The £20 Halfords one works a treatCheer's, think I'll invest in a "generic" tool.
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The £20 Halfords one works a treatCheer's, think I'll invest in a "generic" tool.
blimey, seat parts must have the most unreliable internet connections ever.
"internet has been down" or the "parts ordering system is offline" is the standard answer i get to any query that they dont know off the top of their head. - its funny how a call to another dealer 30 seconds later ends up with me ordering parts no problem.
i share your frustrations.
SEAT dealers don't need the internet to look up factory fitted parts, if they were anywhere near competent they could do it without relying on the internet function - certainly for brake hoses at least. Believe me I have been there and done that
anyone got a name/ pic of this generic tool? Think I will need my rear pads changing soon. Anyone got any links to a write up? I'm sure I could do it without but a bit of research can't be bad
I often advise anyone with a little mechanical experience to save cash and change their own brake pads. Well it is usually cheaper unless you are a muppet like myself. I was undoing the alen bolt on the back of the caliper and the hit the brake line sheering it off at the capiper! GUTTED is not the word.
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So I go over to Seat MK which has a parts department and it went a bit like this:
1) She looks at me as if I'm a peace of ****
2) I ask if parts is open to which she goes of and whispers to a collegue for a bit
3) Returning she says "sorry, we can't do parts as our internet has been down all week"
4) "OK", I says, "is there any other way you can check to see if you have the part?"
5) "No"
6) Can a technition look it up on his computer?
7) "No"
8) Is there any chance you could call another dealer to get the part number
9) "We could, but without the internet we would not know the phone number"
10) "How about you ring directory enquiries?"
11) "No, sorry there's nothing we can do"
Arseholes, note to self.... never buy a car from them.
Can anyone help me? Where else could I get the end of the brake line from?