Mazdaenginepart:

My brother and the mechanic have confirmed it okay

timifakay:


Dear humanoid, last the car owner posted, the indicators of the lever do not tally with the functions they serve.
Please forgive our ignorance and assuming you are ordinary person like us.
He was offered free diagnosis before you gave him your "brother's" (by the way, is he human or not ordinary like you?) number and he's had to replace and repeat same procedure till he lost count in the hands of you people that are not ordinary. He would have enjoyed better services in the hands of we ordinary people who diagnose and have accurate details before working, please leave this kind of work for mere mortals.
Thank you sir.

obekediamondfuto:
I'm amazed at ops level of calm and serendipity, wow, I'd be going Gaga right about now if I were in his shoes! @mazdaenginepart I knew u were too quick to conclude, now u ventured into stuff u don't know and involved every other person available and this is the result, what has your shop got to do with this, have u been to gazuzz shop what of honmusa? y not stick to stuff u know? u cannot imagine the emotional and psychological trauma op is going thru right now. @op the cheapest way is most times, not cheap at all. @ this point I still see u buying another gear box! so sorry for your ordeal, if it were scam it'll be beta cos u might have some hope of part of ur money returning.

cc princetom1

princetom1:


Is still early bros, no put me for trouble, GAZZUZZ, there are peeps waiting to do check up (patients ) on their cars

stpat1:
I am not only angry, I feel I have been hypnotized and manipulated, I feel so ashamed.

My car was in a better condition before all this saga. After all I drove it down to Lagos from PH without issues but I only wanted a perfect state for the car.
Now I've lost money, my confidence , my gear box and to cap it all, I may have eventually change the gearbox (another round of spending).

At a point I actually thought of selling off the car but then, my lovely car will be priced as scrap. How do I explain spending over 300k (If I have to replace the present one) to fix gearbox? How much is the car gaan.

mayor2013:



Am interested in this case. Bring the car in for a free diagnosis just only for you

stpat1:
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Hello Bro,
I know you must have really tried your best to help out. The truth is that your bro doesn't know anything about Honda so its just unfortunate that he got involved. The drive to also make some quick cash is the strongest factor for him to have ventured into a terrain he is unfamiliar with.

My concerns are as follows

* 40 % of the components that make up this gear that was fixed was gotten from my own old gear. I queried it since I believe the fault could be from any of the components. I expected that the bought gear should come with its own components and not completing it with components from a faulty gear.

* The gear leaks oil. I pointed this out to your bro, but he was just too confused on how to deal with it or how to face the people he got it from and he just wanted me to take the car away by all means so he could enjoy unmerited profit in peace. As soon as he learnt I had traveled, he called to say the leak had been fixed. From the time it was installed to today (Sunday), the gear box has gulped 9 liters of gear oil. sadly, when I gauged the gear oil level this morning, its was below the minimum recommended level. This quantity is apart from the oil that was filled in the first installed gear box that had to be drained off when the gear box didn't work. Note that the workmanship by the mechanic and electrician is over 30k for the trial and errors (borne by me of course).

* As I previously mentioned, the gear position indicator issue is still there. The gear gets stuck if I fail or forget to systematically maneuver the stick to the park position. Now I have been taught how to use screw driver to pull it out of that position. What a trick to learn.

* The drive gear does not work at all. for the car to move, the gear has to be on D3. You all know what that means. It means the car cannot go beyond the 3rd gear no matter how much you rev the car.

* The mechanic your brother engaged to the work is actually an inexperienced "professional". I was there when he commenced and completed the first procedure and from conversing wih him, I can confidently deduce that he was also at a loss of the events and was always quick to push the blame to the supplied gear box. At no point in time did he have a technical or logical explanation as to what could be wrong.

I can go and on but no be everything person go dey yarn jare. Deed has been done. i just had to get the car away from there as there is no ray of solution coming from those guys.

@Mazdaenginepart, I am not trying to discredit you o, as I want to believe you referring me to your brother was with good intention but I am only disappointed that you didn't know his his capability before vesting such confidence in him before referring him.

Thanks for your effort all the same.

stpat1:


I really appreciate your kind and selfless gesture. Where are you situated and when can I come? If you are close by and free today, I can come over. If not, it will be any time from Thursday as I will be out of town first light tomorrow morning.

B'rgds

obekediamondfuto:


@ kashif, please help a brother out! I've been in his shoes before, it's the exact opposite of pleasant.

Mazdaenginepart:
I'm sorry to hear all this from you
But as my bro told me that its now working perfect
But I later learn that the mechanic that work that gear is not the same engineer I am giving cars to work when I'm in ladipo
So sorry

LeJeun3:





This is all you can say?! Really??

I am amazed....

