having my 172 cambelt done for £80 by a mobile mechanic (also someone i know)

[markblack172]

been ringing round for a cambelt change on my clio sport and getting stupid quotes
so decided to ring a mobile mechanic who has done some work for me in the past and he quoted me £80
would be happy to pass his number around if anyone wants it and see if he quotes you happy too

 

[Rob Clark]

arm, i wasnt aware the kit was that cheap, let alone labour. Make sure its the full kit

 

[DrR]

Parts alone are £120?

 

[davebem]

I take it that excluding parts. I hope he knows what hes letting himself in for.

 

[markblack172]

Parts alone are £120?

should have mentioned the price is just labour
got the parts from my local car spares supplier with discount for £80
so still only £160

 

[Silverfox]

Erm... I wouldn't let someone near mine that had quoted £80 for a cambelt change!

 

[DrR]

Yeah obvioulsy doesn't know what he's in for, did you just say it was a clio?

 

[markblack172]

I take it that excluding parts. I hope he knows what hes letting himself in for.

i did let him know there a b**ch to work on but he said he's done a few before
i would do it myself but by the time i've paid for the locking kit i may as well let him do it

 

[DrR]

Gopher it if he knows what he's doing, but i'd be dubious.

 

[markblack172]

Yeah obvioulsy doesn't know what he's in for, did you just say it was a clio?

told him it's a sport but he didnt seem to mind

 

[markblack172]

Yeah obvioulsy doesn't know what he's in for, did you just say it was a clio?

told him it's a sport but he didnt seem to mind

 

[john.med]

I hope this doesn't turn ugly. It's a long and tricky job.

 

[davebem]

Bargain of the century, does he venture out as far as Leicester?

 

[SBV116]

Labour wise, we charge £140 plus VAT, the genuine parts and VAT put a downer on it!! Personally i wouldnt want the job for £80! Top banana if he sorts it though!!

 

[Beef-Mc]

Bargain if he knows what he's doing, bummer if he doesnae have a clue!

 

[davebem]

Id have a printout to hand of the Renault techinical notes and tensioning procedure.

 

[caister]

did you get genuine renualt parts?

 

[T-Bag]

Id have a printout to hand of the Renault techinical notes and tensioning procedure.

You or anyone else got one of these perchance ?

 

[ginna]

Id have a printout to hand of the Renault techinical notes and tensioning procedure.

You or anyone else got one of these perchance ?

yes mate i have and i'm in leeds P.M. me and ill sort ya it out...

i did my belt myself its not that hard if you have a idea of what your doing....

 

[sideways danny]

just keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't use tippex marks

 

[Gray]

just keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't use tippex marks

Mines got tippex marks above the cam seal caps

 

[ditz]

just keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't use tippex marks

Mines got tippex marks above the cam seal caps

yeah i do that though.
blob of tipex on each seal right on the join so you can see if its been out since you did it

prevents any arguments


also... if you were to follow the autodata procedure for timing a f4r it actually tells you to mark the pulleys after having timed it up with the tool to make identification easier after rotating it twice

 

[Fred@BTM]

cambelt kit = £150+vat
aux belt kit = £107+vat

BOTH NEED CHANGING INCLUDING THE AUX BELT IDLER AND TENSIONER

if he doesn;t have the special tools to do the job walk away NOW

 

[brisa4984]

massive risk this..

 

[markblack172]

Bargain of the century, does he venture out as far as Leicester?

i'm not sure i can ask for you tho! if not you could always come to mine while he does it and wait here if not

 

[Neil G]

IIRC it's a 5 hour job

£80...that's very cheap per hour rates

 

[DrR]

A clio sport is only a 1.2

 

[The Boosh!]

i wouldn't bother... think he is one of thos rogue traders imo

 

[MillerLight]

Sounds a bit scary to me but as he’s a mobile mechanic his overheads are as low as they are going to get, and so he can quote super cheap

I’d want to know if he was insured properly.

Anyway there is a man around where I live who’s a mobile mechanic and he is always busy. Doing everything, servicing, exhaust, bumpers tyres.

£20 per hour labour is ok for such a low cost business.

 

[grey_clio]

My mechanic (dads mate) charged me £80 to do my cambelt and water pump last week also changed 2 of my oil seals at the same time , parts came to £100 so £180 all in and done good job.

 

[cat171]

Sounds a bit suss to me on the 172, the dude probably doesn't know what he's agreed to.

 

[cat171]

My mechanic (dads mate) charged me £80 to do my cambelt and water pump last week also changed 2 of my oil seals at the same time , parts came to £100 so £180 all in and done good job.

You have an mk1 rt though. A 172 cambelt change costs a lot lot more, unless the mate doing it is a very very good one.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

I just got the cambelt,tensioners, service and it came to £550.

Ask him for all the parts back that he changes

 

[mtayl20]

i?ve done a couple wudnt do it 4 80quid,not a chance

 

[caister]

A clio sport is only a 1.2

I had a guy ask me the other day why I had put a 2.0 16v badge on the side of mine because apparently you can't get a clio with that size engine

He then went on to ask where I had got the body kit from......

 

[Simon_172]

were abouts in chesterfield you from?

 

[markblack172]

were abouts in chesterfield you from?

i'm from bolsover

 

[markblack172]

A clio sport is only a 1.2

I had a guy ask me the other day why I had put a 2.0 16v badge on the side of mine because apparently you can't get a clio with that size engine

He then went on to ask where I had got the body kit from......

:lolup: there's always one lol, i'm supprised he's never seen a 2.0 clio before (must be very rare) you have any info on how to do the conversion wouldnt mind doing this to my 172 lol

 

[Se7en172]

My Uncles charging me £25 an hour, accounts to maybe £150 for labour alone it's a 4-5 hour job! The kit cost me £130 including VAT!

 

[Day]

cambelt kit = £150+vat
aux belt kit = £107+vat

BOTH NEED CHANGING INCLUDING THE AUX BELT IDLER AND TENSIONER

if he doesn;t have the special tools to do the job walk away NOW

Yeah Renault inflated part prices!

No need to pay those prices when you can buy exactly the same parts "unbranded" from people like GSF for a LOT less. Same original parts in 99% of cases.

Sure you need the locking tool, but also available from above!

If you own a 172 Cup, due to better access, cambelt and Aux belt can be done in under 3 hours.

Rentech for example charged me £275 all in for 172 Cup using non renault branded boxed items lol