Julio Gamarra Mecanica Automotriz | Mechanic and Parts

Bolivia

Details

Verified:
9 days ago
Altitude:
2770.0 masl
Phone:
None
Contributor:
viaje.ch

Amenities

Repairs Vehicles:
Yes
Repairs Motorcycles:
Unknown
Repairs Bicycles:
Unknown
Sells Parts:
Unknown

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Perhaps one of the best workshops in Sucre! Repairing all brands. Very reliable. brown red big gate. Open mon-sat 8:30-12:30/14:30-18:30. Even mentioned which screws we should check again after how many kilometers... But please be patient, always have a lot of work.
Approx 6 working days net or 50 hours = $ 250.-.
Very nice people too, Offered us a room to stay in their own house for BOB 60.-/day.
P.S .: On our VW T3 Syncro Vanagon we have repaired the gearbox, the clutch and a wheel bearing.

Comment: very busy and does not touch diesel engines

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an excellent garage, very professional and fast. we came to repair our shock absorbers, the work was done very well and very quickly. Julio also carried out a complete check-up of our 4x4. We highly recommend this garage. the prices are very fair 650 bob for everything

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indeed the work advances slow, we spent all day here. mechanics often wonder off to work on other cars. They also spent some time looking for a specific valve which they weren't able to find.

that said we are satisfied with the work and price: new sprak plugs, ignition cable and air filter + they took apart our throttle body, cleaned it and installed it again. we paid 850 BOB's for evrything ( the ignition cables cost 380). Friendly people and recomended if you need a mechanic in Sucre. But, as mentioned before, the work goes slow

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Excellent mechanic! We had a power steering leak on our RAM Promaster 2500 and as soon as he saw the damage he noticed the cause of it: one of the motor supports had broken and damaged the hose. My expert husband thought the support was just a bad design for being too close to the hose but when Mr. Julio removed the support we saw its rubber had broken/melted making the support push down and break the hose, just like he said!
Mr. Julio helped us with building another rubber support for the motor and put everything in place.

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Very good car mechanic. We got him recommended from a local who is very happy with this garage. We let install a seat belt and let repair some stuff. He asked for about a hour wirk 40BOL

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je recommande vivement julio, il nous a remplacé notre butée d'embrayage sur Fiat ducato pour un prix dérisoire. excellent travail et personne très agréable et serviable.

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We had our fuel pump and filter replaced. Cost was 600, including replacement, mano de obra, and other minor fixes. Took Julio a day and a half, he would’ve finished in one day, but the fuel pump we needed didn’t come until the next morning. I’d recommend calling ahead to schedule a time.

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If this is the best mechanic that Sucre has to offer, thats pretty scary. First of all, nobody is joking around when they say don’t be in a hurry at this place which wouldn’t be a problem but Julio has a tendency of lying about the time frame it’s going to take to get your business, and once your car is taken apart and trapped in his tiny garage behind other even more messed up cars, he tells you it’s actually going to be a lot longer. We told him at the beginning we need to know because it was my boyfriends birthday the next day and we had trekking plans but apparently he wanted our $ more than he cared about our plans. He told us the car would be ready the next day (we were able to camp in our car at the garage, the only upside) so we went walking in sucre in the morning of my boyfriends birthday and we came back around 4 to pick up our car to find that they hadn’t even touched our car. Ridiculous because once again he said ‘Mañana’. Intermittently he came up to us giving us some sense of false hope like he was going to work on the car and never did. So around 6pm day 2, my boyfriend decided to start working on the car himself now that all of the appropriate parts were there. Well then julio decided he wanted to help him probably just so he could get paid for the service. After everything, we left the next afternoon and all of a sudden our coolant was boiling over in the mountains - we never had this problem before they went in to change a hose clamp. So we coasted back down the mountains and all the way back to his place for it to be fixed. Don’t recommend. Aside from that he sprayed the entire car with oil that came gushing out of another car next to ours. He’s nice enough but is expensive and way too busy to thoroughly check and fix cars.

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Really friendly and professional mechanics. The owner was away but his daughter helped translate to the other mechanics for us. We had an oil change, new oil filter installed (we supplied) and new fuel filter. We couldn't find the original fuel filter for our Dodge Ram but they were able to find a suitable substitute for us. 430 BOB for everything (took around 3hrs).

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We had vibrations and strange noise and saw many different mechanics in Argentina and in Bolivia but Julio seems to be the only one who found and fixed our problems, for a very fair price and without making wait too much. Not very talkative but nice man, recommended

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Good and serious mechanic recommended by the owner of our campsite. They changed our brake pads and a brake disc and gave us a detailed bill.

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Very good mecanic
Identified the problem right away and fixed it for a fair price. Our distributor was dead and he fixed it for 200bob. Our 87's toyota van is like new!
But he is a busy man so don't be on a hurry!

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We went with our kombi vw (Argentinian model) to made a general test,nothing specific. Don Julio is very kind and friendly. He has lot of work so maybe you will there a couple of hours easily. But he know a lot about vw engines so you can trust.
Near his taller there is Tréveris square,you can spend the night there without any problem

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We got here before they opened and he helped us right away. Work done professionally and at a reasonable cost. Julio's cell # 71163764. He was conscientious and persistent to fix a problem that took a few days but it was due to problem, not him. Highly recommend.

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Got all 4 brake pads replaced here for 590 bob. Went one day, told to return the next morning. Work took around 4 hours.

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VW specialist vert freindly and a real professionnalisme . Help me to fixe my Combi’s motor . Unbuild completely and rebuild . Just the best ! I can sleep in my van in the garage . He also do fair price ! As i tall Just the best ! Thank you Don Julio !!!!!!!

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Don Julio provided a great service! He replaced our suspension tensioning bushes, installed a new battery, checked all fluids, fixed a rattle in our exhaust, repaired the electric wiring to our horn, and serviced the brakes on our Nissan Pathfinder. He came with us to buy the battery to make sure we didn't get charged gringo prices, and provided an honest, transparent service, keeping us in the loop of what needed repairing/replacing and advising the estimated costs along the way.
We were planning to go to the authorised Nissan mechanic, but were told by a local who also owns a Pathfinder that they used to go there, but have now changed over to Don Julio and he provides a better service.
Total: 1020bols (incl. 300bols labour)

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OK mechanic. not too cheap not too expensive. they're really busy so take your time.

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Don Julio is probably our favourite person in Bolivia. Super helpful, friendly and quick service - despite being really busy! Fixed a ton of things on our van and referred us to a transmission specialist and paint workshop. Very reasonable price for the service. Highly recommended!

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Very good mechanic, indeed. We had our brakes, gear lever and sway bar fixed. Fixed an oil leak and changed shock absorber and wheel bearings. Also changer our commutator, gas filter and gas pipe. Cost was 500Bob but we had every spares. Knows a lot of people and is busy but really nice.

If you want it to be faster stay with him so he can give you the prices and buy the spares.

He did a good job !

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Perhaps one of the best workshops in Sucre! Repairing all brands. Very reliable. brown red big gate. Open mon-sat 8:30-12:30/14:30-18:30. Even mentioned which screws we should check again after how many kilometers... But please be patient, always have a lot of work.
Approx 6 working days net or 50 hours = $ 250.-.
Very nice people too, Offered us a room to stay in their own house for BOB 60.-/day.
P.S .: On our VW t3 Syncro Vanagon we have repaired the gearbox, the clutch and a wheel bearing.

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