Hi all. Mods& Admin, please forgive me if this is not completely in line with the rules....
right.... my mini facelift meega elite estate has a number of outstanding issues that need rectifying.....
Keen as I am on the DIY ethos, and I'm even technically competent, sadly, and painfully, I have a spinal/neuro-muscular condition that pretty effectively rules out the idea of Me actually DOING the DIY these days (long term result of a Smash back in 89).... which is a shame... i used to enjoy rebuilding engines and preparing Rally cars and such like....
it also usually means it's expensive as I have to pay Vx dealers or local garage rates for pretty much everything....
However..... money is not currently grown on trees in our garden.....
Not having been a member for all that long, and not having personally met any of you guys ( that i know of ) i wouldn't expect anyone to jump up and down in a rush to do it all for me for nothing... altruism is fine and dandy as and when it occurs, but even if it did, i'd feel much better if i pay my way , as it were.
So... would any of the experienced chaps here feel like having a bash at the following, in return for folding paper real money... ??
1) Cam belt and Water pump change
2) Primary engine radiator cooling fan replacement ( i have a complete spare rad assembly, aux pump, fan and housing etc... )
3) Auto box Fluid and filter change.
4) it has a persistent coolant leak.... I've already had the HBV changed, and changed the lid of the Expansion tank, and i can;t see any obvious answers... bearing in mind that i can;t easily go crawling around underneath it...
5) HID levelling fault.... I have one spare sensor... but need to identify which one is faulty and replace , or whether it's the HID levelling control unit.. MOT due in March.... so it's kind of becoming urgent
6) Handbrake shoes need replacing i think....
there's a few other piddly jobs... which I'm confident i CAN manage.... , like changing the stuck snow mode switch on the autobox.... replacing the instrument cluster, possibly the external ambient temperature sensor...
Now then.... getting this lot sorted at a dealer's or our local garage could easily set me back something like a grand. just for the labour....
which bluntly put, i don't have spare right now.....
however, I'd be happy to negotiate something mutually acceptable , involving cash money, or alternative services rendered (anyone in need of audio engineering, instrument repair, acoustic engineering , Mac Support, Studio wiring and technologies consultancy etc.... I'm perfectly happy to barter my services... however, they are, fairly rarely required by most people.... with the possible exception of soundproofing techniques.. )
obviously I'd cover all the parts and consumables costs....
so any takers???
i am more or less in Oxford, but prepared to travel a bit...
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