dan71westy
Active member
Hi Everybody just wondering if any of you have dealt with CoolCampers.co.uk?
I bought my 71 westy from there after having a good run with my previous '77 westy. However i seem to have been stung pretty badly this time.
I bought the van with a years MOT and a years tax (free but thats not the point here) I gave the van a really good going over (or so i thought) i did find a few niggles but hey its 36 years old!
On further inspection when i got the van home it was clear after the 70 mile trip that i was going to have a few problms. I got a family friend who is a sympathetic mechanic with older vehicles to give it a more thorough once over. What he found was quite concerning!
The nice shiny new MOT wasn't worth the paper it was written on!
1 the steering rubber flex coupling was severly perished
2 the steering box had seriously excessive play and needed replacing
3 the rear brakes were over adjusted
4 There was a pretty serious problem with the brake servo - it was full of brake fluid due to the master cylinder seals giving up many years ago
5 The carburettor was way too big for the engine and was seriously lean
6 The headlamps were still LHD and no attempt to deflect the beam had been made
7 The front callipers were seized solid
8 The rear anti roll bar linkages were absolutely shot
9 and the wiring which had been "professionally converted to RHD spec" had to be completely undone then re-done as after a few days every time i broke smoke came out of the dash board and i lost all my rear lights
When confronted about the problems found he seemed ok and offered to put some money towards the repairs however he then seemed to develop amnesia and changed his mind
I reported the Bent MOT to DVLA who did nothing except say i had 30 days to report it and this was the 31st day!!! and when i came to tax it last week the mot certificate hadnt even been registered with the dvla
Is this bloke a complete con artist or what. I daren't go and have a go cos i'll be up on a ABH charge here
Anybody else had similar experiences?
I bought my 71 westy from there after having a good run with my previous '77 westy. However i seem to have been stung pretty badly this time.
I bought the van with a years MOT and a years tax (free but thats not the point here) I gave the van a really good going over (or so i thought) i did find a few niggles but hey its 36 years old!
On further inspection when i got the van home it was clear after the 70 mile trip that i was going to have a few problms. I got a family friend who is a sympathetic mechanic with older vehicles to give it a more thorough once over. What he found was quite concerning!
The nice shiny new MOT wasn't worth the paper it was written on!
1 the steering rubber flex coupling was severly perished
2 the steering box had seriously excessive play and needed replacing
3 the rear brakes were over adjusted
4 There was a pretty serious problem with the brake servo - it was full of brake fluid due to the master cylinder seals giving up many years ago
5 The carburettor was way too big for the engine and was seriously lean
6 The headlamps were still LHD and no attempt to deflect the beam had been made
7 The front callipers were seized solid
8 The rear anti roll bar linkages were absolutely shot
9 and the wiring which had been "professionally converted to RHD spec" had to be completely undone then re-done as after a few days every time i broke smoke came out of the dash board and i lost all my rear lights
When confronted about the problems found he seemed ok and offered to put some money towards the repairs however he then seemed to develop amnesia and changed his mind
I reported the Bent MOT to DVLA who did nothing except say i had 30 days to report it and this was the 31st day!!! and when i came to tax it last week the mot certificate hadnt even been registered with the dvla
Is this bloke a complete con artist or what. I daren't go and have a go cos i'll be up on a ABH charge here
Anybody else had similar experiences?