Pleiades Car Services

Pleiades Car Services Open 8:30am - 5pm Mon to Fri

And when the pump is finished. First a coat of primer and then green for go !
26/10/2024

And when the pump is finished. First a coat of primer and then green for go !

How many parts in a 7 cylinder hydraulic pump? Quite a few and the cleaning up and inspection takes the longest in the ...
23/10/2024

How many parts in a 7 cylinder hydraulic pump?
Quite a few and the cleaning up and inspection takes the longest in the overhaul process.

I think that I have found the cause of the awfull scraping noise and wheel wobble! I have never pulled a wheel bearing t...
17/08/2024

I think that I have found the cause of the awfull scraping noise and wheel wobble!
I have never pulled a wheel bearing this bad off before, it must have had the tell tale rumble a long time ago.

The wedding went well and as a bonus, myself and Phil found a nice modern workshop just to make us feel comfy for the da...
15/08/2024

The wedding went well and as a bonus, myself and Phil found a nice modern workshop just to make us feel comfy for the day.

ImportantWe have a Family Wedding to attend next Wednesday so we will be closed for this important event. Phils Daughter...
05/08/2024

Important

We have a Family Wedding to attend next Wednesday so we will be closed for this important event.

Phils Daughter is getting married and would be dissapointed if we did not attend.

Wednesday 14th August closed for one day. normal service resumed on Thursday (although possibly a little tired)

Check the brakes !!! Doing a brake check, visual inspection is not really good enough, pic below demonstrates why the be...
02/08/2024

Check the brakes !!!
Doing a brake check, visual inspection is not really good enough, pic below demonstrates why the best method is to remove the wheels and take the brakes apart to check. A visual inspection wouldnt have seen the pad in the condition like the picture.

Not something you see that often these days but needing a little care we got things sorted.I like the simple dash, with ...
16/07/2024

Not something you see that often these days but needing a little care we got things sorted.
I like the simple dash, with all these cars having more or less an Ipad for the dash, what could be simpler than this, a speedo, a fuel gauge and a temperature gauge, its all you really need.

When the manual says that its an hour per side 😂😂😂These drive shafts at the rear were meant to be undone from the inside...
14/06/2024

When the manual says that its an hour per side 😂😂😂
These drive shafts at the rear were meant to be undone from the inside end and dropped down, all good, then simply undo the centre nut at the hub and tap the shaft through.
Ended up with the arm and hub assembly removed as one and then in for a pressing engagement with our press. A little grease on re assembly will make the job easy if it ever has to come apart again.

Megga Millage.A year ago we had the megga mile car in at 414000 miles for an automatic gearbox oil change, today it was ...
13/06/2024

Megga Millage.
A year ago we had the megga mile car in at 414000 miles for an automatic gearbox oil change, today it was time to do it again at 499756 miles (for our Km using friends that is about 804270 km). The car still looks good, still drives good and even the drivers seat is still good and comfy.
I would say that apart from service items, 90% of the car is original parts. The car belongs to 5 Star Private Hire. Servicing and reliability is obviously important for these chaps, the car is a Skoda Superb and a credit to the owners.

The stages of restoration. In this case a sphere, photos taken at differnt stages to show what we do with these spheres....
29/04/2024

The stages of restoration. In this case a sphere, photos taken at differnt stages to show what we do with these spheres. The sphere in the pics is a rear sphere from a Citroen SM.

When the car arrives early for a quick oil change, sometimes I can get it in early and hopefully get ahead of myself.The...
24/04/2024

When the car arrives early for a quick oil change, sometimes I can get it in early and hopefully get ahead of myself.
Then all of a sudden Mr and Mrs c**k up play a visit and this is spotted……… Now I am behind again 🤔

Just to add to the situation, this car looks like it has lived in the sea, its gonna be a day of heating rusted bolts and maybe even drilling some !

A con“fuse”ing issue.ABS light keeps coming on and dash says “stop car brake failure” This happened a couple of days af...
23/04/2024

A con“fuse”ing issue.
ABS light keeps coming on and dash says “stop car brake failure” This happened a couple of days after a simple front brake pad change!
Obvious first part was to double and triple check around discs, hubs etc but no faults found. Scanner just brings up a general ABS malfunction code so its back to basic searching.
The 20 Amp fuse looked ok on first inspection but when pulled out, it left its legs behind, old bits hooked out and everything cleaned up, a new fuse popped in and all it fine again.

The problem was just down to the area around the fuse getting damp and the fuse rotting away.

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Sawtry

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Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm

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