Mechanic talk

[1BROWNWRENCH]

You guys know that the old AIS still works for everything except parts reorder right?

Perhaps for now...I'm told it WILL be removed later.

 

[ducktape]

My hydro boost motor will continue to run after I turn my freightliner pkg car off. They replaced the whole assembly last night after several attempts to fix it. It's still doing it. Any ideas ?

 

[hondo]

My hydro boost motor will continue to run after I turn my freightliner pkg car off. They replaced the whole assembly last night after several attempts to fix it. It's still doing it. Any ideas ?

A stuck relay or relay control wire shorted or a (false) signal to a controller causing a command on?

 

[Alexcross774]

I understand you can get booted out if your supervisor is snooping your timecard during the workday.

Not true. They said that about the old AIS. I have been in the system on the weekends when no one was working, and it would kick me out saying that a user had logged in from another station... I think it just does that when it gets confused. So pretty much all the time. The new system will eventually be okay I think, but it is slow as hell, and the preset forms( warranty, breakdown, etc) suck big time. They should have the kinks worked out by peak 2022.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

My hydro boost motor will continue to run after I turn my freightliner pkg car off. They replaced the whole assembly last night after several attempts to fix it. It's still doing it. Any ideas ?

Bad relay or pedal switch.

 

[Alexcross774]

Anybody got parts left now that the inventory beancounters have run amok again?

We have parts, just 15% fewer. They got rid of all the stuff we really don't need. Like headlights, brake pads and shoes, marker lights, starters...

 

[rod]

We have parts, just 15% fewer. They got rid of all the stuff we really don't need. Like headlights, brake pads and shoes, marker lights, starters...

As long as they let you keep the brown touch-up paint and a stack of replacement mirrors.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

We have parts, just 15% fewer. They got rid of all the stuff we really don't need. Like headlights, brake pads and shoes, marker lights, starters...

Yeah, who needs that crap?

 

[iamupser]

They must have had ORION people put into automotive. They must have said how can we take a simple 1 step process of sending a part to another center and add 10 more steps and 20 minutes.

 

[Gear]

My hydro boost motor will continue to run after I turn my freightliner pkg car off. They replaced the whole assembly last night after several attempts to fix it. It's still doing it. Any ideas ?

Brake pedal that doesn't fully return. Pull the brake pedal up with your hand and see if it stops.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Anybody else in IAM get whacked yet again for another 35 cents? When will the pay rate stop going down instead of up?

 

[iamupser]

Anybody else in IAM get whacked yet again for another 35 cents? When will the pay rate stop going down instead of up?

AN HOUR? WHAT THE DEUCE?!?

I'm in the IAM but our pension is with UPS. So maybe that's why?

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Our pension is in the toilet and on mandated life support. Last time I was told this was for the medical. Wish the meetings on this could be had at night so it were possible to actually attend.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

At this rate we will be under 30 by next year.

 

[rod]

Anybody else in IAM get whacked yet again for another 35 cents? When will the pay rate stop going down instead of up?

so is this the union that supposedly pays $120,000 a year for a pension?

 

[ducktape]

Brake pedal that doesn't fully return. Pull the brake pedal up with your hand and see if it stops.

Thanks, it was the brake light switch.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

so is this the union that supposedly pays $120,000 a year for a pension?

Not even close.

 

[iamupser]

Our pension is in the toilet and on mandated life support. Last time I was told this was for the medical. Wish the meetings on this could be had at night so it were possible to actually attend.

For Teamcare?

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Not sure it's known as Teamcare. I was informed that this latest one was another scheduled confiscation to pay the medical plan.

 

[Gear]

Anybody else in IAM get whacked yet again for another 35 cents? When will the pay rate stop going down instead of up?

No. Same company, different location, different rules and different everything. Its crazy how different we can be .