Heavy-duty engine reconditioning. Since 1996.
Cranks up to two metres. Heads pressure-tested. Petrol and diesel assembled to spec. 30+ 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 thirty 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 rebranded as Mpangele Auto Engineering in 2024. Thirteen years in Empangeni, thirty years on the spanners, and a thirteen-strong crew who've been with us for the past eight.
Director Nathan André Godden has been qualified in the trade since 1992. RMI, MIBCO and ERA-aligned, B-BBEE Level 1, fully VAT-registered and tax-compliant.
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