I bought a new rad, forlife, engine oil, gearbox oil, oil filter, fuel filter, plugs, leads, dizzy cap
(OEM part), rotor arm(OEM part).I got most of my bits from diffeent places, but I had read the 3
'S' Services post about their 'OEM' quality leads, I knew from reading on here the the ignition componets where not to be skimped on, so I rang them up to order them.Their phone manner was very poor and basically just told me to pm them.
So I did, took a few messages to get his paypal etc and sent the money.
Took a few more days than I expected to get them (about a week) but finally it was the last piece of the puzzle and went out and fitted them. Well I tried to fit them, they wouldnt clip into the dizzy cap properly, but I trusted them as they were meant to be good ones.
Now I use the car as my daily driver, and every few days I was having to push the leads back down on the rocker top, and back on the dizzy cap as it kept misfiring, until the point one day it would barely drive when I was halfway to work on a dual carriageway, pulled over(it was dark), popped the engine lid, and got a electric shock off the leads, yiou could see them sparking in the dark.
I couldnt get them back on properly, and just manged to limp to work, and had to get my lass to bring my old leads(which I'd kept) on my (very short) dinner break and fitted them to get home.I contacted 3
'S' Services about this matter, and was told to send them back to check them out,(at a cost to me). Another worker for them contacted me through another website via a pm to say that they had checked them and they where fine, and did I know that the cables had pulled throught the insualtors on the ends. I told him that will have happened when I removed them in the dark carpark, and that they were fitted properly (I am a trained mechanic and have been building cars at Nissan for 11 years, aswell as building several project cars). I know how to fit HT leads. Anyone could fit them.So I rang 3 S, he said it must be my dizzy caps fault, I told him it was a OEM one and my old leads fit fine and work fine(whicbh also look to be OEM).
but it was going no where, i wanted a refund or replacement ones, which he wasnt prepared to do, so I asked him to return them to me, which he said he would.This was late october, around the 20 something
(I bought them in mid august). Weeks went by and still no leads. I sent him a pm in december, no reply, no leads, rang a few times and no answer.So its now january, Ive had no bother from the car, and I still have no leads.
I think Ive been patient enough, had I recieved them back I probably would of just left it, being a top affiliate, I fully expect this to be dismissed, argued against etc as I fully understand the politics of websites such as this one.
But I hope the message gets through somewhere.So 3
'S' gets the 3 thumbs down from me, poor phone manners, poor parts, and poor after care for me.
