I got a mobile mechanic to replace my starter instead of doing it myself (I blame my arthritic fingers & thumbs and the bad weather, else I would have done it myself, honest).
Anyway, 2 weeks later I removed the top cover to clean the MAP sensor and found 2 other issues...
1. immediately to the left of the dipstick I noticed the glow-plug cap/lead was off. With a torch, I found it tucked down near the starter, reached in to retrieve it and refit, and that's when I noticed below this was the top of the starter - and ...
2. the top nut on the starter was not there
. Yes, the nut hated by so many, including my mobile mechanic, clearly.
It did take him about 90 minutes to do the job, I assume he didn't relish having to get that nut back on and so just left it...
My question is -should I just leave it as-is, knowing that I'll have an easy job if the starter fails in years to come?
Or is it not safe/secure with just 2 fixings.? and complain about 1&2 & get him back to fix it. ?
Disco has been starting and running nice (and even better since doing the MAP and wastegate/turbo pivot, which I already posted about in another thread) so in daily-runner terms, I didn't notice the glow-lead or missing nut, at all.
So I'm only slightly annoyed about this, and mostly at myself for not being more on-the-ball...
Anyway, 2 weeks later I removed the top cover to clean the MAP sensor and found 2 other issues...
1. immediately to the left of the dipstick I noticed the glow-plug cap/lead was off. With a torch, I found it tucked down near the starter, reached in to retrieve it and refit, and that's when I noticed below this was the top of the starter - and ...
2. the top nut on the starter was not there
. Yes, the nut hated by so many, including my mobile mechanic, clearly.It did take him about 90 minutes to do the job, I assume he didn't relish having to get that nut back on and so just left it...
My question is -should I just leave it as-is, knowing that I'll have an easy job if the starter fails in years to come?
Or is it not safe/secure with just 2 fixings.? and complain about 1&2 & get him back to fix it. ?
Disco has been starting and running nice (and even better since doing the MAP and wastegate/turbo pivot, which I already posted about in another thread) so in daily-runner terms, I didn't notice the glow-lead or missing nut, at all.
So I'm only slightly annoyed about this, and mostly at myself for not being more on-the-ball...
