[AT] Case 580

[DAVIESW739 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/18/2005 6:18:36 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
gwill at toast.net writes:
I'm not at 
all confident  with a dealer's mechanics... a lesson I learned the expensive  
way.

George I agree, in the old days one could find the best  mechanics at the 
dealers but now I think they hire the cheapest person that will  work for them.
I took my Ford Ranger in to two dealers to get the clutch  fixed The  slave 
cylinder was not working correctly and the clutch would  not fully release. 
One dealer said I needed new syncros in the tranny and  the other said the 
shifting forks were bent. 
I took it to a local shop that  was recommended to me and the guy diagnosed 
it while talking to me in the  parking lot. 
Funny I told the dealers mechanics the same thing. 
I'm not  all that happy with the type of mechanics we have here in Oregon, 
one would  think that they would be better trained. 

I bought a JD baler from my  neighbor a few years ago it made Banana bails 
and he had the JD mechanic out  twice to fix it to no avail. I looked at the 
book and it said to adjust the feed  to the higher setting, Viola it worked.   
You would think that the  dealers Mechanic would have known that.

Well enough about poor mechanics  I've made a few mistakes myself over the 
years. 

Walt Davies
Cooper  Hollow Farm
Monmouth, OR 97361
503 623-0460