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Post by switchbiker Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:36 pm

I once showed a customer that his drum brake wheel cylinders were the cause of his brake shoes getting saturated with brake fluid. I pulled back the dust boots and fluid came pouring out. He accused me of "breaking the seal" and stormed off taking his car to another shop.
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Post by switchbiker Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:47 pm

A customer had his car towed to my shop because it wouldn't start. I jumped in and it started and ran beautifully. I explained to him that he had an intermittent problem and it would be good practice to run som diagnotics on it to find where the issue was. He declined. The next day he brought the car back and tried to demand we fix it for free because I "told him it would be fine". He lied, I never said that. Thankfully I was great about documenting all requested repairs/ diagnostics on the work orders and brought out the paperwork that he signed to show him.
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Post by dynchel Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:21 am

My company has no spine.  Even if we document things, and make customers sign off all they have to do is complain and they start getting free stuff. Mad
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Post by chevellelaguna Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:18 pm

Amen we're the same way, unfortunate, as long as I get paid though I don't care.
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Post by BlackChevelleSS Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:25 am

This one came in the shop today, customer stated that the pedal went to the floor. The piston came out of the caliper. 2000 Chevy 2500hd

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Post by dynchel Fri May 02, 2014 8:38 pm

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This came in yesterday.  Someone had put a home light switch (under the hood) to control the electric fans that didn't work as designed anymore.  We could not figure out why it was not put in the interior.  The whole vehicle was a big POS.  The exhaust was repaired with a chrome exhaust tip rigged in the center to (try) to fix a leak...it didn't work. Laughing
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Post by 77mali Fri May 02, 2014 8:46 pm

Looks like a GM ... late 90's Monte or Lumina?
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Post by dynchel Fri May 02, 2014 8:48 pm

'98 olds silloute mini van.
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Post by chevellelaguna Fri May 02, 2014 8:48 pm

LOL, you mean that you don't have one of those on your car?? Buick? 3100/3400?... Yeah has those plastic wing nuts , hate the rad supports on those.


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Post by 77mali Fri May 02, 2014 8:49 pm

Same FWD & v6 motor, LOL (and braces!)
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Post by dynchel Fri May 02, 2014 8:49 pm

I think it was a 3.4.
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Post by chevellelaguna Fri May 02, 2014 9:14 pm

You gotta have a new guy in the shop.... I'd bring him over and have someone by the shop light switch... And say.."watch this" flip it and the shop lights go off , and back on! We always mess with each other and the new guy!
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Post by dynchel Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:17 pm

Here's another...1995 mustang 'vert with the left rear  brake bypassed.  remember no inspection here. Evil or Very Mad 
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Post by Mcarlo77 Tue Jun 03, 2014 3:56 pm

Geez...and I thought we (my buddies and I) were negligent back in the day for cutting the rear parking brake cables when they rusted up!
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Post by Wallyuph Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:56 pm

New form of line lock there.
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Post by dynchel Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:30 pm

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This came in today.  These people must have skills  to have a screw puncture there tire with the blunt end.  jocolor
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Post by driveit Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:47 pm

I punctured a truck tire on my Z71 silverado a few years back while driving up a gravel road. There was a large pointed rock that went in between the tread. We couldn't get it out. We pushed it through and plugged it. Took like 6 plugs or something lol... I drove it like that for two years before I sold the truck. The rock still inside the tire lol..
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Post by 77mali Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:10 pm

Was it too far down the sidewall to be saved or can you guys use those awesome "patches" that we can't get in MA anymore?
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Post by dynchel Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:16 pm

77mali wrote:Was it too far down the sidewall to be saved or can you guys use those awesome "patches" that we can't get in MA anymore?
It got four tires.  We aren't allowed to fix any questionable tire.
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Post by pila Thu Sep 11, 2014 5:04 pm

Most places wont use plugs in recent years, because of a major lawsuit some years ago, from a tire that failed, that was plugged.....

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Post by chevellelaguna Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:07 pm

We still plug tires....just not in a sidewall like that one. We wouldn't put 6 in a tire and let you leave.....unless it was your wife's car, and her insurance policy was paid up.
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Post by dynchel Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:43 pm

The last place I worked at that plugged tires sold out in 1996.  I didn't think anyone (business) still plugged tires for liability reasons.
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Post by chevellelaguna Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:11 pm

I hear ya. I just do what the Boss tells me to
do.
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Post by dynchel Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:34 am

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This came in on Saturday.... First tire I've ever seen with a dragons tail.
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Post by dynchel Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:09 pm

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So this came in Tuesday with no brake pedal.... The rotor go so thin the piston came out of the bore.  No vehicle inspection in Ohio gives us entertaining pics like this.
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