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Title: dont you just love buses
Post by: Richie London on 03 October 2010, 12:42:06
went round omega steves to pick my exaust up, in excellent condition for 70 squids. got the car up on ramps, bolts totally mangled up, took it to place to sort out and left it till in morning, waited nearly 40 mins for a bloody bus, no coat, just a t shirt and nowhere to get out the rain. absolutely soaked through. is 100 quid a fair price to cut bolts and redrill to fit to cats which he said he has to take off to drill bolts out
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: waspy on 03 October 2010, 12:47:07
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went round omega steves to pick my exaust up, in excellent condition for 70 squids. got the car up on ramps, bolts totally mangled up, took it to place to sort out and left it till in morning, waited nearly 40 mins for a bloody bus, no coat, just a t shirt and nowhere to get out the rain. absolutely soaked through. is 100 quid a fair price to cut bolts and redrill to fit to cats which he said he has to take off to drill bolts out

Yeh if he's on fifty an hour ::)

As for buses, the last one i caught was in 1978 ;D
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: albitz on 03 October 2010, 12:50:35
A hundred quid sounds like a lot of money for drilling out 4 bolts to me. I bought a few new drill bits and did it myself. ;)
I must admit, it is a pita job to do though.
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: tidla on 03 October 2010, 12:52:32
i dont think anyone should try to undo the cat to exhaust bolts unless they have plenty of heat, undersized socket belted on and an air gun used gingerly..
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: albitz on 03 October 2010, 12:54:13
Ive done it twice now, and each time it didnt matter what method I tried, the bolts wrung off anyway and had to be drilled out.
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: Richie London on 03 October 2010, 12:54:28
i couldnt get it up high enough to move my arms about and it was p'ing down. i looked like i just got out the bath with me clothes on  ;D ;D
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: Richie London on 03 October 2010, 13:03:52
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went round omega steves to pick my exaust up, in excellent condition for 70 squids. got the car up on ramps, bolts totally mangled up, took it to place to sort out and left it till in morning, waited nearly 40 mins for a bloody bus, no coat, just a t shirt and nowhere to get out the rain. absolutely soaked through. is 100 quid a fair price to cut bolts and redrill to fit to cats which he said he has to take off to drill bolts out

Yeh if he's on fifty an hour ::)

As for buses, the last one i caught was in 1978 ;D

i only charge 30 for fitting an internal door, he'll probably be quicker than me too
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: feeutfo on 03 October 2010, 14:22:28
On elites just raise the self levelling to max, no Jack required. I did actually manage to get 3 of the bolts out by turning the nut back an forth to clear the threads. The first one, which I learnt on, had to be drilled.   >:(
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: albitz on 03 October 2010, 15:07:32
40 minutes for a bus isnt too bad imo. Where I live there is only one bus per week. Tues. morning at around 10.a.m. iirc. :)
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: feeutfo on 03 October 2010, 15:12:01
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40 minutes for a bus isnt too bad imo. Where I live there is only one bus per week. Tues. morning at around 10.a.m. iirc. :)
What, return in a week?  :o ;)
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 03 October 2010, 15:15:30
That sounds rather dear to me Ritchie :o

An hour is enough time for any garage to remove the exhaust, replace the broken bolts in my opinion. But the prices down the Smoke are rather excessive :(
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: albitz on 03 October 2010, 15:29:30
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40 minutes for a bus isnt too bad imo. Where I live there is only one bus per week. Tues. morning at around 10.a.m. iirc. :)
What, return in a week?  :o ;)

Sorry, it returns at about 3pm the same day. :y ;D
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 03 October 2010, 16:37:09
Pricey..........and the price you pay for when somebody has fitted cheap bolts in the past
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: scimmy_man on 03 October 2010, 17:46:32
the nearest bus to me is a mile away.
not sure when they run, I avoid them.
Title: Re: dont you just love buses
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 03 October 2010, 21:47:02
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i only charge 30 for fitting an internal door, he'll probably be quicker than me too


Do you fit this particular type of door Richie?



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