pmQuote from: Wooly46 on January 23, 2015, 09:23:24 pmQuote from: homesqueeze on January 21, 2015, 06:16:08 pmHad a new thermostat fitted. Three hours labour, ouch!3 hours!! Did they do it blind folded I did mine on the drive, only took me about an hour start to finish and I hadn't done one before!Are you talking about the main thermostat?! This requires lots of parts to be removed to get to it, even the alternator. Are you sure you didn't just do the secondary one?My mate who's a mechanic replaced my main one in about 45minutes, somehow just managed to squeeze his hands in there and do it. I think he's done a few and perfected it though.
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Quote from: Wooly46 on January 23, 2015, 09:23:24 pmQuote from: homesqueeze on January 21, 2015, 06:16:08 pmHad a new thermostat fitted. Three hours labour, ouch!3 hours!! Did they do it blind folded I did mine on the drive, only took me about an hour start to finish and I hadn't done one before!Forgot to mention it took about a week for my bleeding hands to heel up You must have baby hands It's a pig of a job, and requires boost pipes to be removed, and the alternator. I gave up after a while. .
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That was brave romo. I wouldn't get ironx anywhere near those calipers.
Quote from: rich83 on January 24, 2015, 01:24:39 pmThat was brave romo. I wouldn't get ironx anywhere near those calipers.How comes? It's paint safe, I've never seen IronX damage anything and I've used it a lot.
Quote from: dansmith180 on January 24, 2015, 01:53:30 pmQuote from: rich83 on January 24, 2015, 01:24:39 pmThat was brave romo. I wouldn't get ironx anywhere near those calipers.How comes? It's paint safe, I've never seen IronX damage anything and I've used it a lot.Yeah... and who's gonna guarantee that when the paint (which is usually of questionable quality) fails? Just too risky IMO.
