General vehicle thread

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Originally Posted by FoxtArt

Nasty looking. Ive always improvised with dough-style epoxy. To the point I always keep some in my vehicle/motorcycle b.o.b. had a good 12" split on the top of a radiator once...patched it with that, never did replace it, never leaked and lasted years. Also rippes out a drain plug on a motorcyle while 2up off road. Walked out, got oil, walked in and made a temporary plug out of the epoxy. Held until I could get it into a shop. The thought of trying to fix leaks by adding crap to the fluids is crazy though.

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get some rapid fix that shit will blow your mind tens times better than epoxy.

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This is what it takes to change it not a big deal for me only took 4 hours and it pays 8.5 hours.

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I think some folks are thinking WTF?

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Originally Posted by GilpinGuy

I think some folks are thinking WTF?

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Why? I have done it for over 30 years you could blind fold me and I could do it LOL. It go's both ways sometimes book time is bullshit and you cant even break even then other times you make bank its the nature of being a tech.

Been a long time since I worked flat rate.

I vaguely remember several jobs that paid well beyond the time it took to do the work. Evaporator cores in some of the E and S class Mercedes paid especially well even under warranty. There was an air blend actuator on certain Volvos that paid about eight hours under warranty but with some improvised tooling and a little patience I managed to knock those things out in about an hour.

Her boyfriend did her brake job it pulls bad and grinds. [ROFL1] Just when I think I have seen and heard it all somebody has to prove me wrong.

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Hey, we all have off days.

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Originally Posted by ray1970

Been a long time since I worked flat rate.

I vaguely remember several jobs that paid well beyond the time it took to do the work. Evaporator cores in some of the E and S class Mercedes paid especially well even under warranty. There was an air blend actuator on certain Volvos that paid about eight hours under warranty but with some improvised tooling and a little patience I managed to knock those things out in about an hour.

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Yeah I love injector cups on a 7.3l pays 18 hours because they say you have to pull the heads I made a special tool that allows me to do it in 4 hours and I don't pull the heads. Flat rate is about beating the book but the shity part is some techs dont give a shit about the quality of work they do. I never compromise my quality of work to beat the book. That is the problem with flat rate many techs dont give a shit its all about the pay check. I will lose my ass and do it rite before I beat the book.

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Originally Posted by HunterCO

I never compromise my quality of work to beat the book. That is the problem with flat rate many techs dont give a shit its all about the pay check. I will lose my ass and do it rite before I beat the book.

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That's really the way to do any (hands on) job, IMO.

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Originally Posted by Irving

That's really the way to do any (hands on) job, IMO.

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your right so how would you change the injector cups on a 7.3 or 6.0 with out pulling the heads? I already know the answer to the question Im asking your going to youtube and google not realizing its people like me that figured it out in the first place and now you think your smart.

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Originally Posted by HunterCO

your right so how would you change the injector cups on a 7.3 or 6.0 with out pulling the heads? I already know the answer to the question Im asking your going to youtube and google not realizing its people like me that figured it out in the first place and now you think your smart.

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I wasn't trying to be argumentative with my post. I edited it so you can be on the same page.