SO SICK OF MY MECHANIC!!

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15-10-2003, 02:34 PM
Rufes1

:evil: Well I was getting my mechanic to change over the gearbox for me in my 89 civic. And I call him up a week later (today) and he tells me its ready but the spedo doesnt work. Im like wtf and he says somethin musta gone wrong when he was putting the speedo thinging back in the gearbox.

Now he says he spent 2 hours trying to fix it and tells me he wont be able to look at it again till next week. So I am going to pick my car off him and he has charged me an extra 100 for labour for this.

The speedo was working fine when I dropped it in, shouldnt it be his responsibility not mine to fix something he didnt do right? I shouldnt have to pay for it.

Arggg I think I will just change mechanics :evil:

Where exactly is the speed meter in the gearbox? is it inside the actual gearbox? I.e could it be a problem with the second hand gearbox I got?

Thanks!

Edit:: Car is 89' civic manual hatch
15-10-2003, 02:54 PM
toE

u shouldn't have to pay for his mistakes! that's just so wrong.

you oughta argue with him about this and see dat he doesn't con others as well.
15-10-2003, 02:56 PM
Xsi

If it's like mine there should be a VSS which plugs into the box, you have to be careful with it so as not to damage or bend the cable. If he has damaged it he has to fix it.
15-10-2003, 03:12 PM
wynode

Tell him to fix it. Otherwise say you are going to take it to another mecahnic who CAN fix it and you agoing to get him to pay for it. If he agrees to this, get it in writing and take it to Hanny's in Smithfield.

You shouldn't have to pay for his mistakes.
15-10-2003, 03:22 PM
fueltank

tell him if it's not fixed then you'll call the MTA. :)

edit: that's if he is a member of the MTA...or call departmend of fairtrading for advice.
15-10-2003, 03:33 PM
Rufes1

Its hard cause he is our family mechanic and has been for over 15 years. Its unlike him to screw me around, he is usually quite good. But I dunno, I am taking it back to him after the hsc for him to fix and if he tries to charge me ill rip his balls off
15-10-2003, 04:33 PM
toE

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Originally Posted by Rufes1

.....ill rip his balls off

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15-10-2003, 04:49 PM
Rufes1

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Originally Posted by toE

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Originally Posted by Rufes1

.....ill rip his balls off

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Hhahah. And I gave him a short shifter to put in. Just noticed he didnt and didnt ****in give it back to me either..
15-10-2003, 04:52 PM
toE

man, family mechanic or not...i'd sussed him out...aheh...but den again..i'm not in ur position...so good luck dude.
15-10-2003, 07:06 PM
Calvo

lol nice family mechanic... :P
15-10-2003, 07:21 PM
joneblaze

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Originally Posted by wynode

Tell him to fix it. Otherwise say you are going to take it to another mecahnic who CAN fix it and you agoing to get him to pay for it. If he agrees to this, get it in writing and take it to Hanny's in Smithfield.

You shouldn't have to pay for his mistakes.

*fake sigh* <faget lil fukn whingy voice...> "fark man, why do u have recommend Hannys AGAIN? why do u ALL think Hannys is God??? its better to DIY urself Rufes..ill come over n help u and collectively we can completely fuk up ur car..."
15-10-2003, 07:44 PM
AP1 F20c

And what's exactly wrong or should I say so bad about Hannys? If it's good enough for the highly priced Hondas, it's good enough for the rest, that's how I see it. :roll:
15-10-2003, 07:50 PM
joneblaze

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Originally Posted by AP1 F20c

And what's exactly wrong or should I say so bad about Hannys? If it's good enough for the highly priced Hondas, it's good enough for the rest, that's how I see it. :roll:

huh?
15-10-2003, 08:09 PM
AP1 F20c

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Originally Posted by joneblaze

huh?

What part of my last post don't you understand, son?
15-10-2003, 09:00 PM
joneblaze

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Originally Posted by AP1 F20c

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huh?

What part of my last post don't you understand, son?

i was trying to ascertain whether you had understood the sarcasm in my previous post. i wasn't bagging Hanny's, i was referring to a private joke among a few others here. and dont call me "son". you don't know me and i don't appreciate it. show some respect or keep your mouth shut. its meant to be all friendly around here. we dont need know-it-all smartarses.
i dont care how nice your car is or how much Honda knowledge you possess if you're going to keep your fukd attitude.

jon
15-10-2003, 09:09 PM
Rowie

c'mon boys, you know you 2 are made for each other :lol: (joking btw :D )

Yeh, 1 week to fit a gearbox. I dropped my car off to honbits on sunday, and picked the car up on tuesday with a new engine, 1 week just for a gearbox sounds like you should probably find someone that knows hondas a little better :wink:
15-10-2003, 09:10 PM
Setanta

Hanny's

'nuff said :P:P:P:P

BTW - it's a cable speedo and all they had to do was hook up the cable as the box should have had the speedo gearset already in it - that or they just had to swap it in out of the old box.

Bottom line: your mech sucks ass and you should have got Robbie to do it :P
15-10-2003, 09:36 PM
Rufes1

heheh hannys plug again. Yeh he said he spent 2 hours trying to fix the gear set and he then said he thinks its not the actual gear set.

Meh he is really annoying me.
16-10-2003, 07:36 PM
one more chance

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Originally Posted by joneblaze

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Originally Posted by AP1 F20c

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Originally Posted by joneblaze

huh?

What part of my last post don't you understand, son?

i was trying to ascertain whether you had understood the sarcasm in my previous post. i wasn't bagging Hanny's, i was referring to a private joke among a few others here. and dont call me "son". you don't know me and i don't appreciate it. show some respect or keep your mouth shut. its meant to be all friendly around here. we dont need know-it-all smartarses.
i dont care how nice your car is or how much Honda knowledge you possess if you're going to keep your fukd attitude.

jon

haha...well said!!!!!
just becareful that you don't give your own personal opinion too much as he doesn't seem to like it when people vent their opinions, especially those that do not concur with his!!! he is superior to us, us mere mortals need to keep our uneducated and inferior scrutineerings to ourselves! :roll:
16-10-2003, 08:38 PM
civicboy

stuff your mechanic...he dnt know shit
mang go to good performance centre in yennora! pro honda mechanic moite :!: :wink: they do engine conversion too
19-10-2003, 10:31 PM
luzinit

:shock: mm yeh, doesn't sound too professional, fuqin up n makin u pay for it... best to be straight up about it n ask him wots the deal for making u pay etc etc, n let it go from there~~