I understand your gripe. I'm sick of taking my van to classic car specialist only to learn after they have helped themselves to hard-to-get-hold-of parts from my van. Happened twice now. I'll just fix it myself from now on. Well, @ 1973daisey will anyway. I'll just watch and learn for now.
Ive had a job offer tonight from a family run garage Im tempted to take it They are sick to death of young or foreign mechanics
God preserve us from the "specialist". I don't think you're going to get anywhere with this one, mate. Just take it on the chin and never go there again.
If you specialise your specialist vehicle with a sandwich plate and cooler, then it's really down to you to either provide, or point out in advance that you need a shorter filter? Did your brakes already pull to one side and did you ask them specifically to fix this? Or as you say just ask them to "check your brakes over". I get customers who say somethng like "I'm going to France and I don't want to break down, can you check over everything to ensure this doesn't happen". Where do you start? It's 40 years old. New engine, new gearbox, new brakes... the customer is saying that after his/her visit if they break down in France it's going to be my fault, so to avoid it being my fault you'll need that new engine, gearbox, brakes... But that's not really what they expect!
long filter short filter what odds if it is either as long as it fits , whats to say the long one was on before your short one was fitted , brakes pulling to one side can be sticking caliper or wheel cyclinder , new pads fitted to one side only or shoes , or badly adjusted shoes etc , how do u no the nuts where nt lose before u went in, did u check them . i no there are bad mechanics welders etc out there , but u can t tar them all with the one brush . owen nw
