This won't help anyone but Nory and no else can appreciate this.
There is a place on Sheridan and Getzville called Fruehofs that has'n sold
gas since it was 30 cents a gallon. The shop is so cluttered that the two
old brothers work outside on cars in the winter.They will change 8 tires
and bubble balance them for $12 dollars. The place reminds me of the Midas
commercial where the guy waits a week to get his car back from some
country garage only to be told that the owner has his best men on the job.
When the owner leaves town in a bus he see's a crew of low life mechanics
sitting on his car. Drive by the place it 's like going back in time.
...Art
On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Nory wrote:
> So basically, Tom, a bubble balancer was not as accurate, right? (see I
> understood some of it)
>
> I may be dating myself here, but I didn't know it wasn't done that way
> anymore. In these days of insurance/liability problems, a lot of shops
> don't let customers in the work areas anymore, so I haven't gotten a
> good look at the modern version of the wheel balancer. OTOH, I saw it
> done at least 20 years ago (on a bubble balancer) and never had a reason
> to actually watch it again.
>
> So, do any of the major chains (Firestone, Broad Elm, etc.) have the
> knowledge/experience/capability to balance wires (by virtue of the
> volume of work they do), or must we search for a little shop run by some
> ancient dude with hair growing out of his ears?
>
> -NORY
> Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the
> ONLY problem.
>
> '74 Midget & '71 parts car
> '94 Ford Ranger
> '86 Ford Escort
> '89 Ford Probe
> '96 North American Shepherd
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9101
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