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

[Cecil R Bearden]

> 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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