Re: Allen in NE - How about using some accurate f

Posted by Allan In NE on March 20, 2006 at 07:57:47 from (148.78.243.24):

In Reply to: Allen in NE - How about using some accurate facts posted by jdemaris on March 20, 2006 at 06:04:17:

Accurate sources?

Well, let's see. I first went to work for GM in Sept. of 1968. Walked out of the last dealership on January 1, 1999, the largest of which employed 84 techs and the smallest had roughly 30.

Simply didn’t have time to make it a habit reading the "scatter literature" lying about in the customer waiting room nor can I quote from memory the gossip ads of Popular Mechanics; however, I know (or, I should say, knew) those GM service manuals cover to cover.

I was kept occupied working on GM vehicles, among them the engine in question, but I did just by chance over the years happen to notice the different block webbing construction, the totally different valve train and the absolute different assemblage of parts ranging from the oil drain plug all the way up to the air cleaner nuts. Every part number in the “Y”, “R” and “N” series engine is different.

If you had been in contact with GM you would know that the fuel return line problem was corrected in the 1980 model and the crank was beefed. They did not have a pump problem nor did they have head gasket trouble, other than happenstance occurrences and they were finally discontinued in 1985.

The lawsuit was over GMs swapping the "Y" and the "R" gasoline engines between product lines and had nothing to do with their diesel engine.

As far as GM not having trained, qualified diesel techs, that really surprises me as I vividly recall hundreds of fellows setting thru week after week of classes in training centers located at Omaha, Minneapolis and Denver prior to the engine even being introduced.

I really don’t want to turn this into a pi$$ing match, but I can guarantee you that I’ve been in more of those engines than you’ve read about in your newspaper articles and can safely say that GM never, ever “contracted” with a farm machinery manufacturer to handle their warranty work. That idea is just plain asinine.

Must have been some kind of an arrangement between two local dealers in a small town.

Allan

Replies:

• Allan et. al. should double-check facts jdemaris 11:24:21 03/20/06 (3)
  • Re: Allan et. al. should double-check facts Allan In NE 12:57:33 03/20/06 (1)
    • Re: Allan et. al. should double-check facts jdemaris 17:49:56 03/20/06 (0)
  • Re: Allan et. al. should double-check facts Sloroll 11:45:09 03/20/06 (0)
• Re: Allen in NE - How about using some accurate f Sloroll 08:19:10 03/20/06 (1)
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