[AT] OT modern computer controlls (please delete now if you don't like the topic)

[David Bruce]

Yes that is a big issue. Mine is just a bit older than me and has been 
established here for years. The good thing is he will be replaced by his 
son (who is also quite good) once he retires. Not the cheapest but I 
know if he works on something I can trust him. At one point he even came 
to my home to deal with a balky car - finally found the problem 
(farmer's favorite) and since then the car has done well - 2001 Malibu 
that now has nearly 200K miles. He took care of my mom's car, takes care 
of my brother's and several family members. That is something I did not 
have until I returned here some years ago.

I have been screwed over in the past with other mechanics - and yes 
those at a dealer's operation so I understand your plight.

Not exactly tractor related but in some ways it is.  I think the same 
goes for tractor mechanics (who are often the same people here).

David

NW NC


On 3/25/2017 6:54 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> David,  I'm glad you have a good one.  Thinking back on my message
> it sounds like I'm indicting all mechanics and I am certainly not.  I just
> can't find many, if any, decent ones here.  There is a local franchise
> dealer
> for mid to high end cars who claims to have the most certified techs of
> any shop in the state.  4 times the number the factory requires him to have.
> A few years back I took a new car in for warranty work because the
> condensation
> in the A/C duct was backing up and running out in the floor when the car
> rounded
> curves.  The inside of this less than one year old car smelled like dirty
> socks.
> After 3 tries this best in the state shop had their service manager come out
> and
> explain to me that he had found a tech bulletin and had installed "a delay
> relay"
> to make my heater-A/C fan run after the car is shut off to dry out the duct.
>
> What he had actually done is take an old relay box from some GM car that had
> a
> relay that ran the radiator cooling fan after shut down.  He had screwed it
> to the fender
> well and stuck the wires into  the A/C housing under the hood.  It wasn't
> hooked to anything.
> I drove the car straddle a ditch, crawled under it and found that the drain
> nipple had somehow
> become inverted block the condensation from draining.  That is what I
> suspected when I took it
> to them but it was under warranty and a friends car, not mine.  Both of the
> owners of this dealership
> are personal friends of mine!
>
> Oh they also "instructed" me that the condensation I complained about inside
> the instrument panel
> was "Not Condensation"...... It was "Moisture".
>
> That was in the late 90's.  The service there is no better today despite
> their claims.
>
> Most of the independent shops here price your work based on what parts they
> need for their race car
> that week.
>
> Charlie