Maintenance - Big Service. MOT and vehicle weight! (1 Viewer)

[Carpmart]

So I decided, I couldn’t be bothered to service the Motorhome myself this year and wanted a lot doing under the vehicle and didn’t fancy crawling around underneath myself.

I’ve known Mark at Vehicle Craft for nearly 20 years and he always looked after the wife’s Range Rovers and helped me out occasionally with my race car, when it needed two people (or extra eyes) back in the day.

He did a full service on my Iveco based motorhome & some other bits for me:

Air filter
Fuel filter
Oil change (inc filter )
Brake fluid change
Coolant change
Rear differential oil change
Gearbox oil change
Tracking check & adjustment (it needed a good bit on the front! Bloody pot holes!)
Installed (ran) two cables under the vehicle (while he was down there)
New brake pads fitted on rear (haven’t paid for these yet)
Bonnet release adjustment

All came to an amazingly good value £446.41 inc all parts and labour (exc brake pads) including genuine Iveco oil filter (non return valve is essential) and Iveco fuel filter cartridge, the rest OEM grade patten parts.

TBH, I thought it would be double that! Top bloke! (He’s a Mobile one man band working around central Bedfordshire)

I took the Motorhome for its MOT yesterday. No advisories, always a bonus! The MOT station weighs each axle as it passes through, they work with two lanes and MOT any private vehicle including up to double decker bus size.

Anyway, I’m still loaded in full touring mode, half a tank of fresh water in main water tank, so around 160kg and a nearly full tank of grey maybe 150kg and the weights were Front 1991kg (2300kg axle limit) and Rear 4968kg (5000kg axle limit). TBH, that’s a little tighter than I had realised! Time for a cull of the unnecessary items

 

[RowleyBirkinQC]

That sounds like a great price for the service!

 

[Carpmart]

That sounds like a great price for the service!

I think he always ‘looks after me’ as I (the wife) was one of his first customers when he left the Land Rover dealer and struck out on his own! But still, I was expecting it to be double that price!

 

[The Coops]

Take the fishing tackle shop out of the back H,, problem solved!

 

[Carpmart]

Take the fishing tackle shop out of the back H,, problem solved!

True!

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[lorger]

I have mine booked in for full service including the comfortmatic oil for around the same price, it’s from a mobile guy in central Scotland.
I did post it here at the time in the hope the info will help others.

 

[Carpmart]

I have mine booked in for full service including the comfortmatic oil for around the same price, it’s from a mobile guy in central Scotland.
I did post it here at the time in the hope the info will help others.

Comformatic oil as in the gearbox oil or hydraulics? If the former, great, it’s just like any other gearbox oil change! If the former, have you seen the posts on the big thread about blowing seals if you use powered methods for fluid change?

 

[Littlewheels]

All came to an amazingly good value £446.41 inc all parts and labour (exc brake pads) including genuine Iveco oil filter (non return valve is essential) and Iveco fuel filter cartridge, the rest OEM grade patten parts.

That is seriously good value for a job well done.

 

[JockandRita]

Carpmart. I've got 2 x mobile HGV mechanics coming over on Monday Harvey, to do ours on the driveway. They carry all the gear for HGV fleet repairs/servicing.
My ex Royal Mail Workshops mechanic pal, who has looked after our cars and MHs for nearly 30 x years, isn't keeping good health any more.
These other lads came to view the job and location first, at my request, and offered to fit my new rear shocks there and then, (fronts already done), where others in Villajoyosa said they couldn't do them due to complications with the rear diff control box in situ. That was obviously a load of old bollocks, as the two lads replaced them, cleaned up after themselves, had their coffee and biscuits, and were away happy within the hour. They charged me £50, but got £60. Once gone, I then went underneath to find a decent job done.
Monday's servicing costs will obviously be greater............ as will their tip if a job well done again.

I don't need receipts for labour, but I insist on keeping receipts for parts, which helps to maintain some form of vehicle history.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[lorger]

Comformatic oil as in the gearbox oil or hydraulics? If the former, great, it’s just like any other gearbox oil change! If the former, have you seen the posts on the big thread about blowing seals if you use powered methods for fluid change?

It’s the hydraulic oil, they normally charge £90 + vat for this plus the relearn or whatever it’s called but including in full service. The guy is a fully qualified Fiat master technician who specialises in Motorhome’s and comfortmatic boxes so I’m very confident that he knows what he’s doing.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}