My .02 -
The mechanic should obviously try his best to make it
right, but you really do surrender a lot of leverage
when you bring your own parts in. As my good
friend/mechanic Owen Tamburr says, "If you bring your
own steak to a restaurant, don't blame them if it's
tough after they cook it."
--- RBHouston@aol.com wrote:
>
>
> Richard,
>
> I agree to a point. The mechanic was indeed
> tackling a pig in a poke with
> the used carbs BUT...he should still have completely
> checked his work with a
> test drive...made an accessment and then told Toby
> that the was:
>
> a. No way he would ever be able to tune them
> correctly
>
> b. The carbs needed additional work and that would
> cost about $XXX.
>
> c. That he was almost finished, and with just a few
> more adjustments would
> have them working properly.
>
> As a professional mechanic I think the owed Toby the
> benefit of his knowledge
> and best guess as to why the car was not running
> properly. By not doing so,
> many of us just surmised the did his job incompletly
> or poorly.
>
> Mechanics live and die by their reputation, and if
> it were me, I'd do
> everything possible to make every customer
> happy...especially if it entailed
> me fixing more things on their car and making more
> $$$$.
>
> Mi dos pesos...
>
> Robert
>
> In a message dated 04/14/2000 3:05:23 PM Pacific
> Daylight Time,
> mbelect@mindspring.com writes:
>
> << Since the mechanic installed used SU Carbies that
> the owner supplied (from
> ebay) and were never seen to run correctly on his
> engine, no-one really
> knows if the problem lies with the carbs or the
> installation... it sounds to
> me like the mechanic took great pains to tune the
> SU's as well as possible.
> If he made a mistake I think he should make it
> right, but if there's
> something wrong with the carbs, jetting, etc. then
> he's not responsible.
>
> Just my 2 cents,
> Richard >>
>
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