[Shop-talk] Wholesale Auto Parts

[Wayne]

Steven Trovato wrote:
> I think you give this guy too much credit.  He probably would have over 
> tightened the belt anyway.  Sometimes it seems that malicious intent is 
> the only logical explanation, but don't underestimate plain old 
> incompetence!

No, I wish, but I'm quire sure it was intentional.  The guy had a BIG bad attitude towards me.  Not sure what set it off, but I wish I'd just taken the car somewhere else.  Maybe he didn't like "dang furuhn' cars" or resented the fact I was a kid working a shirt & tie job (slinging computer code for a huge $12/hr) or he was just that ticked I suggested screwing him out of $1 profit on that belt.

Best I can figure from google maps, it was on Henry or Jefferson Ave in Middletown, Oh.

There's slightly overtightened, but this way way beyond.  Even after the water pump's bearings turned to dust, and the shaft was sticking out at a few degrees relieving some tension, the belt was still stretched like a rubber band.  They had to have one guy with a massive pry bar leaning on it while another tightened the bolts.

  -Wayne