Ok what we got here then, a zed with an odd sound from the engine area, some thought was big ends, some thought was little ends and some even thought VVT springs.

 

Well non of the above, the car has just been treated to a pair of new turbo`s ( last month) but they are fine and fitted well and are not the problem, sadly cannot say the same about the workmanship on fitting the gearbox back to the engine

 

Cut it short when the gearbox was refitted he did not refit the side brackets between the gearbox and engine so there was no lower fixings at all, the top 4 fixings were all loose and the gearbox had started to fall backwards!!! the flex plate was been twisted by the torque converter !!

 

New side brackets 6 new bolts and all the others torqued up and all was well...lucky man.

 

Oh and where had it been done....well I am dumbfounded to say by someone who professes to be a 300zx specialist and is known here, this is shocking in our view and I sincerely hope the customer complains about this shoddy work.

 

As a side issue , the last photo shows the exhaust brackets missing on the gearbox, but even worse the hangers were jammed solid metal to metal which would cause noise and vibration.

 

Jeff TT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thought it was mine for a minuite their Jeff.

Same story with mine unfortunately, it had had a "manwell" conversion, was missing loads of bolts, a few had been snapped off, the subframe worked it's way loose on the M1 and half the engine dropped out. Wasn't until I got it back i realised the whole front subframe was being held on by 1 nut and the pressure of the car on the springs otherwise it would have just dropped under the car.

 

If it hadn't have been the bang and the fact the steering wheel pulled clean through the dash I wouldn't have known.

 

I've had to wait till now to get it sorted out when the clutch goes in so you might be getting a call jeff, it'll be my dad who'll be in touch as it'll be his car by then :D

Its amazing what some people do to cars! I once done a clutch on a mates transit, he said there was a shudder when pulling away, that was due to being about 3 out of 13 bolts retaining it, and they came undone with my fingers! And the clutch inside was new, just had not pressure on the friction plate due to the pressure plate being about an inch away!

Every one makes mistakes guys im sure.

As i said before we see lots of other garage mistakes but its just part of the nature of the bussiness im affraid.

Just make sure you go to a good garage you trust. and if it doesnt feel right when you get your car back. talk to them.

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There is nothing worse than a public hanging I have seen some real bad examples of so called Z specialists in my time when I was the clubs TLO and IMHO the problems should stay between the customer and the garage in question.

Every one makes mistakes guys im sure.

As i said before we see lots of other garage mistakes but its just part of the nature of the bussiness im affraid.

Just make sure you go to a good garage you trust. and if it doesnt feel right when you get your car back. talk to them.

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theres no excuse for mistakes like that imo... in my line of work, if i make such a large mistake and the component fails, lots of poeple could die and id be in front of a judge for manslaughter. the same should apply for this kind of work. the quality assurance in the automotive industry is not tight enough if you ask me...

 

i remember reading a post about a chap who had a brake fluid flush from a nissan main dealer who neglected to fully close the bleed nipples!.. needless to say he had an accident which could have cost lives. alot of it boils down to human factors awareness and creating redundancy for the possiblity of these mistakes but i am not aware of any procedures in place to support this.

There is nothing worse than a public hanging I have seen some real bad examples of so called Z specialists in my time when I was the clubs TLO and IMHO the problems should stay between the customer and the garage in question.

 

 

Yes agree with Mac and Dazkent concerning puplic hanging having felt this myself in the past a long time ago but this is a current issue, and was only to show how when it goes wrong how far reaching the problems can get, with no names to prevent the public hanging the thread serves as it was intended to.....just as a warning.

 

Jeff tt

It comes down to the person who is doing the work to ensure his or her work is upto scratch .

Clearly this is not always the case.

But many garages and indaviduals do have the knowledge and experiance to keep these standereds in place.

Also theres not many other industry's were anyone can carry out the work.

Meaning anyone can carry out any work on there own car without it being checked or any idea that it is safe etc.And most men think there a machanics or there mate is etc etc.

