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(Message started by: Silver_Poppy on Mar 15^th, 2005, 9:32pm)

Title: Woe!!! its M.O.T. time
Post by Silver_Poppy on Mar 15^th, 2005, 9:32pm

BBiiiiiiggg sniff >:(
Took my scorp in for its MOT and flew through everything :D except the exhaust,(hole in top of first box middle section) :( couldn't see it from underneath. Rang round for cheapest quote (as you do ) and found one very acceptable. New exhaust fitted went back to MOT centre, passed :D, but told by inspector that new exhaust had small hole in one box :(.Rang exhaust fitters who told me to ' bring it back and we'll have a look'. Took my scorp back and my god :o wish I hadn't. They pulled it into a bay which has one of those hoists that has four lifting points abit like four jaks ( don't know the name of them please excuse my ignorance ) and to my HORROR :o :o :o before my very eyes my sill was bent and creased!!!! whilst lifting. So I said calmly (not!!!) please stop :-/ :-/ :-/. After transfering it on to a lift that you drive on to, it turned out that a weld on the new exhaust had not been completed ( hence the hole, resulting in blowing ) but what about my sill I said calmly :-/. The fitters assure me that they would sort it out for me and out came the camera for the photos of the damage. Now I have the pain in the butt job of getting quotes to repair the crease in my sill made so very kindly by the exhaust fitters. Very annoyed is putting it mildly.

OK I've had my rant maybe I'll have a good nights sleep now and look forward to getting my scorp REPAIRED :- :-X :-X :-X :-/

S.P.

Title: Re: Woe!!! its M.O.T. time
Post by ScorpioWidow on Mar 15^th, 2005, 10:25pm

feelin' for ya mate......nasty mechanic, would've removed his manhood slowly and painfully.......

Title: Re: Woe!!! its M.O.T. time
Post by Dave on Mar 15^th, 2005, 10:39pm

Oh my God :-[ ... my condolences. I hate those lifting things with the four things... The jacking points are so specific that I have to read manuals just to make sure i'm doing it right. I watched a random apprentice mechanic putting mine of the lifting thing of death. Suffice it to say I was luckier than you.

Good luck sorting it : (

Dave

Title: Re: Woe!!! its M.O.T. time
Post by mr._floppy on Mar 16^th, 2005, 6:33pm

It seems that your bog standard grease monkey ( and I mean that in a nice way ) have very little idea that there are jacking points specific to every car and that just vaguely shoving it underneath is not good enough.

I was told by a mechanic that the 4 point lifters should only be used on fairly new cars because older ( and more rust weakened ) cars are in danger of collapse.

Title: Re: Woe!!! its M.O.T. time
Post by Rod on Mar 16^th, 2005, 9:54pm

So, if you hadn't gone straight back to the MOT station, the garage would have taken good money for a duff exhaust.

??? ???

So much for 'experts.'

Title: Re: Woe!!! its M.O.T. time
Post by Silver_Poppy on Mar 17^th, 2005, 5:26pm

Rod you're spot on there!! I guess I owe the M.O.T. tester a drink for his advice, but as you say 'Experts'!
Mr Floppy, bit vague in my description probably because I was still raging then ;D, but now I am calm ::) I can say rust wasn't the issue here or weaknd sills either, the placing of the jack pad was seemingly correct but as the car began to lift the arm that linked the rear jack point to the lift mechanism itself was the culprit as it went up faster than my car and it was the arm that did the nasty deed (ouch :'() If it had carried on the lifting I think it would have got my door and then popped out from under the car (it hurts just thinking about it), anyhow quotes are in and with the garage, waiting to here a reply now but not much change from £300 here I'm afraid. The garage are being quite good about it though it has to be said and the owner seems genuine, we'll have to wait and see :-/

S.P.

Title: Re: Woe!!! its M.O.T. time
Post by Silver_Poppy on Mar 17^th, 2005, 5:30pm

P.S

S.W. & Dave thanks for the counciling it was needed when times were bad :) :) :) feeling a little more optomistic now for a resolution

Thanks

Silver Poppy