Re: I never thought I would see the day...

Posted by Hobo,NC on May 07, 2017 at 06:08:50 from (75.136.231.157):

In Reply to: I never thought I would see the day... posted by Dave H (MI) on May 05, 2017 at 11:07:00:

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Old are new does not matter diagnostic charge is the same...

What folks do not understand it takes a top gun to run down those gremlins the top gun cost the shop more in wages. If a top gun turns 40 hr. a week doing the heavy diagnostics a R&R tech can turn 60 just replacing parts... I will ask all What end of the scale would you like to be on.

If a top gun can turn 40 a week doing heavy diagnostic work he is the man most will be lucky to turn 30. How many would be happy working your arse off putting out 10's of thousands in diagnostic equipment putting in 50/60 hr a week jut to collect for 30HR just to try to earn a decent wadge. Then the next week one of those gremlins returns to your door to eat at you some more. Old are New gremlins some just like to make your shop a resort...

A guy just make a good post on facebook, a 2011 chebby cruse 3 alternators had been installed at $500 a piece just for the alt. It took him 2/3 hr to track down a bad ground. He got a modest wadge out of it and the satisfaction he won the R&R tech got labor for replacing 3 alternators.

One I ran across this week a 99 Chrysler 325K on the clock. The owner had installed a water pump himself shortly after the check engine light comes on PO340 (cam sensor). He had thrown a bucket full of cam sensors at it, He removed the timing covers to find it was not out of time. The problem is its missing the 5V reference on the cam signal wire the puter has taken a dump... Just luck of the draw I guess you would try and link it to replacing the cam belt driven water pump are aftermarket parts. I will admit I am 2 hr. into this thang the answer was right there under my nose I did not perform a complete circuit test. To compound matters Alldata did not list the correct wiring at the puter I had to go to another source to locate it then search hard for a connector view hidden deep in the information.

I am going to charge 2hr for my time and my sharp looking red head a 10K scanner gets 1 hr. I have to get 1hr for her, her grocery bill is $115 a month... She is hooked on updates from snap-on its a bad habit its my fraught it does keep her looking sharp I should have never forced it on her but I like for her to look good... She knows at any-given time I will trade her in on a newer younger faster gal. :D

All this makes me want to get a job driving a truck at least the miles I put behind me I can pocket the money. Are as they say every turn of the wheels gets me closer to home... A mechanic spends alot of time spinning his wheels he gets no were home does not come to him he has to search for it...

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