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Old 15-07-2009, 05:49 PM   #1
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hey, my au II falcon is due for a service (160 000k), can anyone recommend anywhere good on the north-side of Brisbane?

also how much am i looking at, and what sort of things need to be checked?

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Old 15-07-2009, 06:01 PM   #2
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i have a mate who services mine for me also does the maintance work

i buy the oil, oil filter and coolant and he charges me usualy between 50 to 100 bucks, depends on what else needs to be checked and fixed,

if interested give me a yell cheers
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Old 15-07-2009, 06:03 PM   #3
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Not many people will go to Ford, but if thata what your after Torque Ford at Northlakes is where i take my TE they are fantastic.
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Old 15-07-2009, 06:16 PM   #4
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160k should see you just need oil, oil filter, air filter and thats about it. You don't need to go to a stealership, a good mechanic will do. Try out your local, report back on whether he's good or not.
Did you get an inspection done before you bought it? Are there any outstanding problems?
PS i take my car to Legends Mechanics Nundah cos they're awesome.
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Old 15-07-2009, 08:02 PM   #5
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2nd Mr Hardware, he charged me 50 to adjust the handbrake, then a day later it turned out he overtightened it.

I took it back a tad annoyed, not only did he adjust it, take it for a test drive and diagnosed the squeak in my brakes, fixed the knock in my steering rack and gave me some great advice, but also gave me a bloody good handshake and not a dollar changed hands.

Good bloke imo
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Old 15-07-2009, 09:09 PM   #6
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Yeah, like we say in the computer industry, it's not IF you have problems, it's WHAT happens when you have problems.
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Old 16-07-2009, 09:39 AM   #7
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mr hardware, as far as im aware, the only problems that exist is the brake shudder, and that the rear shock bushels need replacing before i hit 200,000k, everything else seems to smooth as, have now driven her for more then 2000k personally, and nothing has cropped up so far.
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