LeJeun3:





This is all you can say?! Really??

I am amazed....

timifakay:


In short, it's the brother that called a wrong technician.
Format of life.

Mazdaenginepart:
I'm sorry to hear all this from you
But as my bro told me that its now working perfect
But I later learn that the mechanic that work that gear is not the same engineer I am giving cars to work when I'm in ladipo
So sorry

AutoElectNG:


You have lost all credibility

If you had any credibility in the first place

If you caused a problem, you should fix it, that means it should be your time and your money and not the hapless customer.

Until you take full responsibility financially and otherwise for the damage you have caused, NO ONE SHOULD DEAL WITH YOU!

You have no compassion, he needs your cash to replenish what he has lost - which should come from you - and not your sorry!

Next time, stay clear of issues if you are not willing to bear full responsibility for problems you cause.

obekediamondfuto:


seconded!

@ princetom1 someone else is taking ur role on nl oh!

@mazdaenginepart what kind of format is this?
why not stick to stuff u r familiar with? why dabble into alien terrain and claim ur shop is a sight to see? wtf is our business with ur shop? please stick with ur Mazda and nothing else since ur associates whom u supposedly trust don't know jack about other stuff.

@op please liaise with mayor2013 let's see how it goes! I think he might be of better assistance than The first.
Good luck, I really feel ur pain. if only people can put their mouth where their pockets are and give some form of guarantee. At least u learnt something and showed most of us on nl one way(or person) that is a dead end. ur encounter is not totally worthless, it has created awareness, at the least; peeps that do not hold their rep in high esteem.

AutoElectNG:


You have lost all credibility

If you had any credibility in the first place

If you caused a problem, you should fix it, that means it should be your time and your money and not the hapless customer.

Until you take full responsibility financially and otherwise for the damage you have caused, NO ONE SHOULD DEAL WITH YOU!

You have no compassion, he needs your cash to replenish what he has lost - which should come from you - and not your sorry!

Next time, stay clear of issues if you are not willing to bear full responsibility for problems you cause.

stpat1:


I really appreciate your kind and selfless gesture. Where are you situated and when can I come? If you are close by and free today, I can come over. If not, it will be any time from Thursday as I will be out of town first light tomorrow morning.

B'rgds

sooperrescue:
Before you guys crucify Mazda engine, what about the op? He left sound counsel to go for roadside mecs and he never asked questions. What gear oil does your civic uses and which oil did they pour into your transmission ? If you dont know, then you are at fault. The gear selector cable was not properly aligned hence you need d3 to move into drive. If the oil is still leaking, I suspect that they used seahorse for the gear. Accept responsibility and move on. For those of you buying toks gearbox, there is nothing like that anymore. Its naija used gearboxes being refurbished as toks. There are some cars that it is better repaired than replaced and civic is one of them.

sooperrescue:
[s]Before you guys crucify Mazda engine, what about the op? He left sound counsel to go for roadside mecs and he never asked questions. What gear oil does your civic uses and which oil did they pour into your transmission ? If you dont know, then you are at fault. The gear selector cable was not properly aligned hence you need d3 to move into drive. If the oil is still leaking, I suspect that they used seahorse for the gear. Accept responsibility and move on. For those of you buying toks gearbox, there is nothing like that anymore. Its naija used gearboxes being refurbished as toks. There are some cars that it is better repaired than replaced and civic is one of them.[/s]

sooperrescue:
Before you guys crucify Mazda engine, what about the op? He left sound counsel to go for roadside mecs and he never asked questions. What gear oil does your civic uses and which oil did they pour into your transmission ? If you dont know, then you are at fault. The gear selector cable was not properly aligned hence you need d3 to move into drive. If the oil is still leaking, I suspect that they used seahorse for the gear. Accept responsibility and move on. For those of you buying toks gearbox, there is nothing like that anymore. Its naija used gearboxes being refurbished as toks. There are some cars that it is better repaired than replaced and civic is one of them.

LeJeun3:




Any update?!

stpat1:


Well it's unfortunate that I fell for it. How would I have deduced that they were quacks? He gave a referral and I assumed he had dealt with the person before. It was after I was neck deep that I realised it was a sham.

For the wise counsel you mentioned, I have checked through over and over again and still can't find any concrete direction(s) until when it became obvious that they never really knew what were doing.

I bought the gear oil the referred. It was not sea horse.
Are you saying from a professional angle that wrong use of gear oil is responsible for the leak and the D gear not functioning? Experts know the house will need to verify your claims.

If you know where they sell OEM new gear box pls let us know.

As you can see, I am not dragging the issue as it won't reverse the whole saga.

mayor2013:


You have a point. Do you buy brand new gear box for the landrovers?