| Re: [GMCnet] Who do we trust? Do we have to check others work more often now days? [message #328154 is a reply to message #328149] |
Thu, 11 January 2018 09:05   |
Kingsley Coach
Messages: 2691
Registered: March 2009
Location: Nova Scotia Canada
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Take a walk through a parking lot and see how many RED dots are lined up
with the valve stem. Red rules, Not yellow at the stem or worse still
nothing lined up with the stem at all.
At a tire shop I was told the colored dots doesn't mean anything, just
manufacturers markings...guess they didn't get the memo !
Mike in NM
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 9:25 AM, Matt Colie wrote:
> Right along this line....
> I have a lift in my barn. People think I have it so I can save money on
> oil changes.
> Well, that is not really it. I have always done a lot of my own work, but
> used to farm out lube services. I thought I had a reputable shop. But
> once I had to go under that car for something, and noticed a scratch on
> the oil filter. I didn't think much of it under I was under there again
> (for
> the same reason) and noticed that the oil filter (that I had just paid to
> replace) had the same scratch....
>
> I always do my own services now. And with the lift, I can take my time to
> inspect everything underneath.
>
> When I ran an engine lab, I was always looking for good techs. Sometimes
> I would find one to do work on the family cars and after we cultivated a
> good relationship, sometimes I would offer said tech a job in the labs.
> This was universally a mistake for me, because when the tech had a
> comfortable and stable job, he didn't want to do my work anymore....
>
> That is why the coach is in my barn getting ready to pull the engine out
> the front. (Lenzi-esk type)
>
> Matt
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
> Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
> OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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Michael Beaton
1977 Kingsley 26-11
1977 Eleganza II 26-3
Antigonish, NS
Life is too short to hold a grudge; slash some tires and call it even !
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