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Dave and Sue Connellan and the Worcester’s Mobile Mechanic team would like to wish all their customers and suppliers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Christmas and New Year opening hours are as follows: December 24 – Closed December 25 – Closed December 26 – Closed December 27 – 8.30am to 5.30pm December…

Worcester’s Mobile Mechanic has converted a camper van to left hand drive for a charity’s epic journey to deliver prosthetic limbs to amputees in West Africa. Technicians have spent three months converting the Mazda Bongo for Legs4Africa, a charity which recycles prosthetic legs and gives amputees the opportunity to live more independent lives. A convoy…

The left hand drive Mazda Bongo is finally ready for the long trip to The Gambia with Legs4Africa. It has been a long haul getting it to where we are now and we’d like to thank everyone who has helped us along the way. Haydn Alarms (Somerset) Donated a TM1 and a coolant alarm. People…

Whilst we appreciate that motor vehicles are getting more complicated, the basic checks we carry out remain the same. We think the only difference is that you plug a computer in, to steer you in the right direction. The next step is to visually check where the computer steers you. This vehicle’s problem was diagnosed…

Worcester’s Mobile Mechanic would recommend a Haydn Coolant Alarm to everybody – not just Mazda Bongo owners. Indeed, we have one on the garage recovery truck. In short, what the alarm does is warn you when you lose approximately a litre of coolant. If you stop straight away this will help prevent serious engine damage.…

This vehicle, an Audi A3, was diagnosed as having a faulty turbo. Fortunately, the customer decided to get a second opinion. The fault, as described to Worcester’s Mobile Mechanic, was: “Sometimes the car goes into limp mode, I restart and then it is fine for a while.” If the turbo had been faulty the fault…

At Worcester’s Mobile Mechanic we occasionally see invoices issued by other garages. A customer presented her vehicle, a Mazda Bongo camper converted vehicle, to her local garage in Wales. It rightly failed for emissions. She was then informed a petrol additive will resolve the issue – it didn’t. Then a road test may help -…

Many people think a service consists of an oil and filter change and have no comprehension of what a professional garage does when a vehicle comes in for a service. This customer had a very lucky escape. This vehicle had come in for a service and everything went according to schedule. After carrying out the…

As our regular blog readers will know, Worcester’s Mobile Mechanic director David Connellan has many sayings. These include: Everyone needs someone to blame, it is not the problem that is the problem, it’s how it is resolved which is the problem, no job is difficult – some just take longer than others and everybody makes…

Millions of motorists could be risking their safety and that of other road users by failing to get their vehicle repaired, a new report has claimed. Research by Halfords Autocentres suggests that 18 per cent of motorists keep getting behind the wheel despite knowing the vehicle needs repairs, citing financial constraints as one of the…