I picked my boat up from a local marine engineer last friday , and after spending the weekend finishing off the trimming we decided to take it out on monday !
after lauching it , the motor wouldnt start which pissed me off and i ended up flattening the battery on the boat and my range rover trying
when we got it out of the water and pulled the engine cover off i was horrified to see the main petrol feed pipe wasnt attached to the carb,s properly and was leaking petrol down the side of the engine . i then found another pipe with no clip on it followed by another . i also found 3 bolts sitting in the bottom of the engine platform , and 5 bolts not even tightened up (2 of them are head bolts )
at the end of the day i paid this company over £1200 to supply and fit 1 piston and ring with big and small end bearings and to set the carbs up etc etc simply to get it back in the water .

i have spoken to trading standards and the health and safety executive who have told me its nothing they can get involved with ??

ive spoken to the bloke who did the work and all he can say is "im only human and i MIGHT have made a mistake" obviously i got a little heated with him on the phone and i was persuaded by my dad and my missus that my usual method of problem solving wouldnt get me anywhere . so my old man went up to speak to the bloke and ended up getting threatened by the bloke and his helper .

what's the best or only way to deal with this fucking idiot ? cos i am more than happy to take a couple of my slightly larger friends with me to pay the scum bag a visit and show him how displeased i am with him .

remember guys , i had my 3 year old son in the boat and if the thing had started the fuel would have pissed out of the pipe and eventually caught fire and possibly exploded , which doesnt bare thinking about ..

advice / suggestions please

 

Simple way and quickest, is county court summons: Go to another workshop and get price / quote for doing work, then thats your claim, do add your time and out of pocket expenses. You can seek legal advice and first meeting should be free, do take all paperwork with you and list what items he failed to do.

 

cheers m8
spoke to a court clerk and it seems i might have a case the biggest problem is gna be even if i win , theres no way i can actually force him to pay me any compensation not to mention the extra money i have to pay out to a qualified marine engineer to do a survey on it which is gna be another £150
our fucking legal system sucks

 

btt
60 views and no one has anything to say ??? im sure if it had been a fuel pipe and missing bolts on my cossie there would have been reply's

 

I think soulweavers idea of a county court against them for the money is the best idea mate. Theres absolutley no way a judge would award in their favour if the work wasn't done properly.

I'm unsure why the Trading Standards would have said that they couldn't get involved? Surely if you pay a mechanic to do a job and its not done properly, you should either take it back and get it done or get some money back? I'd contact the TS again if you can..

There's plenty of ways to fook em over, tip the VAT man off that they've been bragging down the pub about all the cash work they do? Tell Trading Standards they've been abusing heir consumer license? Ring the police and tell them they're into som dodgy sh!t?

Failing that, I'll come down and have a go at your "usual method of problem solving" for you

 

Do a county court summons against a company should stop him getting credit as well, so can effect his business in the long term so good route to take. Worth writing to local newspaper, some like to do articles on this type of thing.

 

straight jacket and chuck him in the sea

 

Good luck mate,all humans make mistakes but its sounds like half way through the job he slipped the engine cover back on!

James.

 

Cheers guys