masterbeavis
California Chapter member
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This is the truck I was working on for a customer who got gypped by a couple of hack mechanics, and in the end had a terribly running truck. He had me try to figure out what was wrong with it and get it running good. I did what I could, and after a thorough analysis including a compression and leakdown test, I concluded that the engine is severley worn and is on its last legs. The oil only has 100 miles on it and it has visible flakes of metal in the oil. I told him what I found, he agreed to have me put a good used engine into it. I brought over a work order with the quote for another motor before I continued working on the truck($1000 worst case out the door), and the bill of what I put into it so far($400 labor and parts), he had a conniption fit about the price(s). He said he is tired of putting money into the truck, and just wants me to buy it from him.
There is $150 worth of DMV penalties on the truck. If not paid off, the penalties will soon increase to $350. I have about $200 of my own money into this thing, for the parts he asked to have replaced on it, and several hours of my time, and a haircut..... He wants me to give him $500 for the truck. The motor is shot, needs rebuilding. There are tons of things that are improperly done on this truck. I have a 2 page list of things that are still wrong with this thing.... I have spent alot more time than $200 will cover trying to get this thing to run properly, and fixing things needed for road legality. A shop would charge $100 for just a compression test that takes 20 minutes to do. I am not a licensed mechanic, I do not thing that filing a mechanics lien will do anything other than get me in trouble. Whats your thoughts on the actual value of this truck? I think $500 my price is too high for this thing.
More pics of the truck...
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a315/Masterbeavis/73-79 Ford Trucks
There is $150 worth of DMV penalties on the truck. If not paid off, the penalties will soon increase to $350. I have about $200 of my own money into this thing, for the parts he asked to have replaced on it, and several hours of my time, and a haircut..... He wants me to give him $500 for the truck. The motor is shot, needs rebuilding. There are tons of things that are improperly done on this truck. I have a 2 page list of things that are still wrong with this thing.... I have spent alot more time than $200 will cover trying to get this thing to run properly, and fixing things needed for road legality. A shop would charge $100 for just a compression test that takes 20 minutes to do. I am not a licensed mechanic, I do not thing that filing a mechanics lien will do anything other than get me in trouble. Whats your thoughts on the actual value of this truck? I think $500 my price is too high for this thing.
More pics of the truck...
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a315/Masterbeavis/73-79 Ford Trucks
