Heavy-duty engine reconditioning. Since 1996.
Cranks up to two metres. Heads pressure-tested. Petrol and diesel assembled to spec. 25+ years of machining for Zululand's farmers, fleets and industry.
Our Services
From motorbike barrels to CAT, ADE and 407 blocks — full engine reconditioning under one roof.
Crankshaft Grinding
Cranks up to 2 m — CAT, ADE, 407 and bigger.
Reboring
Motorbike barrels to Ford tractor blocks — and bigger.
Cylinder Head Reconditioning
Full recondition, pressure tested.
Honing & Conrods
Finished on the honing machine — bike barrels to industrial blocks.
Engine Assembly
Petrol and diesel — to spec.
Seat Refacing
We manufacture our own seats and face them in-house.
We deliver all three.
Most shops will tell you that of good, cheap, fast — you only get two. We've spent twenty-five years proving that wrong. Pioneering ideas, real problem-solving, and going beyond what our customers expect.
- · If it's good and fast, it usually isn't cheap.
- · If it's fast and cheap, it usually isn't good.
- · If it's cheap and good, it usually isn't fast.
- We deliver all three.
From Melmoth, 1996 — to Zululand's reference workshop.
We started in Melmoth in 1996 as Melmoth Auto Engineering. We moved to Empangeni, and last year we became Mpangele Auto Engineering. Twelve years in Empangeni, twenty-five years on the spanners, and a thirteen-strong crew who've been with us for the past eight.
Master machinist Nathan André Godden has been qualified in the trade since 1992. RMI- and ERA-aligned, B-BBEE Level 1, fully VAT-registered and tax-compliant.
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