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coronamark2 Forums Junkie Location: Perth Registered: May 2003	dodgy fkrs :( Tue, 02 March 2004 06:35 Well as some of you know I'e been getting / got a drop tank on the corona i went to this PLACE and got a quote for $1300 for: 1.Build/Fit Custom drop tank 2.new fuel sender unit / fuel gauge 3.Build / fit custom overflow bottles i rang around half of Perth trying to find a place that does it i found one place that said for there drop tanks (made from templates that bolt strait into commode's/falcons) it was $2000 but they dont make custom tanks so i eventually found the above place which said yep we'll engineer it (gets stamped and comes with a certificate) i went there and dropped it off and per our phone conversation he said he would need $300 to buy some of the materials i said fair enough and dropped the car off with the $300 so 2 weeks later i went to pick my car up physically the tank looked good but the first thing i noticed were the welds it looked he'd used a trowel to weld it up (chunky fkn welds) the overflow bottles looked good and the fuel gauge had been mounted on a metal plate which also looked good. so as im not a welder and didn't know if it was how they normally looked so i payed him and drove it home my dad had a look and said them welds are sh!t, then my brother works at an exhaust place said there all right but they could have been rubbed back or smoothed. Anyway 2 days later i had a look at the tank and saw a liquid type substance on the back rubbed with my fingers had a sniff and it was fuel, there were 2 pin hole leaks so i rang him and still not losing my temper said its leaking what are you going to do he said bring it in and I'll fix it. before i brought it in i got my exhaust fixed while it was up on the hoist they noticed that the straps that hold the tank on weren't put on there all that well and you could move the tank if you got a good hold of it, so the head exhaust guy had a look and said that the welds could be better but it was tig welded and its hard to get smooth but he said its very dodgy that it leaked as well as the fuel lines that went from the tank to the metal fuel lines where just flapping around so my brother said tell him to make a bracket up or something to stop them from going near the exhaust so i brought it back told him all of that and he said yep no worries I'll fix it so he rang me up that day and said its fixed come and pick it up so i did and once again i noticed the weld that he'd patched up the old weld look fkn shocking so i said cant you get it smooth its a bit of an eye sore so he buffed it back, he'd fixed the straps and made a bracket up so i go to get my car tuned today dropped it off this morning i went there at lunch and he said she's running sweet it hammers so he said lets go for a drive so we left and he smoke it up out of the car park im thinking that's a good sign its got heaps more pull then he changed to second and revved the tits off it but then it started to miss hes like WTF it was running sweet this morning so we went back he popped the hood and adjusted something on the carbie then he's gone i don't fkn believe it took the fuel filter out and its half full of water he said mate you've got water in your fuel tank his exact words "that's fkn dodgy" the guys a good bloke so he said I'll take the tank out flush it flush your fuel lines and your fuel pump and then it should be sweet. so back to the title what can i do to f$ck this guy over here my thoughts a.consumer affairs b.enginers ombudsman (they can take away his licence) c. legal action I realise I cant get my money back but I want to make sure this dodgy fkr is out of business or at least cant make fuel tanks for any other unsuspecting people. thoughts/suggestions I'll wait before I ring and abuse him about having water in the tank because this could've blown my engine up [Updated on: Tue, 02 March 2004 07:06] [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	dodgy fkrs :(	coronamark2	Tue, 02 March 2004 06:35
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	coronamark2	Tue, 02 March 2004 09:04
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	ed_ma61	Tue, 02 March 2004 09:39
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	Cool1	Tue, 02 March 2004 10:09
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	coronamark2	Tue, 02 March 2004 11:22
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	JDM hachi	Tue, 02 March 2004 11:42
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	Jayem	Tue, 02 March 2004 15:07
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	gianttomato	Tue, 02 March 2004 20:22
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	coronamark2	Wed, 03 March 2004 00:50
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	Mr DOHC	Wed, 03 March 2004 08:49
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	coronamark2	Wed, 03 March 2004 09:01
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	jackel	Wed, 03 March 2004 12:35
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	Jag7799	Wed, 03 March 2004 08:53
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	SIMDOG	Wed, 03 March 2004 13:26
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	Jayem	Wed, 03 March 2004 14:02
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	CrUZsida	Wed, 03 March 2004 13:59
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	SetMeFree	Wed, 03 March 2004 14:33
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	coronamark2	Thu, 04 March 2004 00:55
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	SetMeFree	Thu, 04 March 2004 04:11
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	Grinder	Thu, 04 March 2004 05:59
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	Mr DOHC	Thu, 04 March 2004 09:53
	Re: dodgy fkrs :(	coronamark2	Fri, 05 March 2004 00:46

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