Will try not to out myself.
A month ago I took my car to the garage as the clutch was slipping, garage checked my car over and said that the clutch was staring to go and would need replacing in the near future but they couldn't book it in for a few weeks as they didn't have time (booked up and staff on holiday). So I found someone else to do the work and they said they could do it a lot cheaper than my local garage, so I let them do the work. When I got the car back I payed them the money assuming all was ok. Next day I go to drive the car and something isn't right, it's making good a awful noise when I change gear and excelerate. I call them and they say they will take the car back and sort it. They bring the car back again and they try and tell me that the noise has nothing to do with the work that was done (seems of as the noise was coming from the clutch), I refuse to give him any money, he leaves the car with me. Next day I drive the car and the noise is still there. At this point I'm really annoyed so I book the car into my local garage so they can check it over, garage tell me that it's likely the wrong parts have been fitted and the car will have to be taken apart again and another clutch fitted (£800 worth of work).
I message the people that did the original work and they still tell me it wasn't the clutch making the noise and it's another part of the car, I tell them if they don't believe me they can phone my local garage, they continue to argue with me.
All I want is a refund for the work he did (as he messed up) so I can use the money to get it done correctly but they are not offering me anything.
I can't afford to pay twice for a job that should have been done correctly in the first place. I am now stuck with a car I can't drive very far (and risking causing more damage), I can't afford the work to repare it and I can't afford to replace the car.
What do I do next? Do I threaten then with small claims court? Where would I stand?
I don't really want all this hassle, I want my car fixed 