Hi all, got a split manifold on my Civic. Struggling to find a garage to do it, Honda state it's around a 5 hour job, so £60 +VAT per hour. And they could run into trouble and prolong the job at my expense. But I've heard people saying it's a 10 hour job.
I had a garage here in Leicester "Collingwood Motors" told me to leave the car with them on Tuesday at 10:30AM and it'll be done on Wednesday. Rang them up on Wednesday, didn't even begin the job and made up lots of excuses under the sun as to why they didn't do it, such as having a lift broken and their mechanic was in "Spain" and they only just found out about it. :lol: Must of thought I came down in the last rain storm. Needless to say I went straight there and took my parts and car back. Time wasters, didn't even have the decency to ring me and tell me it was on the back burner. Gloating to me two seconds after making the excuses that their other jobs are all now complete, and my car will be started on Friday, so took my car off me and wanted to have it until Friday, probably Monday as I don't see them getting work done on the weekend.
This is why I do my own work on my vehicles.
Is it hard to do the manifold? I have plenty of tools and an engine hoist. Might just crack on it myself. I ain't spending £600 in labour when I can do it myself. I lost £300+ just leaving my car with the first set of mechanics, in wages.
Anyone on here done the job and got a run through of what I need to do and expect. I won't be dropping the subframe, I'll just remove the engine from the mounts and move it with the hoist.
Edit: Honda want £605 in labour it's a 5 hour labour job. A garage in Leicester said about £360, but if they have any problems I'll be paying extra. A mechanic near me said he had one, he only charged £450 but will never touch one again. He said he spent two days on it and didn't get back a lot of the time spent on the vehicle. And I should probably do it myself.
I can see why the previous owner got shot of it. Hard to find someone to even tackle the job, I've been in touch with 10+ mechanics all of them don't want the job, or say something like can't get it in for three weeks, in other words they don't want the job.
I think the previous owner even had a crack at the job himself or stripped it all down looking if the manifold was split. Always dubious when they accept first offer way below the asking price.
I had a garage here in Leicester "Collingwood Motors" told me to leave the car with them on Tuesday at 10:30AM and it'll be done on Wednesday. Rang them up on Wednesday, didn't even begin the job and made up lots of excuses under the sun as to why they didn't do it, such as having a lift broken and their mechanic was in "Spain" and they only just found out about it. :lol: Must of thought I came down in the last rain storm. Needless to say I went straight there and took my parts and car back. Time wasters, didn't even have the decency to ring me and tell me it was on the back burner. Gloating to me two seconds after making the excuses that their other jobs are all now complete, and my car will be started on Friday, so took my car off me and wanted to have it until Friday, probably Monday as I don't see them getting work done on the weekend.
This is why I do my own work on my vehicles.
Is it hard to do the manifold? I have plenty of tools and an engine hoist. Might just crack on it myself. I ain't spending £600 in labour when I can do it myself. I lost £300+ just leaving my car with the first set of mechanics, in wages.
Anyone on here done the job and got a run through of what I need to do and expect. I won't be dropping the subframe, I'll just remove the engine from the mounts and move it with the hoist.
Edit: Honda want £605 in labour it's a 5 hour labour job. A garage in Leicester said about £360, but if they have any problems I'll be paying extra. A mechanic near me said he had one, he only charged £450 but will never touch one again. He said he spent two days on it and didn't get back a lot of the time spent on the vehicle. And I should probably do it myself.
I can see why the previous owner got shot of it. Hard to find someone to even tackle the job, I've been in touch with 10+ mechanics all of them don't want the job, or say something like can't get it in for three weeks, in other words they don't want the job.
I think the previous owner even had a crack at the job himself or stripped it all down looking if the manifold was split. Always dubious when they accept first offer way below the asking price.