[AT] Further OT: was Check the grounds now dealerships

Ken Knierim ken.knierim at gmail.com
Mon Jul 9 06:55:46 PDT 2012


Good to know about Horne, Dean. thanks. I had a bad experience with
Earnharts too. I hear better things about Berge Ford.

Maybe it was the color of the license plate? Snowbirds are a big part of
the economy here; maybe they took it way too literally. :)

Ken in AZ



On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:
> at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]
> On Behalf Of Roy Morgan
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 9:43 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> 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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