gibbo1471 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Hi all My car failed it's mot on the following items Both rear trailing arm bushes Also the front 2 wishbones are advisories Was wondering on rough cost to get it all done my local garage charge £40 hour labour roughly I heard the rear bushes are a biggish job it's a 2015 1.5tdci estate 76k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 £40 an hour? Do they think it's still 1999? I'd budget for about 2 hours per side for the rear bushes - expecting complications with seized, rusted bolts. Fronts are easy, half an hour per side, about £70 per wishbone. Works out around £400 all in as a rough ball park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbo1471 Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 21 minutes ago, TomsFocus said: £40 an hour? Do they think it's still 1999? I'd budget for about 2 hours per side for the rear bushes - expecting complications with seized, rusted bolts. Fronts are easy, half an hour per side, about £70 per wishbone. Works out around £400 all in as a rough ball park. What wishbones do you recommend they mentioned Moog or delphi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 11 minutes ago, gibbo1471 said: What wishbones do you recommend they mentioned Moog or delphi I'd prefer TRW or Febi with 3 years warranty. But of those two options I'd probably go Delphi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbo1471 Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 Are the rears a common issueb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 1 minute ago, gibbo1471 said: Are the rears a common issueb Yeah, Ford rear bushes are rubbish on every model, Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo, etc. Common MOT failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbo1471 Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 2 minutes ago, TomsFocus said: Yeah, Ford rear bushes are rubbish on every model, Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo, etc. Common MOT failure. You would not think a 15 plate would deteriate that quickly the garage has just sent me a quote replace rear bushes pair of front wishbones Delphi full service with the mot £530 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 1 minute ago, gibbo1471 said: You would not think a 15 plate would deteriate that quickly the garage has just sent me a quote replace rear bushes pair of front wishbones Delphi full service with the mot £530 I agree, the bushes do generally last a bit longer...but things on your car in particular seem to be wearing out more quickly than other Mk3 1.5 TDCIs. Perhaps it had a hard life before you bought it. That quote sounds about right including MOT & service. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbo1471 Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 😭 I know just had 4 tyres as well cost me a fortune my old mk1 Y reg lasted forever there not the same now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unofix Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 1 hour ago, TomsFocus said: £40 an hour? Do they think it's still 1999? That's probably just a typo, the 1 in front of the 40 is missing 🤣 My window cleaner calls once a month for 10 minutes and charges £10. Think the garage should start cleaning windows, they'd make more money. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alanfp Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Given what Tom has said about how many hours are required to do the suspension jobs (let alone the service) that truly sounds like a bargain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbo1471 Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 I was on a Facebook group as well some saying that's too much etc but you guys are honest people so thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andypsp Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 11 hours ago, gibbo1471 said: if your nice garage lets you supply the parts you`ll save even more money 🤑 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT70 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 23 hours ago, TomsFocus said: Yeah, Ford rear bushes are rubbish on every model, Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo, etc. Common MOT failure. And Cortinas, they never learn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil3747 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 My first car was a Mk3 Cortina (in two-tone blue and silver) and IIRC it failed it's MOT on one of the rear console (??) bushes....first bush I ever changed...those were the days 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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