MoT time........
Well its time for an MoT on my Stilo MW Dynamic JTD115........ Mileage : 62K
I knew it needed the rear axle bushes from the banging and crashing at the back, and I figured the wear on the outside edge of the OSR tyre was probably due to the axle bushes.........
But I wasn't expecting a broken OSF spring, especially as the "main Stealer" did the spring retainer mod last year replacing only the NSF spring at the same time......... you'll see the irony of this in a moment.........
A set of rear pads is par for the course really.
The weird bit is the price of the replacement parts. The said main stealer wants £57.19 for the front spring, but I've gotta buy a pair, can't buy individually
, £33.48 for rear axle bushes and a whopping £47.94 for rear pads....... all plus the dreaded of course.
Local motor factor can get me an individual spring for £33.80, rear pads for £17.12, both plus the dreaded, but are not able to get the axle bushes.
So our friendly internet parts supplier shop4parts provides two axle bushes delivered for £32.94 inc delivery and VAT.
With a pair of tyres thrown in that'll be about £300 worth of work if I do it myself, which isn't great I suppose (wrong side of payday, and have to run a tight ship these days, doesn't everyone ??) but not too bad either, unless you think otherwise.
Unrelated but had a domestic appliance emergency this week too, so I'm going to be fitting a new door seal to the washer tonight too !!
Guess what I'm going to be doing tomorrow !! Wish me luck !!
Phil.