Mike The Mechanic

Mike The Mechanic Mike The Mechanic is a small independent family run business and our priority is customer care and service.

We can deal with smallest of jobs from changing your bulbs and checking your tyre pressures right through to repairs, welding and larger jobs. We are a small independent family business, with our priority being care and service. We can deal with smallest of jobs; from changing your bulbs, checking your tyre pressures, diagnostics, taking care of your MOT, through to MOT repairs, servicing and larg

er jobs. Including, but not limited to engine rebuilds, clutches, electrical faults, REMAPS, tyres, carbon cleans and welding. Contact us for more information or for a free estimate...

If anyone is missing the key for their Nissan we may have it!A kind member of the public has handed in a car key as it h...
04/02/2026

If anyone is missing the key for their Nissan we may have it!
A kind member of the public has handed in a car key as it has our tag on it.
Please call us or pop in if you think it’s yours!

We think this about says it all...
14/02/2025

We think this about says it all...

What a busy start to the year we've had!But however busy we are we will always try and fit you in as quickly as we can. ...
31/01/2025

What a busy start to the year we've had!
But however busy we are we will always try and fit you in as quickly as we can. We know that no one wants to be without their vehicle.

This vehicle went to a national chain garage for new tyres. The wheel nuts were found to be rusted solid and snapped on ...
30/01/2025

This vehicle went to a national chain garage for new tyres. The wheel nuts were found to be rusted solid and snapped on attempted removal. The national chain garage were unable to offer remedial action and advised the customer to seek help from us.

With time and care we were able to drill the heads of the snapped pieces off, this released the pressure allowing the threaded parts to be unscrewed by hand.
The pictures of the snapped nuts show how a "small" job can require time and knowledge to do properly.

29/01/2025

Does your vehicle feel like it's trying to wag its imaginary tail?
If so it could be a real axle bush!

A rear axle bush is designed to facilitate slight movement between the rear axle and the rest of the vehicle.
In this video you can see what kind of movement happens when the bonded centre pin completely comes away from the rubber bush.
This will make the vehicle feel unstable (like a dog wagging its tail) over about 30mph.
We can replace bushes like these with new ones to prevent tail wag!

Vehicle tyres are often worn cords, cracked, perished or damaged by objects. But this is a type of damage we haven't see...
17/01/2025

Vehicle tyres are often worn cords, cracked, perished or damaged by objects. But this is a type of damage we haven't seen before!
The hole in the tread is down to the cords and so dangerous to drive on.
How it got there, we can only guess but a new tyre is the only option in this case!

We can supply and fit car, van, motorhome, campervan, motorbike and trailer tyres, often same day if needed. We can also carry out puncture repairs while you wait if we have a pair of hands free at the time.

Cars can be very surprising. We had a customer's vehicle in yesterday, a 2006 focus.The complaint was an intermittent ba...
14/01/2025

Cars can be very surprising.

We had a customer's vehicle in yesterday, a 2006 focus.

The complaint was an intermittent banging or knocking, we were unable replicate the fault, so asked the customer to take one of our mechanics out on a test drive to replicate the issue.

It took a few minutes and a hill, to finally replicate the issue. A small shudder, and a pop through the exhaust.

The mechanic instantly recognised the noise as a misfire, causing the fuel to ignite in the catalytic converter. No running issues were observed with the vehicle, before, or after this episode.

We drove the vehicle into the workshop, and removed the HT leads. We found corrosion of the pin on cylinder 3 coil pack.

Bingo, we believed, so carried on stripping down, removed the HT leads, and found excessive soot on the spark plug ends.

We decided to remove the spark plugs, and then instantly found a serious mechanical issue on cylinder 3 spark plug.

The spark plug had been leaking combustion gases through the thread, which had eaten a channel through, removal of the plug showed that the spark plug aperture had been ovalled by the gases.

Luckily we stock spark plug timeserts, this was lucky timing, it was just at the point of being repairable. Had this not worked the customer would have been at a point of requiring a new head, had this not have worked.

Timesert fitted, new spark plugs, new HT leads, and a new coil pack.

The customer is back on the way, with a car that is now back to full power.

This is what a rear heated windscreen looks like through a thermal imaging camera.The vehicle came in with the heating e...
13/01/2025

This is what a rear heated windscreen looks like through a thermal imaging camera.
The vehicle came in with the heating element not working, we carried out a wiring repair and this is how we checked it.
No job too big or too small for us....

Did you know that we can supply and fit number plates?Prices from just £36 for a pair! We can also supply differently sh...
08/01/2025

Did you know that we can supply and fit number plates?
Prices from just £36 for a pair!

We can also supply differently shaped plates for Jaguar, Range Rover, Aston Martin, Rolls Royce, Diahatsu and motorbikes.

Motorbike number plates can be supplied in a smaller but still legal size too!

03/01/2025

Packing away Christmas decorations always feels like a great declutter.
Declutter your engine of it's unwanted carbon deposits this January too with a Hy-carbon engine clean for only £48! (Usual price £90)

Address

Unit 3&4, 45 Milton Street
Ipswich
IP44PR

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 1:30pm
2pm - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 1pm
2pm - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 1:30pm
2pm - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 1:30pm
2pm - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 1:30pm
2pm - 4pm

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