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March 2004
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Mechanic screwed me... what to do!???
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Sun, 29 August 2004 01:22
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I am soooo fucking livid today it's not funny.
About two months ago i took my RA40 to a mechanic because sometimes when i drove it'd start "fluttering" (for want of a better term) and going at 10kph, 2000rpm, foot to the floor. First thing they replaced some gaskets and sent the head off for reconditioning. Head comes back and one of the mechanics fucking puts the cams in upside down and bends all the valves. So it goes back for reconditioning again. It'd been a month at this stage. I was so pissed at how long they were taking, he gave me his Skyline to drive in the mean time (only good part of the story).
Over the next month he was looking for people to tune the Solexes. Apparently he went to four or five carbie experts and noone knew how to do it. Finally goes to this guy in Cannon Hill who is apparently a Holley & Mikuni pro. Fucking $700 to rebuild the things. Anyway, long story short. I get my car back yesterday, after having spent WELL over a grand on "fixing" it... All my tools are missing out of the car (spanners, wrench, spark plug thing, 18RG tech manual, Haynes guide)... Drive home and it seems alright... An hour later i go out there to get some chips and stuff (we were going to go out to WWE last night) AND IT FUCKING DOESN'T START. Exactly the same problem as what i originally took it in for. Engine kicks over but give it gas and nothing happens, or it'll putter along at 10kph but as soon as you take your foot off the gas it stalls and you can't start it again.
I mean what the fuck? I am so angry. Two months waiting for this car and had to pay nearly a month's salary to fix it and it's still not done!? And now on Monday i need to be at work but now instead i need to get this car fixed? Do i get it towed back to the original mechanic? Do i just cut my losses and try to find someone in Brisbane who actually knows what the hell they're doing? Either way i lose time and money and i don't have either of that right now. My weekend was totally fucked up because of this, and now my whole week of work coming up is going to be fucked too. I swear i was almost in tears yesterday it was shitting me so much. What the hell do i do???
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amwtoy | Sun, 29 August 2004 01:22 |
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fade-e | Sun, 29 August 2004 02:32 |
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chrisellis | Sun, 29 August 2004 10:02 |
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dimmy77_03 | Sun, 29 August 2004 10:15 |
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thechuckster | Sun, 29 August 2004 11:29 |
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amwtoy | Sun, 29 August 2004 13:21 |
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Alchemist | Sun, 29 August 2004 13:33 |
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rthy | Sun, 29 August 2004 13:39 |
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kingmick | Mon, 30 August 2004 10:10 |
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amwtoy | Wed, 01 September 2004 09:03 |
