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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 491885" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>The mechanics at my building are all great, they struggle with a lot of the same corporate penny-pinching BS as we do, in terms of being overworked and having to fight to get an adequate supply of spare parts.</p><p> </p><p>They like me because I have avoided several road calls by either repairing the vehicle myself, or getting unstuck with the help of a customer.</p><p> </p><p>I had my flashers and turn signals go out one day, there is a flasher unit that plugs into the fuse box and it started going bad. I kept tapping it with my finger to unstick it, but eventually it quit for good. So instead of a road call or a tow bill, I spent $10 of my own money at an auto-parts store and replaced it myself (of course I got reimbursed the next day). </p><p> </p><p>Another time my brake lights malfunctioned and stayed on all the time, causing the brake alarm on the dash to light up and beep incessantly. The culprit was a little switch that mounts on top of the brake lever arm and opens when you press the pedal, causing the light to energize; It had stuck in the "open" position so I jury-rigged it by duct-taping a couple of quarters to the pedal arm in order to force the plunger on the switch to open and close normally. That little bit of improvisation saved the shop about $200 on a tow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 491885, member: 14668"] The mechanics at my building are all great, they struggle with a lot of the same corporate penny-pinching BS as we do, in terms of being overworked and having to fight to get an adequate supply of spare parts. They like me because I have avoided several road calls by either repairing the vehicle myself, or getting unstuck with the help of a customer. I had my flashers and turn signals go out one day, there is a flasher unit that plugs into the fuse box and it started going bad. I kept tapping it with my finger to unstick it, but eventually it quit for good. So instead of a road call or a tow bill, I spent $10 of my own money at an auto-parts store and replaced it myself (of course I got reimbursed the next day). Another time my brake lights malfunctioned and stayed on all the time, causing the brake alarm on the dash to light up and beep incessantly. The culprit was a little switch that mounts on top of the brake lever arm and opens when you press the pedal, causing the light to energize; It had stuck in the "open" position so I jury-rigged it by duct-taping a couple of quarters to the pedal arm in order to force the plunger on the switch to open and close normally. That little bit of improvisation saved the shop about $200 on a tow. [/QUOTE]
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