Love Hate relationship
Who else out there feels like me? I love my class A motorhome, but I hate the fact that it is so expensive to upkeep...tires, oil changes, gas, just to name a few. We had to put in a new starter and i...
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Lantley wrote:Fiesta wrote:
Never take anything to a service shop without telling them what to do. Never have a female take anything in. (Not sexist). Always get a firm estimate. Have them stick to it. Never give them all the keys.
And best of all fix what you can. I've saved over a $100,000 in my life time not getting ripped off.
Most of what you say is true.
The shop is only as good as the customers analysis. The more info a customer gives the easier it is the make the repair.
If the customer is vague and unsure the mechanic can have an unnecessary challenge.
To all the back yard mechanics it is much easier to fix your own vehicle because you have a history with it. Fixing an unknown vehicle based on 2nd hand info is much more of a challenge.
Diagnosing can be much harder than fixing the problem.
Any shop, that takes that much time and money to diagnose a starter, is ripping you off, or you are paying for their education.
How hard is it to run 12 volts to the starter solenoid, and test both, solenoid and starter? 5 minutes maybe. You start there, and work backward.
Terry
