BoozyDave Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I took my work van in for the service and MOT todayyep, it failed, needs new discs and pads on the front, 2 new CV boots, 2 new handbrake cables and a bit of welding underneathprobably the best part of £500 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 mine needed CV boots as well but they were advisories must have been the brakes that failed it - are you doing the work yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoozyDave Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 no, it's in my local garage. I've gone there for years and they always do a good job for a fair price. personally I CBA doing stuff like that myself ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Citroën/pug/fiat derivative ? My dispatch failed every year as soon as the 3 year grace period was up on the same things apart from the welding, Sent from my SM-T210 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Had a pug van past most years with no problem. Think it only ever had a brake problem and CV joint problem in about 8 years of owning it, and I hate french cars :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Berlingo was the only one that never had any problems, dispatch used to eat tyres,ball joints, cv's not to mention the 2 flywheels 2 clutches and gearbox in the space of 75k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoozyDave Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 It's a merc Vito 108cdi, I've only had it a couple of months too, it's got FSH and had a new clutch in August. It's a good runner, once it's done it should be fine for another 12 month's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoozyDave Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Just got the bill £605!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Just got the bill £605!!!! Bargain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 mines a vito - the CV boots are a common failure with them - did mine myself - but I have time at the moment - £25 in parts but did struggle getting the nearside drive shaft out :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoozyDave Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 He's said they are common too, but they are specific and you can't use universal ones. The discs were heavily scored, last time pads must have worn down to metal and damaged the discs, but only the pads were replaced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 thats true - they are different between years as well you have to watch that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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