Vic Balshaw
Major General
Stay strong Erich, my thought are with you.
What Annoyed You Today?
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MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
May I suggest you get a second expert medical opinion.
My ex specialist kept recommending chemo for my leukaemia and I found out from someone else that this can now be treated with tablets. My new specialist says I do not need to start the tablets yet.
I do not know if your state has an equivalent but here you can invoke Ryans Rule which requires your treatment to be evaluated by a second independent person/group.
Ryan's Rule
Ryan's Rule is a 3-step process that supports patients, families and carers to raise concerns if a patient’s health condition is getting worse or not improving as well as expected.
Sister in law had the same but got the tablet option first so no other treatment. She is doing well.May I suggest you get a second expert medical opinion.
My ex specialist kept recommending chemo for my leukaemia and I found out from someone else that this can now be treated with tablets. My new specialist says I do not need to start the tablets yet.
I do not know if your state has an equivalent but here you can invoke Ryans Rule which requires your treatment to be evaluated by a second independent person/group.
Ryan's Rule
Ryan's Rule is a 3-step process that supports patients, families and carers to raise concerns if a patient’s health condition is getting worse or not improving as well as expected.www.qld.gov.au
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
Freakin a/c out again.......going to be a long day...... 
Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
My daughter made a delicious chicken - wild rice soup last night, then left it on the stove to cool. But it was still there this morning when I got up for work.
N4521U
Colonel
My hands............ not easy to control these days, shakes and jerks is sh!t!!!!!
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
as are knobbly knuckles and gout.
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
So long story, bringing in the truck last week for a coolant leak issue and getting approval from GM to have repair covered under the Lifetime Powertrain Warranty, I was told that both the water pump and thermostat were leaking. Was told that GM authorized replacement of both. Day goes by, get a call from repair guy, saying there is a national backorder on water pumps for my vehicle and would it be OK to get one from NAPA Auto, said OK. Heard nothing for a day. Finally texted guy and was told that the water pump and thermostat were OK it was the gaskets failing. They replaced those, after a couple days of rain I now see there is still a leak and it seems worse than before. I was skeptical about the change of plans and not replacing the water pump and they just blamed the gaskets to get it out the door since they were not able to find a water pump (I checked around and that part is true).
Left them a low review on the GM survey they send out after I have them do anything. Will be contacting the service manager at the GM dealer as well.
Left them a low review on the GM survey they send out after I have them do anything. Will be contacting the service manager at the GM dealer as well.
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
Would definitely let them know that their "fix" was crap and did nothing in reality to fix the problem and you want it properly corrected.
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Situation is still muddled. It's a lot to digest with first PD less than 16 days away and first college classes day starting on the 26th. Then I have to worry about my children, especially my 12 yr old son and 8 yr old daughter. The 16 and 14 yr olds seem to be handling it well. My 14 old daughter 'The Grass Whisperer' has really stepped it up. She is such a solid kid. I am damned proud of her.
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
Well the good news is the service guy got my truck in right away and found a rusty broken lower radiator hose clamp. Replaced it and topped off coolant so hopefully that is the end of it. You would think they would have checked that the first time since during the 8 months of Winter we have here in Minnesota the roadways consists of 50% tar/cement and 50% salt!
P.S. As I'm walking out to the truck I can see a slow drip, drip, drip right under the area under the radiator. Thought to myself SOB, I can't even make it out of the parking lot!!!! Looked a little closer and noticed they had run it through the car wash. Hopefully that's the end of this saga.
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N4521U
Colonel
Wayyyyyy back in the 80's I had a '68 Ford, with 302. One of the rocker arm bolts worked it's way loose. Took it to a Ford dealer, first mistake!!!!
Got a call, HUNdreds of dollars for the repair. "Why so high"? "Well we have to pull the engine to fix it"! "Well, I think we might just forget doing the work then"! "Don't you want to get it fixed"? "Well, I know for a fact You don't need to Remove the engine to Remove the heads to fix the bolt. In fact You don't even have to remove the heads moron! You can do all that just by removing the valve covers! Pull the bolt, tap the head, screw in a new one, BAM, job done"!!!! "Let us rethink this, I'll have the manager talk with you"! "Sure rethink it, meanwhile I'll have my wife pick it up, don't do anything", "Well we have the engine torn down" "Well then, you just tow it to my house and I will take care of it"!
