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Originally Posted by krazy_texan
 Ok so because of my work schedule i decided just to take my truck to a shop and have the brakes finished. Well they did not do crap. they called me *****ing that the M/C was off of a different vehicle, and that the brake lines needed to be rerouted and that the brand new FR wheel cylinder was leaking. Then tells me he can replace the wheel cylinder that will cost $54 i told him i didnt know where he gets his parts but i can get it for $12 at oreilly's down the road so not to touch it then he tells me that he cannot even bleed the rear brakes even though they are plumbed to a different resevoir so it would not make a difference which i find bs being as that was the reason i put a dual resevoir M/C on the truck to begin with so that if i had issues with either the fronts or the rears that i would still have something. So i told him i would just come pick up the truck and do it myself when i am not sure. I have been wrenching for years mostly as hobby work on older vehicles and i know alot of what this guy was arguing with me about was BS. So i am just going to order a new wheel cylinder to be on the safe side then i am going to recheck my brake lines and work on the truck some more tommorow.
Just to ask one thing though I put a 1968 M/C on the truck and i am keeping all the drums should it matter what side runs to the front or the rear. The truck is a 65 1/2ton and the part is for a 1/2 ton |
. your asking someone to do something to a vehicle that you have altered. he is the responsible if he works on it and it goes for cowpoop afterwards. he may want to fix it properly so that it does not come back on and I don't blame him for that.
there is a difference in a m/cyls that are meant for drum/drum and for dis/drum. one has a extra valve in it that the other doesn't .
I worked in a gas station 50 years ago and my boss told never to patch anything as it will come back to haunt you. repair it so that it works properly and good
I do restoration and build furniture. people come and want you to patch things to get by. I tell that I will do it properly or that they can get someone else to do it. there are some who will bad mouth you for that attitude but that is better than having to fight them for a bill that they don't want to pay and there is some b/yarder who will always repair it the way that they want.
about the price of the w/c. you are more than likely were shoppping for the best price that you could(and made in china). bought it wholesale and expect him to sell it to wholesale also; but he has to make a living .. He may not be selling you a made in china w/c( which yours has deemed to have failed; take it back and they will give you another); but "made in America" for which you will have to pay more for and retail.
he can't do it for the price that you can do it for and guarantee his work .
which you will expect him to do
those are some of the things that you should consider before you badmouth them as they may have different standards then you. you more than likely said or asked that you wanted your brakes fixed so that they worked, right?
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