Posted by Jonas on Friday, May 07, 2004 at 0:32AM :
I took the swivel frame into a automotive repair shop that specializes in muffler, brake, radiator. I've had them weld in mufflers and tailpipes in power wagon that I;ve owned in the past, and they do a pretty good job at a reasonable price. The brakes are a bit squishy, I installed a helitool kit in front, and since I'm a 1 man show, I have to bleed them the old fashioned way with a plastic hose, and a cup on the ground.
I figured since the had a power bleeder I'd have them tighten the brakes up and get all the air out.
When I went to get the truck, thete were no brakes at all. They told me I needed a new master cylinder, and that the beld, and bled, but still no pedal.
Make a long story short, I spent the afternoon on my back in the gravel outside thier shop pulling my perfectly good MC out and bench bleeding it, and again bleeding all the brakes the "old fashioned way" so I could get home.
No offer from them to help, and not one of them came out too see how it was supposed to be done. They were "way too busy" for that, and to top it off, they tried to charge me for bleeding the brakes! I told them to stuff it, I'll pay for the muffler, but to charge me for screwing something up that worked halfway good to begin with is just BS!
I guess it's getting to the point now, that if you car dosent have a computer on board that they can hook it up to, no one will know how to work on it! HaHaHa!!!!
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