Just thought I'd stick my nose in here, I'm a qualified mechanic and have worked with cars all my life - on the tools and at the service counter. Delicas, because they're a van but with a tiny little bonnety bit are an absolute pain to work on. All of those bills sound right to me...
All the brakes and wheel alignment stuff sounds about right for that kind of stuff. Re the other big fix-up, you really need to shop around when it comes to that stuff, if you get a consensus about what's wrong and how much it's likely to cost you know you're not being dudded, and it means you can compare labour costs etc. We had a really big fix on our car last year, and because the guy had pre-quoted he kept his labour costs down even though it took a lot more work than that.
well, we have only paid $450 of the $1180 bill so far, and STILL havent got the invoice from him. so before we give him any moremoney we wantthe invoice and a proper break down of costs etc. we had to call the same guy out again casue the fan belts he apparently fitted were still making a horrid noise...and the AC was now making ahorrid noise too, all things that either werent happening before he took the car or were ment to be fixed by him. he came to the house and did it for free though so that wasnt too bad. he seems like a really nice guy but i guess that doesnt mean anything does it!
im not a car expert, but read it to df, he said it sounds like a big rip. also the fan belts sounded like they werent fitted properly thats why there was the noises.
Clover, there is a trick to get rid of the need service beep to apparently
I own a Delica and have pulled a starter motor out before
Hi all. I notice this thread is a little old but for what it's worth:
Have owned a 1995 Delica for about 5 years now and have pulled out the fuel pump, turbo and starter motor. It is as a few have said fairly tight to work on, however you do not need to remove the seat to replace the starter motor. With the car on a jack and chocks I pulled out the starter motor, cleaned and tightened connections and put it back all in the space of about an hour. The starter motor is held on by just 2 long bolts although the solenoid is a little tricky undoing. The starter motor can be wiggled down and out through the hoses and pipes under the vehicle. The engine and most of the suspension and running gear are common to Pajeros and so as long as that is taken into account then it is easy to get parts for them. There are a lot of helpful Delica webpages which give answers to most of the problems you have encounted plus quite a few fanatical owners only 2 happy to give you their thoughts and advice on problems and solutions.
Last edited by Jennifer13; July 16th, 2011 at 09:14 AM.
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