Jayp350z Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Does anyone know of any good/cheap places in the Northamptonshire area for a gearbox & diff oil change? I've just been quoted £80 +vat by a friend of a friend which seemed quite a lot to me I've already bought the fluids from Alex so it's just the service I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I can't help you with a garage recomendation James, but hopefully some one will be along with a better geographical understanding of the area. It will take a garage with the car on a ramp around 15 minutes to drain and refill the transmission and diff. Alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 If you were local to me I`d do it for a drink, so long as you took your smelly oil away with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianphampton Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Lockwood & Greenwood in Manchester did these for me this week - charged 1½ hours to do both Gearbox & Rear Diff at £49 / hr (VAT on top at the end, though!) Don't know what they'd charge for the lubricants as I gave it to them (Courtesy of Zmanalex) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rm cya Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 if youve got a set of stands and a jack. do it yourself. its not hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayp350z Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 I'm all sorted now. 1 hour labour at £52 inc Vat which seems much more reasonable. I didn't think it's a hard job and although I do a lot of the work on my cars myself I've never really touched the gearbox or diff so thought I'd better get it done professionally. I'll probably ask if I can watch though so I no how to do it myself next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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