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Re: Re: Re: FLAT RATE - is it fair ?
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Posted by loren on October 25, 2003 at 11:17:08 from (12.108.31.52):
In Reply to: Re: Re: FLAT RATE - is it fair ? posted by Allan on October 25, 2003 at 04:03:10:
I disagree with the "grey hair" part. When I started wrenching 19 years ago there was a fella working the next bay over that I'd of like to dug a whole and burried many a time. Stupid like you wouldn't believe. Went through a 4bbl on an old turbo'ed W-200 and the next morning when he went to finish the other work on it it wouldn't idle down. He found out the secondary butterflies were out of place holding the throttle open. $700 for a new turbo because of a $0.12 screw. Broke a manifold on a Jeep because of torquing it down before locating on the dowels. The list went on and on. It all depends on if the tech WANTS to do a good job. Pay, time, repremands, or nothing else will make someone do a good job, just desire.
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