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A wreckers isn't the first place you think of when considering a service on your pride and joy but it does make some sense especially for your older vehicles like my L series. Anyway I was put on to this old guy at Beerwah who apparently was a subaru trained mechanic and knows them very well. I called him up and told him my issue and what I had done to rectify it and he definitely came up with things not even suggested by the other place (sunspares) that I called. He was very busy and could only give me 30mins to 'look' at my car and then tell me what I needed to do. In 30mins he adjusted my timing and the idle and fuel mixture on my carby and identified 3 other issues that I needed to do my self. All for $38!
the carby work alone, at my very rough calculations could add well over 200k's to my range per tank of fuel. Not bad for that kind of cash.....
The other 3 issues he found were:
Manifold gasket appears to be leaking water (and some oil)
Thermostat appears to be stuck 1/4 open making the engine run cooler than it should
Advance springs in Distributor were noisy when adjusted.
Now this is where the wreckers part came in to play.. I bought new manifold gaskets - $10 and a replacement distributor - $66 I'll have to go somewhere else to buy the thermostat. I highly recommend this guy but it appears he is very busy so book in early
the carby work alone, at my very rough calculations could add well over 200k's to my range per tank of fuel. Not bad for that kind of cash.....
The other 3 issues he found were:
Manifold gasket appears to be leaking water (and some oil)
Thermostat appears to be stuck 1/4 open making the engine run cooler than it should
Advance springs in Distributor were noisy when adjusted.
Now this is where the wreckers part came in to play.. I bought new manifold gaskets - $10 and a replacement distributor - $66 I'll have to go somewhere else to buy the thermostat. I highly recommend this guy but it appears he is very busy so book in early
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