Area — Shepton Mallet & the Mendips · 3 miles
The local garage, three miles out of town
MB Auto sits at Millbrook Depot on Mill Lane, just off the A37 between Shepton Mallet and Oakhill. Close enough to be your local garage, far enough out that the rent is not on your bill.
The short answer
The workshop is at Unit 1 Millbrook Depot, Yelling, Mill Lane, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4JT — about three miles from the town centre, signposted off the A37. Open 08:00 to 17:30 Monday to Friday.
Erdi covers Shepton Mallet, Oakhill, Binegar, Gurney Slade, Croscombe, Evercreech, Doulting, Chelynch, Stoke St Michael and Dinder, and collection is free across all of them for a vehicle that runs and drives. Servicing from £129, cambelts from £450, clutches from £480. No VAT on top of any of it.
The workshop
MB Auto RepairsUnit 1 Millbrook Depot
Yelling, Mill Lane
Shepton Mallet, Somerset
BA4 4JT
Off the A37 between Shepton Mallet and Oakhill, about 3 miles from the town centre. Room to park on the forecourt.
Open in Google Maps →Opening hours
- Monday – Friday
- 08:00 – 17:30
- Saturday
- 08:00 – 13:00
- Sunday
- Closed — messages answered
Messages left outside these hours are picked up in the morning. If it is urgent and a van is off the road, ring anyway.
Finding it
From Shepton Mallet, take the A37 north towards Oakhill and Binegar. Downside is signposted off to the left — that is the turning you want. Mill Lane runs down past the old mill into Millbrook Depot; MB Auto is Unit 1, the steel unit with the shutter and the green sign. There is room to park on the forecourt.
If you would rather not find it at all, Erdi will come and get the car. Collection is free right across this section provided it runs and drives — see collection and delivery.
What Shepton Mallet customers come for
A good deal of it is ordinary: services, brakes, a noise that has been getting worse, something that needs sorting before an MOT. The rest is the heavier work that keeps people coming back — cambelts, clutches, gearboxes and engines — because there are not many independents left round here who will take those on rather than send them away.
Plenty of it is also vans. This is a working part of Somerset: builders, groundworkers, farmers, couriers and mobile trades, all running vehicles that need to be earning. Vans and fleet maintenance is a proper part of what happens here, not an afterthought.
MOTs in Shepton Mallet
MB Auto is not an MOT testing station. What Erdi does instead is check the vehicle over first, quote for anything that would fail, put it right if you want him to, then take it to a local testing station and bring it back. You get the result without losing a day, and without a phone call from a test centre telling you what has already been started.
Villages and towns nearby
Free collection covers Shepton Mallet itself and the villages right around the workshop — Downside, Oakhill, Binegar, Gurney Slade, Croscombe, Dinder, Doulting, Chelynch, Stoke St Michael and Evercreech — for anything that runs and drives.
Further out is still covered, just priced per trip: Wells, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Frome, Glastonbury, Street, Bruton and Castle Cary all come through regularly. Text your postcode and you get the figure before anything is booked. Full list of areas.
Services
What Erdi does
Car Servicing
Interim, full and major services using manufacturer-spec oil and filters. Your service book stamped, your warranty intact.
Read more → From £450Cambelt & Timing Belt Replacement
Belt, tensioner, idlers and the water pump, all in one price — done with locking tools, not by eye. The job Erdi is best known for.
Read more → From £480Clutch Replacement
Three-piece kits, dual-mass flywheels and slave cylinders. Gearbox out, everything inspected, nothing bodged.
Read more → Quoted per jobEngine & Gearbox Repairs
Head gaskets, timing chains, turbos, oil leaks and gearbox rebuilds — the heavy work most garages send away.
Read more → Quoted per jobVan Servicing & Fleet Maintenance
Transits, Sprinters, Vivaros and Transporters. Planned maintenance, priority turnaround and one invoice for the whole fleet.
Read more → From £45Diagnostics, Brakes & General Repairs
Warning lights read properly and traced to a cause. Brakes, suspension, steering, cooling and electrics.
Read more → Free within 5 milesCollection & Delivery
Erdi collects your car or van from home or work, does the job, and brings it back. Free within 5 miles if it runs and drives.
Read more →Straight answers
Local questions
Where is MB Auto Ltd based?
MB Auto is at Unit 1 Millbrook Depot, Yelling, Mill Lane, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 4JT — just off the A37 between Shepton Mallet and Oakhill, in the hamlet of Downside. Erdi also collects and delivers vehicles across the Mendips, Wells, Frome, Midsomer Norton, Bath and Bristol.
Do you collect and deliver the car?
Yes. If the vehicle runs and drives, collection and delivery is free within 5 miles of the workshop — Erdi picks it up from your home or workplace, does the work, and brings it back. Further out, and still running and driving, call or text your postcode and he will price the trip before you commit to anything. If it will not drive at all it needs recovering rather than collecting, and he will say so and point you at someone local.
How do I know I am not being overcharged?
Three things. You get a written quote before any work begins, and the price does not change unless something new is found and you agree to it first. Old parts are kept for you to see. And diagnostic time is charged at £45 and refunded against the repair, so you are never paying twice to find the same fault.
Do you do MOTs?
MB Auto is not an MOT testing station, but Erdi will pre-check your vehicle, arrange the test at a local station, and take it there and back for you. Anything that needs putting right is quoted first — you will not get a phone call from a test centre with a list of work already started.
What makes of car do you work on?
All mainstream makes — Ford, Vauxhall, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot, Citroën, Renault, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Škoda, SEAT, Volvo, Land Rover, Mini, Fiat, Mazda, Suzuki and Dacia among them. Petrol and diesel, manual and automatic, cars, vans, SUVs and 4x4s.
How quickly can you look at my car?
Most vehicles can be booked in within a few days, and urgent problems — a van off the road, a car that will not start, a warning light before a long trip — are usually looked at the same week. Call or WhatsApp 07846 050457 and Erdi will tell you honestly when he can fit you in.
Next step
Tell Erdi what it’s doing
Describe the noise, the light or the job. You’ll get an honest answer about what it needs, what it will cost, and when he can take it — before anything is booked in.
No VAT · free collection within 5 miles if it runs & drives · written quote first