So the poor old motor industry is a bit open to abuse.

 

I agree with Mac

And i still think these things should be sorted in private really.

I think a lot can be said of how the mistakes are dealt with, not weather they happen because they will at some point whoever you go to.

 

I find it suprizing the car has ended up at Zedworld and not back to the person who did the work to take a look?

I think a lot can be said of how the mistakes are dealt with, not weather they happen because they will at some point whoever you go to.

 

I find it suprizing the car has ended up at Zedworld and not back to the person who did the work to take a look?

 

Hi mate

 

My this is not my car but my car has ended up at Zedworld as I just did not trust the monkeys who had been looking after it previously. I'm so glad I took it to Zedworld and I wish I had done it two years ago, it would have saved me a lot of money.

I know who it is, but no saying!!!!!!!! I was in the waiting room at Jeff's place when he told him!!!!!!!

With the greatest of respect to all here, IMO, this thread is pointless because with out the 'name and shame' how can we avoid the 'bad specialist'. If there are bad ones, I would like to know who they are so I can give them a miss!

Its not reasonable to get work done at one place then check it over at another place immediately. And I would imagine Zedworld doesn't have the capacity to look after the entire UK Zed population.

But if we know of a bad specialist, at least we can cross them off the list.

No offence to anyone intended.

With the greatest of respect to all here, IMO, this thread is pointless because with out the 'name and shame' how can we avoid the 'bad specialist'. If there are bad ones, I would like to know who they are so I can give them a miss!

Its not reasonable to get work done at one place then check it over at another place immediately. And I would imagine Zedworld doesn't have the capacity to look after the entire UK Zed population.

But if we know of a bad specialist, at least we can cross them off the list.

No offence to anyone intended.

You can't label a garage as bad becuase of one incident, especially when not all the facts are not known.

 

ALL garages make mistakes or have incidents, as takemetothepub said - Its how they deal with them that's important.

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I'm happyto tell you that SPC Horsham are to be avoided IMHO

You can't label a garage as bad becuase of one incident, especially when not all the facts are not known.

 

ALL garages make mistakes or have incidents, as takemetothepub said - Its how they deal with them that's important.

 

I agree 100%, but if this is a known specialist that is regularly producing "shoddy" work then we should know about them. Surely this is one of the reasons people use Forums to get this type of information.

A difficult issue though, I do appreciate this:)

Is it Zedtech?

I don't think a 'name and shame' on the basis of one instance is really fair; the info will find its way out in the end and people will be able to compare stories about the garage. If they find they're all getting shoddy treatment, well, then a name might be in the public interest.

Even a general comment regarding location such as county, up north, down south would be helpful.

I agree 100%, but if this is a known specialist that is regularly producing "shoddy" work then we should know about them. Surely this is one of the reasons people use Forums to get this type of information.

A difficult issue though, I do appreciate this:)

 

But there is no mention of regularly producing shoddy work.

FFS people, at what point did Jeff say this was a Name and Shame exercise?

At the end of the day WE should all be careful of whom we take our cars to, and ASK to see any work done before you pay your money and drive it away, as this is in no way unreasonable to ask of a garage!

 

Please let's not have this turn into a mud slinging thread, otherwise it'll only end in bad feeling again!

i can reccomend http://www.eclipse-performance.com for anyone in the north east, they did me ok

I have read this thread with great interest and there appears to be a mass of photographic evidence that the job was not carried out professionally.Surely the car owner should show this to the garage proprietor / mechanic concerned in order that (a) it can be rectified and made safe, (b) take steps to make sure they do not make the same mistake again on another customers vehicle.

I'm happyto tell you that SPC Horsham are to be avoided IMHO

 

a new zed owner from horsham joined this site the other day..apparently runs a garage and fixes zeds...whats the chance its the same...?! :rofl::x:

I've removed a few auto-boxes from Zeds well 3 and not one had all the bolts, in fact one had no metal plates/shims and another had only 1 lol.