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Some years ago we had a customer replace the timing belt on his 1700 engined Marina. (how hard could it be?).He learnt it could be very hard when we had to replace valves, guides and the camshaft for him.
More recently we had a major argument with a former police traffic officer. He couldn’t see why his Citroen C3 had failed its MOT because of poor handbrake performance. His brother-in-law had recently overhauled the rear brakes. After he grudgingly allowed us to strip and inspect said rear brakes, we discovered the brother-in-law had replaced the shoes on one side but had not set up the self adjusters. On the other side,because he couldn’t remove the hub/drum assembly, he had left the old very worn shoes in place. The new shoes, it turned out, he has hidden away at home.