CLOCKS

[JOHNO]

I recently took my brava to a mechanics who i use to fix different stuff as he deals in used parts and FIATs in general. He is usually very good but recetly the light went out on my mileage clock i asked him if it was just a bulb and he said no it needed new "clocks" now i thought that sounded a bit daft but i said ok and when i got it back fair enough they were on! but after speaking to a few mechanics they seem to think that it should have just been a bulb and if it was a new clock the milage would have changed!
have i been ripped off or not?

 

[Barakka]

I had new clocks on my Bravo when it was a week old as the fuel gauge was faulty and the mileage counter went back to zero on the new clocks.

 

[Anonymous]

yeah i thought the mileage would have had to change so as i suspected he has probably just changed a bulb and charged me £30!

 

[Ghengis Khan]

On mines it was a bad connection as when they go out slapping the dashboard sorts it, doesn't fail the mot so i haven't bothered with it, if the mileage is the same i reckon he has maybe just slapped it as well or changed the bulb only. How long did he have the car for is a good way to guess what he did? I'm sure changing the clcoks would take an hour or so at least.

Ghengis Khan, www.babarmalik.com

 

[Anonymous]

Clocks go back to zero if they have been changed. (thats a digital dash).

It was either a bulb or even the fuse under the steering wheel.

Joske