Turboman
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Sounds more expensive to me. Scourers, you get a massive pack for a quid in Poundland!
No willing mechanics!
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Be careful about ‘just picking up a cheap mig’
before you know it you will be pricing up water cooled tig units and true colour filtered welding masks
and all your mates that can’t weld will endlessly ask you if their rusty sh-ite can be welded.
before you know it you will be pricing up water cooled tig units and true colour filtered welding masks
and all your mates that can’t weld will endlessly ask you if their rusty sh-ite can be welded.
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When that happens you insist that they do all the prep work and give them a price list that is $ per inch of weld, it soon stops them bringing you anything that is not actually interesting
When that happens you insist that they do all the prep work and give them a price list that is $ per inch of weld, it soon stops them bringing you anything that is not actually interesting
Pound an inch when I was a kid, that was just as the regs changed and all patches had to be seam welded.
Anyway back to the ops question re finding a willing mech, conversation at work led to me to do some googling, search for hgv mechanics jobs Maidstone (as thats where I live), lowest was low 30k, and highest were over 50k (thats nights) obviously car mechs will be on less, but it wont be minimum wage so they may not be to keem to do private jobs as they can earn enough in their normal working week.
Days roughly 16/17 per hour, nights 19.50 to 21 per hour.
Days roughly 16/17 per hour, nights 19.50 to 21 per hour.
kim cattermole
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Sounds like i should learn to be a welder & get my tickets, I've just been made redundant due to covid so a good time for a career change! Lol
For now, I found a local mobile mechanic who's coming later today.
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Good luck and hopefully no teeth sucking
Norfolk is where I originally came from, Came down here for work/money 25 years ago and never left, certainly shed loads of work around Kent/Essex.
No idea on nobber, but my mum lives in Watton.
Did you get sorted yet?
Naaa, Im from Suffolk, dont go to noooorfolk very much, except to do me grocery shop.
rogerwhemr
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It sounds like finding a reliable mechanic for your 1988 3.5L V8 Defender is challenging. You may want to look for a Land Rover specialist or a classic 4x4 mechanic in the Norfolk area. Try asking on Land Rover forums or local 4x4 clubs for recommendations. You could also look for a mobile mechanic or welding shops that may be able to help with your MOT work. They might offer more affordable and knowledgeable services for your Defender.
