Tom Hunt Mobile Mechanic

Tom Hunt Mobile Mechanic Mobile Mechanic for the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire area. Available 7 days a week.

Even though (and it pains me to say it) summer is coming to an end, I am still doing the headlight polishing. On the fir...
09/09/2026

Even though (and it pains me to say it) summer is coming to an end, I am still doing the headlight polishing. On the first picture you can see a side by side of before (left) to after (right). Then the second is with both finished. These were advised on the MOT due to being heavily clouded and only just meeting requirements, now they are nearly good as new.

Cracked auxiliary belt replaced this evening
08/09/2026

Cracked auxiliary belt replaced this evening

Nasty knocking on a Hyundai i10 caused by both ball joints with excessive play. Two new arms fitted this morning.
04/09/2026

Nasty knocking on a Hyundai i10 caused by both ball joints with excessive play. Two new arms fitted this morning.

New backbox fitted today on a Toyota, left hanging by the rubbers only as it had fully broken on the join.
02/09/2026

New backbox fitted today on a Toyota, left hanging by the rubbers only as it had fully broken on the join.

This morning I was close to posting a down and depressing update about how lately I've not really been having much job s...
29/08/2026

This morning I was close to posting a down and depressing update about how lately I've not really been having much job satisfaction and that workload is causing a strain on myself due to being so busy. However I then thought of why I'm pushing myself to keep going and taking on more than I probably should. Myself and Skye are expecting our first child and judging by the scan photo today I think they'll be just as grumpy as me.

20/08/2026

This weekend I am again going away with Bottled Up Blokes to Wales. Therefore I won't be able to reply to any messages Friday to Sunday. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

So this has caused me a massive headache over the last two days. I replaced the lower arms on a Citroen C4 Grand Picasso...
19/08/2026

So this has caused me a massive headache over the last two days. I replaced the lower arms on a Citroen C4 Grand Picasso due to it failing the MOT on the rear bushes. The arms on these require the removal of the front end and sub frame supports to access one of the bolts (another story of the engineers that designed it needing to be shot for such nonsense). After I had finished putting everything back together the front wheels were now pointing inwards by about 30 degrees and the car drove absolutely shocking. Unsafe levels of shocking. The arms came complete with ball joints already attached and on first glance identical to each other. Turns out there are 2 different ball joint sizes for these cars and no way of knowing via a parts diagram or catalogue. Luckily for me, replacement of the new but incorrect ball joints didn't need the front end removing all over again. The wheels returned to the natural position and the car drives as it should again.

People wonder why I hate on French cars so much, this is one of many reasons why.

Oil and filter as well as new pads all around on this Fiesta ST. This car will be travelling on Friday to go head to he...
17/08/2026

Oil and filter as well as new pads all around on this Fiesta ST. This car will be travelling on Friday to go head to head with some other high power vehicles for the Officially Gassed YouTube channel. Should see the outcome online in around 2 months once all the editing has been done.

Had a non start today on a Nissan Xtrail. Straightforward enough, pretty common issue on these with the primer bulb spli...
12/08/2026

Had a non start today on a Nissan Xtrail. Straightforward enough, pretty common issue on these with the primer bulb splitting. New primer bulb fitted and its back to running again.

Special place in hell for the idiot that came up with this idea. Nissan Qasqai bottom arm replacement, did the passenger...
10/08/2026

Special place in hell for the idiot that came up with this idea. Nissan Qasqai bottom arm replacement, did the passenger side either early this year or some point last year and it came off no bother at all. Come to do the driver side today and the "captive" nut decided to no longer be captive. The placement of the two middle bolts is already a shocking feat of engineering but to not even make the nuts properly captive boggles me. Its just an outer shroud that sits on the chassis leg but being in England soon rusts and gets a bit weak meaning it starts spinning in place rather than unscrewing. A trip back home to grab my welder and the nut is now a true captive design as it should have been from the start.

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