at last i have it back

[bazer]

after 5 long weeks i have the s4 back from long straton motors.c service,new clutch,master and slave cylinders, braided hose,drive shaft seals new gear box mountings and a partridge in a pear tree. runs sweet as a nut but goddam------HOW MUCH. gonna tackle the new discs myself.

[splodge s4]

It is good to get it back isnt it, when i had a B service carried out with cam belt, wheel bearing, waterpump & loads of other bits... cost abit but it felt so different. Esprit Engineering did the work at £25 per hour, the bill would have more than doubled if the dealer had got their mitts on it. i'm dieing to ask... roughly how much???

[bazer]

3k all but a few pence. but yeah it sure feels good to be back behind the wheel.i thought that was bad but there was a v8 in there for piston liners----9 bloody grand hes gonna be charged for that. hope i dont have to many probs with fitting the new discs and pads.

[splodge s4]

Sorry mate been away for a bit, 9k for liners! 3k is ok for all the work done, still the cost of a used ford focus though! Are you upgrading your brakes? Has your S4 got the toyota or the Brembos? Mine the toyota & they are rollocks... even with 'greenstuff' pads you still got to be looking a mile up the road to stop. Definately on the list of jobs, along with the braided clutch hose, has that made a difference to yours?

Sorry for all he questions!

[danny tattersall]

3k seems reasonable to me for the work carried out & from a main delaer. I have just had PNM re-condition and refit a right hand side fuel tank, cam belt changed, cam housings re-sealed, two new rear discs and an oxygen sensor - not far short of 2.5k. It is booked in for an A service at Christopher Neil this Friday and I have just replaced all the headlamps and cat replacement pipe so the money is still being spent at quite a rate. It was good to get the car back though - pity they didn't manage to sort out my long standing code 26 problem.

Danny '93 SE Highwing

[bazer]

changing discs and pads as we speak. they are non brembo.hose has been changed on mine but hard to know if any different as i had the clutch renewed as well as slave and master. which brings me to anuver gripe-----bloody thing going back in friday as i have now lost poxy gears again. they asure me it just needs adjusting. is this the norm after new clutch etc.

Barry

[splodge s4]

. is this the norm after new clutch etc.

Barry[/quote]

mmm... dont know, never had mine done thankfully, i hope they sort it all out for you mate, did it suddenly go or was it difficult to find certain gears then go completly?

[bazer]

gradually went but whilst it was on the ramps doing brakes (which went great- 4hrs start to finish) i spotted that the lock nut on the push rod at the slave end had not been locked off and the set nut had spun loose.so should be easy fix. i didnt touch it coz straton motors looking at it friday and dont want to give them any excuse to blame me for tinkering.

[bazer]

goddam it --tried to sort that bloody clutch thing. i must have been kidding myself to think anything on this car would be a quick fix.now gotta call the rac to get the beast over to norwich as it refuses to go in gear.clutch pedal all floppy now.aaaaaaargh.

[splodge s4]

oh mate.. sounds like you got a grumpy grouchy car there, shes waiting for the summer when all will be fine, stick with it mate, if it was easy owning one of these things everyone would have one.

But i do love the look of an Esprit on the back of a low loader, looks like a Scud missile launcher doesnt it....

[bazer]

only done 3k miles since i owned it. its a 95 model with only 31k on clock and its cost me £5500 in repairs already. her indoors is not amused. but i just love getting behind the goddam wheel.i have had done all major stuff surely there cant be much more.

[cnh1990]

You should be through the worst of it.

Keep a positive outlook. It's a nice ride when it is all sorted. Sort of suprised that with a dealer repair that the clutch was not right. It is just a bump in the road. The car will be fine.

[bazer]

i really hope so. but to be fair they bin really good about it. maybe a aston martin curtis car to make up 4 it if not a quick fix wahoo. gimmie a lotus any time hell yeah.