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a update on our Suzuki van....took it and left it at Aldriches for a couple of days this week and got it back yesterday and really impressed with the work they done.

Had a compression test........all good, a tune up......change plugs, replace P.C valve, adjust tappets, adjust fuel injection, flush cooling system and replace fluid, test cooling system, repair drivers side passenger sliding door, repair passenger side mudguard behind front wheel, repace screw in front bumper bar, put new screw in drivers side dash board, adjust passenger side door to close properly, replace left side shock mount, relace right side lower arm assembly, check pitman arm, tie rod ends and centre post.

Total bill cost was 3165p including parts and la

Well done Aldrich, it is a much better car now

 

Another alternative would be a nice 4x4 Multicab with just the empty frame in back and I can remove the dumper body and put it on the "new" frame.

This would be my option, but you need to find a low km one that has been serviced, thats the hard bit. Or a crashed one and swap over your parts.

The thing with a overhall is you are only fixing the bit that is worn out, as cars get older everything will start to go wrong.

Just my 2c from working in the automotive industry most my life.

 

our story of our suzuki van
Just want add our story of our van in case some body goes to this mechanic............we have wanted to buy a suzuki van for a while now and we met this guy who said he could help us, we told him what we were looking for............a late model rear engine with automatic gear box.
He said he has some contacts in Cebu city where he could pick up one cheap and bring it back to Dumaguete city to his back yard work shop and go over the van and fix any problems and also paint it the colour we liked. He said the whole project would cost us 130,000p finished and with new 12 month registration.
First of all he asked for a 60,000p deposit to get the ball rolling then he took off to Cebu as he had a van ready to buy, the next day he rang and said the van had allready been sold and said he would be back to Dumaguete with our deposit soon.
The next day we went to get our deposit we noticed another suzuki van at his house, he said he picked up another van which had everything we needed and if we wanted it we could have it for 160,000.
At this stage we were both upset because the van was the wrong colour and was more higher price and from a short inspection had a few mechanical problems as well as some rust.
So we asked............if we are not happy and do not want the van , can we have our deposit back.......??
We were told.......yes if we can wait till the van is sold.
My wife and I took a little walk up the road to discuss what to do and we ddecide to take the van and spend another 20,000p and should have a good van as could lead to more complications wating for it to be sold.
We asked this guy if he could change the engine oil and filter plus the transmission oil and filter and he said that would be 2000p extra as were were not aware of any other mechanics or the prices for services at the time.
Upon finally getting the van and all the paper work we discovered the engine oil had been changed but not the filter, the transmission also.
We have been driving for a few days now and seems to go well and quite economical but we will taking it to Aldrichs next week to get a few thing done like check the cooling system as the thermo fan is running all the time and thee temp guage sits at a little over half when operating, also there is a big vibration when it starts........maybe a loose or broken mount some where , but other than that seems ok,
this mechanic guy is a filipino and lives in Bacong and operates out of a shed in his back yard and his first name is Jorge so just to warn people if they do get recomended to this guy. We will just mention his first name for now, have enclosed a pic of my wife and the van.
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