[AT] Mechanic work performed by dealers & "professionals" is not professional.....

[Ken Knierim]

Question for you Cecil,
     Is it possible anyone with a room temp IQ and a pulse has been pulled
into the oilfields?

Just an off-the-wall thought based on what I've heard out of the Bakken.

Ken in AZ


On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 1:12 PM, Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
wrote:

>
> > I have had another experience with these shysters in OKla.  I don't
> > know whether it is from stupidity or just plain do not give a damn...
>
> >    I started removing the bad piston from the engine today.
>
> > Doing this while waiting on suspension parts and brake parts for the
> > wife's car.  We have 2 Dodge Mini vans and I put sway bar links on the
> > backup minivan last night, they were squeaking terribly.  The regular
> > one had broken a sway bar link and it was hitting the axle shaft.
> > Our roads are terrible here.
>   I pulled the drain plug from the pan and was surprised to find black
> thick oil draining from it.    When the engine started knocking last
> year, I drained the oil to check if any pieces were in the oil.   I
> refilled the engine with new oil to make sure it was not started without
> oil.   I had thought the drive plate ( clutch ) was broken.  The dealer
> was advised not to start the engine until a new plate had been installed.
>
> If the dealer did not start the engine, why was the new oil so dirty?
> If they were going to pull the pan, I can understand why there was only
> 1 pt of oil in the pan when I pulled the plug.  I don't think the new
> oil would get black just sitting in the pan even though the tractor was
> hauled 100 miles.  There are numerous bolts that were not replaced and
> not with the tractor, the bolts that were replaced were not tightened
> sufficiently, and the tractor now has an oil leak from the rear that it
> did not have when it left.  It also has a flat on a brand new tire that
> was holding air fine when it left...
>
> I just had another bad experience with mechanic I was using on my
> vehicles.  I had a broken flex plate on my F150, the Drug runner truck.
> It had an oil leak also on the valve cover that the mechanic replaced
> when he installed the new engine.  I got charged for removal of the
> broken bolt on the cover and also for a new A/C compressor, tensioner
> and belt that was replaced to stop the knocking noise in the engine.  I
> paid the $853 bill and when I started the engine it still knocked.  I
> was told the A/C compressor needed replacement anyway!!!   The A/c would
> freeze you out, so I did not believe that...
>
> I took the F150 to a transmission shop and when they finally got to it,
> the Flex plate was broken.  The transmission shop replaced it for
> $700...This time I found an honest shop.
>
> I am ready to talk to my attorney about this NH tractor and the
> dealership, the head could have been used if they would have not started
> the tractor again.  the level of incompetence in this country is
> astounding.
>
> End of Rant....   It's only money....  but it's my money......
>
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