Re: Worst rebuild?
Posted: 29 Mar 2014, 12:02
Ford
haha didnt know that one
whats it mean anyway?
haha didnt know that one
whats it mean anyway?
it seems some professionals are prepared to cut corners for cost,
some of this is plain bodging but some is reuse of old parts, what can be reused is the question
even if you give the owner the options they are not knoledgeable enough to make the call, this is a win win for the garage as if it fails they can say we gave you the option and so wont do anything about it, they know if they quoted to do the job right they wouldnt get the work.
Simon Baxter wrote:Trouble is, everything for them is expensive.
We do them here, head seals that is but if it is anything more than head seals then I think it's better value just to put an engine in.
We have to guarantee our work, we can't do that with second hand parts so we use new parts.
If you need a head, a barrel or a piston and the labour then it's just not worth it.
Customers book them in, we tell them about the head studs and the cost of spares and advise them they may need an engine.
We then strip it, if we can fix it we will, if we can't or the total of the parts is too much we simply get the customer to buy a engine and get it delivered to us.
I've wasted too many hours fixing problems with "recon" engines and lost out big style we simply don't supply them anymore, we get the customer to find a supplier they are happy with, keeps us out of the picture then and we don't feel bad when the "new" engine doesn't work as it should [as usually what happens]
The amount you get for labour from these engine companies for doing warranty work for their mess up is pitiful, and we loose out doing other paying work because of it.