200 bucks later, I had new tools, both heads redone, all back together and drove it for another 100,00 miles. F'n dealers!
Got a call, HUNdreds of dollars for the repair. "Why so high"? "Well we have to pull the engine to fix it"! "Well, I think we might just forget doing the work then"! "Don't you want to get it fixed"? "Well, I know for a fact You don't need to Remove the engine to Remove the heads to fix the bolt. In fact You don't even have to remove the heads moron! You can do all that just by removing the valve covers! Pull the bolt, tap the head, screw in a new one, BAM, job done"!!!! "Let us rethink this, I'll have the manager talk with you"! "Sure rethink it, meanwhile I'll have my wife pick it up, don't do anything", "Well we have the engine torn down" "Well then, you just tow it to my house and I will take care of it"!
200 bucks later, I had new tools, both heads redone, all back together and drove it for another 100,00 miles. F'n dealers!
special ed
2nd Lieutenant
- 5,678
- May 13, 2018
I agree. On two occasions, with company cars, I had to tell the dealers mechanics what/how to make the repairs.
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
A friend was saying recently he did not trust the dealers service team so he washed the bottom of the oil filter and then put a sticker from his employer on it the night before.
When the "service" was completed he whipped out his inspection mirror then demanded to see the service manager and asked him when did their company start fitting oil filters with x Airlines stickers on them. The answer naturally was never. Then he asked the manager to explain the sticker and advised him that other items on the check list had also been booby trapped in different ways. He was given a courtesy car and when he took that back a full proper service had been done -- for free.
When the "service" was completed he whipped out his inspection mirror then demanded to see the service manager and asked him when did their company start fitting oil filters with x Airlines stickers on them. The answer naturally was never. Then he asked the manager to explain the sticker and advised him that other items on the check list had also been booby trapped in different ways. He was given a courtesy car and when he took that back a full proper service had been done -- for free.
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
I feel you on this one, took my Regal TourX in because the speed limit sign in the info center was just showing two dashed lines and the phone charger pocket wasn't working. I had already looked up online and it was a software update. Of course they couldn't find any reason for these two issues, they were perfectly willing to let me just take the car without resolution. Now granted neither of those is a deal breaker to be sure but when I pulled up the tech order number from Buick (like 20 seconds on google on my phone) they, rather sheepishly said "oh yeah, we can do that".
Half hour later software update done, both issues fixed along with an update to the anti-lock brake software. I swear, sometimes you wonder about people.
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
Had to have a dealer do the timing belt on my TDI one time. Asked for a list of parts that were going to be replaced. Got the list, but no bolts on it. There are a half dozen TTY bolts to do the job. I asked about them and the service guy said they didn't ever change them. I asked if he would add a statement that they were not going to change them and would take full responsibility for any failures related to the timing belt change for the manufacture recommended belt change interval. Deer in the headlights look and suddenly have an enraged service boss ask what did he mean that they weren't changing those bolts on timing belt jobs and how many had the done that way....
Snautzer01
Honourably banned
- 43,080
- Mar 26, 2007
I now have a mechanic i trust completely. For ohh now 10 years i come with my vehicles ( i have few) drive it in, say please fix anything you dont like or trust and then do the usual maintenance. I never ask what it will cost nor have i ever had to ask about the work hours he had done.
I never had a bill that made my wallet cry because of a suprise.
I can bring my own parts if i want to.
And cars he has done are reliable, they do not brake done just for a bit off fun.
I never had a bill that made my wallet cry because of a suprise.
I can bring my own parts if i want to.
And cars he has done are reliable, they do not brake done just for a bit off fun.
special ed
2nd Lieutenant
- 5,678
- May 13, 2018
Going back up thread to my company car comments: In those days I worked on my own old cars but company cars were dealer serviced.
