Mechanic Alberto | Mechanic and Parts

Chile

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Verified:
about 1 year ago
Altitude:
503.0 masl
Phone:
None
Contributor:
travelrunplay.de

Amenities

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

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Description

Alberto worked on VW cars for years and knows a minimum of what a mechanic should know. For simple mechanical things, ok.
Avoid for more specific things like engine work, electrical problems or transaxle - not recommended! No work process, messy.
No guarantee for the work, no receipt!

You'll find him and his son via Facebook: Westfalia Chile.
alternate number +569 76987287. whatsap

Update 01/01/2020:
Absolutely not recommended! Watch my latest comment!

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I’d stay away from here unless you just need simple things done or are just buying parts. I was here a few years ago with my T3 and had them replace the lower ball joints and it was fine but I have heard questionable things from others.

More recently I was interested in a T3 they had for sale and it turned out to be shady. Without going into too much detail, there was some rust on the vehicle and some mechanical issues, even after being told that there was no rust and it needed nothing. When I tried to schedule a third party inspection he didn’t want to do it and then just told me the van was sold (it wasn’t). I’m not sure what he was hiding, but it was definitely shady.

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Juan Pablo specializes in Volkswagen T3s. The Westfalia we bought was completely restored by him, including an engine swap. Sometimes parts need to come from Germany, but he can get his hands on everything. The address is Mercurio 1340.

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Absolutely not recommended!

We have been there for checking why our VW T3 Syncro doesn’t start well, when it’s cold. He started work after lunch. I am always looking for what the mechanics are doing, because i am also a mechanic and i know our car very good. So I did it here. After 5min of work, I told him a faster way of unplugging a cover from the gearbox, just because I don’t want him to destroy the plastic and because it’s faster. He looked angry at me and said that he is working for 30years on VWs and he knows what to do. In spanish of course. After that he grabed all his tools and went inside. 1min later he arrived back, but didn’t spoke at all, just put 2 screws back again, which he removed before and then went inside. I never saw him again. The situation could be the same in the kindergarden. While this happened, his son, also a friendly person, went to the car, but didn’t car about it. He also left 1min later. We haven’t paid for everything because nobody asked for it and of course we also didn’t get any advantage.

Absolutely not recommended!

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We took our 1984 vanagon here for a coolant tank repair, speedometer cable fix, 3rd brake light installation and pop top canvas change. Juan Pablo, Alberto’ son let us store our van while we traveled with friends for 3 weeks and the tent change went well but everything else was not great work. The speedometer cable he used is too long and now our speedometer shakes and makes noise and the cable keeps coming loose, the coolant tank leaked within 1 week and as we left the shop, the brake light adhesive was already failing. At pick up, he was not there leaving us to deal with his dad and some friends who really had no clue about the work. He attempted to add 80k clp to the bill and when asked why, he couldn’t find a reason. He also quoted us double for parts for another job we needed done. Really liked the guy and wish I could write a different review, but the work was shotty and expensive.

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After another transaxle breakdown (rebuilt at this place), now after only 12'600 km, we contacted them again and asked for help or also for reimbursement of the last repair costs.
But that did not interest them at all, they did not take any responsibility for their catastrophic work and did not want to help us in any way. Unfortunately our worst experience with a mechanic on 5 years journey. Not recommendable, avoid!

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Highly recommend.......,... . n ......

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Super service avec beaucoup de rapidité. On est arrivé mercredi en début de soirée pour changer les 4 amortisseurs, le lendemain (malgré le marché et donc accessible seulement à partir de 16h) ils étaient changés ! Comme ceux qui étaient prévu n’allaient pas, El Doctor du T3 nous a donné ceux qu’il avait prévu pour le siens 😉 Merci au top! N’hésitez pas !

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after breaking down with the transaxle again, this time after only 5000 km, it was a very bad experience coming back. He did not feel responsible for the damage and we had to pay half of the new revision and expensive spare parts ourselves...
In addition, when working on the brake, as it later turned out, he blew up a bleeding screw... This is just a normal mechanic work, badly done!
Unfortunately, the work on the transaxle was done bad again and later we had it damaged again...
By the way: Alberto and his wife are so nice person, you can not really be angry with him, that's why the negative comments from other travelers are missing here. But be careful, we would really not recommend.

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We were there to check the turbo, the dieselpump, changed the springs (could order them from GoWesty to here) changed shock absorbers, changed brackes and finetuned the engine. All in all good service, Alberto knows a lot about VW but you need patience and time. You can reach his son Juan Pablo on WhatsApp +569 7698 7287, mail [email protected]
or Alberto on the movil +569 8816 3707

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Be careful ! He is the specialist for T3 but we had a motor problem and he didn’t find any solution for 3 weeks (has he said...). As we are a family with small children, finally we decided to sale our T3 for small money to a Muñoz’s friend for parts... now our T3 is in sale with a new motor and big price !!! Think what you want about this family !!! (I think that the father is a really good people).

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Very friendly and competent, agreed to take a look at my VW Kombi. Fixed a door for free and pinpointed an elusive problem I had for a while. Greatly recommended!

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Absolutely not recommended! Tried to fix the transmission of our VW T3 Syncro. When we saw the parts we wanted to order a new one or spare parts. But no, they absolutely wanted to fix it.
After only 5000km drive the main nut inside the transaxle has came off and destroyed the main ring and the pinion. So we had to come back...
Very expensive and time-consuming too!

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Yes, if you are travelling with VW T3 (we met people with T4 here, as well), this is your contact in the case of mechanical problems. The son runs a T3 Westfalia Club, so we saw as many T3s as nowhere else in South America! We had some bigger issues with our engine and camped some weeks in his garage, the whole family is so nice! Prices are absolutely fair!

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alternate number +569 76987287. whatsap

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Don Alberto is a real Master of T3s! He's worked on these cars for over 30 years now and is the go to mechanic for any problem you might have (and he fixes it for a reasonable price). He fixed a lot on ours (gravel roads are not the best for a 30 year old car...) and now it runs better than it ever did! If you have issues with your T3 go visit him and say Hi from Kaj & carina from Germany! You'll find him and his son via Facebook: Westfalia Chile.

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