They should all be strung up!
No, I am not talking about our elected representatives. I will reserve that for another thread. I am speaking of mechanics.
I am a mechanic. I learned on cars, bikes, equipment. If it had moving parts or was in any way electrical I would tear into it to learn a thing or two. I started teaching myself mechanics when I realized that I had been cheated by one at the tender age of twenty three. twenty one years later, I now own my own food service equipment repair business.
Back to the reason for this thread. My wife took a trip to her sisters house in Berkeley with all the kids in tow. she hears a squeal in her engine compartment. She calls me and I tell her it sounds like a slipping belt and that she should have a mechanic inspect the belts and take care of whatever the problem is. She calls me the next day and says all the belts need to be changed, the brake pads are bad. the water pump needs changing. At this point I am mildly suspicious so I call the mechanic and ask some questions. I tell him to change the belts and water pump but dont touch the brakes as I'll take care of those when she gets back ( I changed them last year. something is not kosher here ).
Next day the mechanic calls me and says, " It looks like the timing tensioner seal has some damage and while were at it maybe you should change the timing belt and install a new tensionor?" I say "do it!" After all the last thing I want is for my wife to break down in the middle of nowhere. I am forced to trust a man I have never met. I never like that.
she gets home a week ago. Today. I check out her brakes wondering to myself the whole time "why would he even need to remove the tires to change a water pump?" All the brakes show more than half their life left, and further more, there were cobwebs on the lugnuts which tells me he never even inspected the brakes. I now wonder if the water pump was even needed.
Wheres the gallows smilie when you need one damn it?