The 1976 Mercury Montego experience. Since new, when making a sharp, fast right turn, the engine would slightly stall, but I got used to it. In the hot months, I had to adjust the idle higher to keep the engine running when stopped. I adjusted the idle back lower in winter. The problem that caused the service was the engine quit on the interstate. Shift to neutral, steer to shoulder, and crank engine. Shortly after reaching the shoulder, it started and ran normally for about a month, when it happened again. As I serviced business machines, I knew the shop mechanics would not be able to reproduce the symptom, so I continued until It became a weekly, or twice a week thing. At the Mercury dealer, the shop manager listened and said he would change the ignition module ($97) back then and would give me the old one in case the problem returned, then the new module could come out and part cost would be refunded. I then mentioned the engine stall on hard right turns. He said, "Let's go for a ride." He then noticed the high idle speed and I explained. When we returned to the shop, I figured since he was listening, I would tell him about the oil drip at the rear of the pan, commenting, "Every Ford I have had leaked from the rear main. I learned Ford had tried grooving spirals in the crank shaft to push the oil toward the inside, but a number of the shafts had the spirals the wrong way and the shaft would have to come out to see what we had. At that point, not wanting the shaft removed, I suggested using the then new "T"handle with cable to pull the new sticky string material through the upper bearing block and replace the lower seal. As he had never heard of this, I suggested he ask some of the young mechanics who built hotrods about it.
A week later, I was called to pick up the car. The shop mgr explained the module was changed, the carb had been gone through by a mech who just returned from school in Dearborn, and the new bearing seal was done. As we talked, the car was driven up, and as I got in, reached for the key, he said, "Ah,Ah, It's running."
The 1976 Mercury Montego experience. Since new, when making a sharp, fast right turn, the engine would slightly stall, but I got used to it. In the hot months, I had to adjust the idle higher to keep the engine running when stopped. I adjusted the idle back lower in winter. The problem that caused the service was the engine quit on the interstate. Shift to neutral, steer to shoulder, and crank engine. Shortly after reaching the shoulder, it started and ran normally for about a month, when it happened again. As I serviced business machines, I knew the shop mechanics would not be able to reproduce the symptom, so I continued until It became a weekly, or twice a week thing. At the Mercury dealer, the shop manager listened and said he would change the ignition module ($97) back then and would give me the old one in case the problem returned, then the new module could come out and part cost would be refunded. I then mentioned the engine stall on hard right turns. He said, "Let's go for a ride." He then noticed the high idle speed and I explained. When we returned to the shop, I figured since he was listening, I would tell him about the oil drip at the rear of the pan, commenting, "Every Ford I have had leaked from the rear main. I learned Ford had tried grooving spirals in the crank shaft to push the oil toward the inside, but a number of the shafts had the spirals the wrong way and the shaft would have to come out to see what we had. At that point, not wanting the shaft removed, I suggested using the then new "T"handle with cable to pull the new sticky string material through the upper bearing block and replace the lower seal. As he had never heard of this, I suggested he ask some of the young mechanics who built hotrods about it.
A week later, I was called to pick up the car. The shop mgr explained the module was changed, the carb had been gone through by a mech who just returned from school in Dearborn, and the new bearing seal was done. As we talked, the car was driven up, and as I got in, reached for the key, he said, "Ah,Ah, It's running."
special ed
2nd Lieutenant
- 5,678
- May 13, 2018
The second company car having a problem was a 1979 Chrysler LeBaron. One day, returning late from a service call the car began to pull to the right. It was too dark when I got home to look underneath. The next morning, backing out, it pulled to the left, when shifting to go forward, it pulled right. I put on my old jacket over the necktie & white shirt and rolled under. Seeing nothing obvious, went straight to dealer. It was on the lift when I was told the "K" arm was bent and would have to be cut off and a new welded on. I went into the shop, against their protests, and said . "Show me this "K" arm." I was a hollow piece welded to the front out side of the frame. The old timer assigned began to give me the factory training. He whipped out a pencil and showed on the other side how there should be a pencil thickness clearance between the arm and the frame while to the passenger side it was showing clearance at top but tightened near the bottom. The mechanic said I had hit something big to bend it. I asked him to show me where in all the grease under there where any thing had hit anywhere. While he was ranting, I was looking over the steering and asked what this certain plate did that was loosely bolted to the frame. This plate looked very much like the thing for measuring your foot in the shoe store. He wasn't sure what it was called. I pointed out that it could be moved fore and aft and should be bolted down, and since the "K" arm was put out of speck at the factory and the car had been fine until this plate came loose, this was the problem. By now we had attracted a crowd of mechanics, and the man assigned said, "Well, I just don't know what to do." I said, "If it was me, I would move the plate back to the bare spot, bolt it down and send it to the front alignment man." The alignment man was in the crowd watching and said, "send it over to me." The fleet manager was only billed for a wheel alignment.
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Had an episode this evening wit drunken angry spouse. I finally contacted a lawyer this evening.
