[AT] OT: Check the grounds

Richard Fink rfinksr at verizon.net
Mon Jul 9 16:34:58 PDT 2012


Mattias you left your self open???????????? it was metal
R Fink
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mattias Kessén" <davidbrown950 at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Check the grounds


> What kind of Volvo was it?
>
> Mattias in Volvo country
> Den 9 jul 2012 22:09 skrev <weeksh at att.net>:
>
>> In Georgia, at least 19 out of 20 of them are rip off artists.  Same goes
>> for most of the chain operated repair places around here as well.  I
>> assume they are rip offs until proven otherwise.
>>
>> I have enough experience to spot them almost instantly so do not get
>> taken very often.  However, I do not understand how people that do not
>> know better can afford to use them for anything.
>>
>> I will not buy buy parts from them unless there is no other source.
>>
>> Howrd in GA
>>
>> On 8 Jul 2012 at 22:16, Dean VP 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
>> >
>> >
>>
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