For sale: 2005 Jimny - project

Light pitting on the swivels is not a major issue. You need to strip each side and then clean and wire brush the swivels before using Davids Isopan or similar and then sand back to normal shape. I would then paint (rattle can) to finish them off. I used to wipe the balls clean and spray with a waterproof grease every 6 months but that's been fussy.

Roger

Thanks, Citizens Advice passed it on to Trading Standards, they advise I go to small claims court but I'd rather pass it on to someone who can do her up - solicitors said he wouldn't advise court. Fingers crossed a couple of people interested.

I understand, it can get expensive.

First car I owned (a Ford Fiesta in the 1980s) went bad, despite taking all of the right steps, I still bought a bad one. Went to Citizen's Advice, they gave me the phone number of a vehicle inspector, he produced a rather daming report, went back to the garage, got fobbed off (said all the problems were my fault), so I started filing papers for the small claims court.

Garage phoned me and said they would fix it, then as I was taking it in, they said how about we go halves on the repair costs. I jumped back in and told them no, started the engine and told them I would see them in court. They changed their mind and stopped me driving away. To be fair they did repair it and it was okay, but it was a hard struggle and took a few weeks.