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Finding a $20 fix after getting a $1300 estimate is why you see so many supporter badges next to peoples names here. Spending $20 a year for this website can easily pay for itself with the info available.
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Yeah, I made sure to let her in on the fun, she understands that I LOVE my truck, oh, and BTW, on my way home from the dang International service center, a little assed Toyota Celica, "Fast and Furious" wannabe revved up his rice burner and got smoked by the oil leaking big assed diesel...hehehe...damn that felt good, and he LITERALLY got SMOKED....hehehe. Right now I'm a freebie, newbie, but that will change, Clay saved me more freaking money today than a lifetime membership would cost, so duh huh, will be a supporter soon
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Has anyone ever gone back to these "mechanics" that state a whole assembly needs replacing when in fact a guy can do it with some small repair kit, and showed them what they did to fix it?
What was the reaction(s)???
While the easy answer is that they just want to sell parts, I'll bet there are a few mechs out there that for whatever reason, are just plain unaware of these alternatives.
Returning to them with the easier "real" fix might, might, lead them to perform this fix in the future and save someone else a ton of dough.
It sure can't hurt to return to them, at least to get their reactions and you might be able to gauge from the reactions whether or not, you'd like them to perform any future work on your truck
What was the reaction(s)???
While the easy answer is that they just want to sell parts, I'll bet there are a few mechs out there that for whatever reason, are just plain unaware of these alternatives.
Returning to them with the easier "real" fix might, might, lead them to perform this fix in the future and save someone else a ton of dough.
It sure can't hurt to return to them, at least to get their reactions and you might be able to gauge from the reactions whether or not, you'd like them to perform any future work on your truck
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Has anyone ever gone back to these "mechanics" that state a whole assembly needs replacing when in fact a guy can do it with some small repair kit, and showed them what they did to fix it?
What was the reaction(s)???
While the easy answer is that they just want to sell parts, I'll bet there are a few mechs out there that for whatever reason, are just plain unaware of these alternatives.
Returning to them with the easier "real" fix might, might, lead them to perform this fix in the future and save someone else a ton of dough.
It sure can't hurt to return to them, at least to get their reactions and you might be able to gauge from the reactions whether or not, you'd like them to perform any future work on your truck
What was the reaction(s)???
While the easy answer is that they just want to sell parts, I'll bet there are a few mechs out there that for whatever reason, are just plain unaware of these alternatives.
Returning to them with the easier "real" fix might, might, lead them to perform this fix in the future and save someone else a ton of dough.
It sure can't hurt to return to them, at least to get their reactions and you might be able to gauge from the reactions whether or not, you'd like them to perform any future work on your truck
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I have a friend that's a NASA mechanical engineer who asked me "Why would that particular plug be deemed [non-serviceable]?" After a lengthy conversation with him, we came to the understanding that the other plug and the 2 hi pressure lines are all accesible without removing the entire HPOP assembly, but to replace the o-ring on the "non-serviceable" plug, the HPOP must be removed. Therefore, it just makes better business sense to remove and replace the HPOP, rather than remove, make the repairs, and then reinstall the old one. The "Chilton" manual allows 5.5 hours to R & R the HPOP, but the mechanics are paid better just to get the old one out, stuff in the new one, take their quick 5.5 hrs, and send you down the road, then perform the HPOP o-ring replacement, and put your old HPOP on e-bay and make some more loot from you...I hope that makes sense to everyone, cause it took me a few...hahaha
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