[AT] OT: Check the grounds

[Dean VP]

Roy,

That is quite amazing. Who would have thought of that particular current path? You need to
tip the Maintenance Super!  Sometimes dealers try to get you to fix things that are not
needed so they can sell more parts and labor.  I wonder if this issue is written up in a
Technical Service Bulletin within the Volvo organization?

I had a Ford dealer in AZ tell me my truck transmission oil was discolored and had a
burned smell.  And that my differential case was leaking. At the time I had just changed
the transmission fluid about 2,000 mile earlier and the whole truck had been thoroughly
inspected before our trip to AZ. . I just flat didn't believe them so I didn't follow
their recommendations.  I checked the transmission fluid myself and it was so clear it was
hard to see on the dipstick and no burned smell confirmed by 5 of my neighbors in AZ.  Had
the engine oil changed at the standard interval and was told the same thing for the second
time at the same dealer.  Transmission oil needs to be changed because it is dark and has
a burned smell and differential leaking. About a $400 service bill if I followed their
recommendation. I didn't.   Drove back home and put another 3,000 miles on the truck and
had it serviced back at my Ford dealer here in WA that I trust. Transmission oil is fine,
no burned smell and no leak in the differential case.  It is really hard to find a dealer
than can be trusted.  I will never ever do business with that Ford dealer in AZ again.
Horne Ford in Apache Junction, AZ. Not an honest service department.
http://www.roberthorneford.com/

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA

"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 9:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Check the grounds


On Jul 6, 2012, at 8:21 AM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:

> Like Farmer Used to say "Check the grounds".

I was asking at the Volvo dealer parts counter about clutch difficulty when the
maintenance super overheard me.  (This was a '69 Volvo.)  I'd had to re-adjust the clutch
three times and was out of travel in the
adjutment: it was a cable operated clutch.  The maintenance guy said "It's your battery
strap."  My baffled look brought further explanation:

When the frame to engine strap is corroded, the starter current goes through the clutch
cable, heating it up and taking the temper out of the wire.  Then it stretches.  Sure
enough, cleaning the strap, and a new cable  from the battery negative directly to the
block instead of to the frame, and a new clutch cable, and the problem was solved.

The parts guy had started telling me what clutch parts I needed and the prices.. ugh.

Roy

Roy Morgan
k1lky at earthlink.net
K1LKY Since 1958 - Keep 'em Glowing!



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