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completely ignorant~
For those of you not following along with this mini-series, please do a search of my posts.
For the rest of the class.....(where is that head banging smilie....)?
Rookie mechanic couldn't get the replacement engine back in correctly, kept asking for more time, more time. Last Thurs I finally lost patience and told them I wanted it by Friday evening. Rookie called me begging to have it out till next Monday (8/29) which would put it at the 4 week mark on just the engine replacement only.
Come Monday he called, stated motor was in, it has good compression etc.............but, (gawd how I'm hating that word). States she has a (and I quote) "Slight ignition misfire"....and could he have it a bit longer to change sparks etc out. I gave him till noon on Tues..period.
I called the owner on Tues am after doing a search on this forum, I just know it won't be anything simple. Proceeded to suggest the mechanic might be a tad out of his element etc. "Oh no....he's good, it's just a XYZ". Uh huh....suuuuuure. Around noonish I get a call from the owner. "Well we checked this and we replaced that ......but". So, bottom line I told him flat out I'm taking it to another mechanic, period. I'm not paying you till we get this figured out.
Went to pick it up, drove it next door to bank drive thru an the dang thing nearly died on me. Drove it to my next stop and I had to have a foot on the gas and one on the brake just to keep it running. That truck was shaking soooo bad the whole right side of the dash was vibrating. I decided to drive it directly to the "good" mechanic and prayed to every god / deity I could think of just to get it there.
Pulled in, walked into the office, slapped the keys on the counter and about burst into tears.
New mechanic has it, he's aware of who the other mechanic/shop is....I have faith (fingers and toes crossed) I might get to drive my truck before Christmas.
Anyone want to bet me on this???
(thanks for letting me vent guys!)
For the rest of the class.....(where is that head banging smilie....)?
Rookie mechanic couldn't get the replacement engine back in correctly, kept asking for more time, more time. Last Thurs I finally lost patience and told them I wanted it by Friday evening. Rookie called me begging to have it out till next Monday (8/29) which would put it at the 4 week mark on just the engine replacement only.
Come Monday he called, stated motor was in, it has good compression etc.............but, (gawd how I'm hating that word). States she has a (and I quote) "Slight ignition misfire"....and could he have it a bit longer to change sparks etc out. I gave him till noon on Tues..period.
I called the owner on Tues am after doing a search on this forum, I just know it won't be anything simple. Proceeded to suggest the mechanic might be a tad out of his element etc. "Oh no....he's good, it's just a XYZ". Uh huh....suuuuuure. Around noonish I get a call from the owner. "Well we checked this and we replaced that ......but". So, bottom line I told him flat out I'm taking it to another mechanic, period. I'm not paying you till we get this figured out.
Went to pick it up, drove it next door to bank drive thru an the dang thing nearly died on me. Drove it to my next stop and I had to have a foot on the gas and one on the brake just to keep it running. That truck was shaking soooo bad the whole right side of the dash was vibrating. I decided to drive it directly to the "good" mechanic and prayed to every god / deity I could think of just to get it there.
Pulled in, walked into the office, slapped the keys on the counter and about burst into tears.
New mechanic has it, he's aware of who the other mechanic/shop is....I have faith (fingers and toes crossed) I might get to drive my truck before Christmas.
Anyone want to bet me on this???
(thanks for letting me vent guys!)
