BlackRain
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- Joined
- March 3, 2008
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- City, State
- Belleville Ontario
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1994 Explorer XL
Ok.. I just had to have my sending unit replaced due to a leak. So I bring my explorer to Canadian tire for a simple change of the sending unit. Once I get my vehicle in the shop they tell me how much the sending unit is.. Well I think it's a tad over priced so I take a second look. They are trying to sell me one with the fuel pump on it. So using the obvious I say," if it was a bad fuel pump would it be pissing fuel out of the top that fast?" The guy says well... I guess not.. so I tell him to get me one without the fuel pump saving me 85.00 bucks extra.
The mechanic pulls the tank and then says I need a new tank, fuel lines, gas tank straps and rear brake line. All for the low low price of an extra 650.00 bucks, so I start to laugh.. head out to the shop to take a look and see for myself. I ended up removing the sending unit myself after cleaning the rust and scaling, guess what... I didn't need a new tank.. the sending unit clamps were fine and held the new sending unit in nice and tight. The fuel line which the mechanic had already cut didn't need to be replaced either... I was able to get the rusted piece of the sending unit out of it. But now it's trashed anyway so it has to be done since he cut it already.
I checked the brake line and state the obvious... it's winter, it's wet, there was fuel all over it... and there is no sign of leakage when I press the brake pedal.. so why does it need to be replaced? Ohhhh because you see its wet... well duhhh it's winter. So no new brake line there... as it's fine.. thus saving me more money. So on to the tank straps... well one is fine and the other is just barely together as it's broke in one spot.. but yet they want to replace both. So I see the obvious... just use the off the shelf universal strapping which is cheaper... well no go there as the tank strap is slotted on one end.
So I come up with the solution... clean a spot on the strap and then weld the cheaper replacement strap onto the original tank strap to fix and reinforce it. The mechanic looked at me like I was nuts so I grabbed the welder and did it myself... took a whoppin 3 min. guess what.. good as new. Total cost 11.00 for the straps and welding supplies as they put it... no charge for labour as I made it myself..lol. I got charged an extra 35.00 for the new fuel line in parts and 35.00 in labour on it. The guy wanted to charge me a full hour to make it after I watched him do it in 10 min. .
So I went off on the service guy.. letting him know I didn't just fall off the turnip truck.. end result was half the labour plus parts cost.. which could have been done cheaper and faster with fuel hose and 4 clamps but he had to make it with the plastic line and special fuel fitting connection. My bill for all of this came out to 233.00, but had I have not been there to watch them like a hawk it would have been 883.00. So as you can see it pays to watch these people and question things... don't just accept what they say as gospel.
Cheers,
BlackRain.
The mechanic pulls the tank and then says I need a new tank, fuel lines, gas tank straps and rear brake line. All for the low low price of an extra 650.00 bucks, so I start to laugh.. head out to the shop to take a look and see for myself. I ended up removing the sending unit myself after cleaning the rust and scaling, guess what... I didn't need a new tank.. the sending unit clamps were fine and held the new sending unit in nice and tight. The fuel line which the mechanic had already cut didn't need to be replaced either... I was able to get the rusted piece of the sending unit out of it. But now it's trashed anyway so it has to be done since he cut it already.
I checked the brake line and state the obvious... it's winter, it's wet, there was fuel all over it... and there is no sign of leakage when I press the brake pedal.. so why does it need to be replaced? Ohhhh because you see its wet... well duhhh it's winter. So no new brake line there... as it's fine.. thus saving me more money. So on to the tank straps... well one is fine and the other is just barely together as it's broke in one spot.. but yet they want to replace both. So I see the obvious... just use the off the shelf universal strapping which is cheaper... well no go there as the tank strap is slotted on one end.
So I come up with the solution... clean a spot on the strap and then weld the cheaper replacement strap onto the original tank strap to fix and reinforce it. The mechanic looked at me like I was nuts so I grabbed the welder and did it myself... took a whoppin 3 min. guess what.. good as new. Total cost 11.00 for the straps and welding supplies as they put it... no charge for labour as I made it myself..lol. I got charged an extra 35.00 for the new fuel line in parts and 35.00 in labour on it. The guy wanted to charge me a full hour to make it after I watched him do it in 10 min. .
So I went off on the service guy.. letting him know I didn't just fall off the turnip truck.. end result was half the labour plus parts cost.. which could have been done cheaper and faster with fuel hose and 4 clamps but he had to make it with the plastic line and special fuel fitting connection. My bill for all of this came out to 233.00, but had I have not been there to watch them like a hawk it would have been 883.00. So as you can see it pays to watch these people and question things... don't just accept what they say as gospel.
Cheers,
BlackRain.
my god ....these people sound like "rick pruitt goodyear" (local goodyear shop near me) these dip-sh-t's have ripped us off greatlly before,not only did they install wrong parts but they lied about the odometer reading for the warranty matters.
