Took Ribena to a reputable repairer three days ago because I heard a leak in the extractors - needed a bit of a weld somewhere.

Picked the car up today and I'm not happy

1. The bonnet wouldn't close. I think some careless person opened the bonnet too far and effectively 'stretched' the hinges

2. It's still leaking.

As I was driving away, the boss was driving away in the other direction.

Needless to say, I will be taking it back and complaining like crazy. Jeez, when you pay $200 you expect the job done properly. For that sort of price, I could have a complete new system I would think. The one that's on is stainless so it's still in good condition - it's just the extractors that are getting a bit 'used' by now.

Not happy

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Rod
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so what did they repair mate?

if it was on part the manifold or the extractors yep you could buy them new cheaper.

same old crap though..

my dad tank had a hole needed a weld the guy wanted to acid clean it & weld it for 280 lol.

he could buy one new close to that.. so times it makes me wonder

so what i have worked out shop around & ask how much to replace first then repair

stumps them some times that's for sure

A weld that leaks for $200... Gee how much do welds that don't leak cost then ?

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I had a hole in my extractors welded up the other day for $10 from the local exhaust guys! Mind you, I took the extractors of, and took them in and ground the weld down myself.....but if you want something done properly....do it yourself!

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that's a sad point you make there.

Its a lot of worry when you are unable to pay someone to fix a problem so you don't have to stress about it.

No one cares anymore, they just want your money.

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It's so true. Sucks but it really is. It's either easy done in 4 weeks to fix something then turns
Into 8 weeks.

Or fix it in 5mins want top dollar with poor rushed workmanship.

I would fully be hitting them up. Say welder charges 80 an hour that's like 2.5 hrs work.

You can weld a lot in 2.5hrs I would say. Keep in mind that would include him removing extractors
And exhasut if he needed to.

Quite correct - it did include taking them off and re-fitting BUT I had to provide my own gasket Ah well, things happen don't they.

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Rod
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