Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 23:40:01 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes57@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes57@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Subject: Re: Mechanics just dont listen!!!!!
Is it possible that Mike's van does not have the differential lock? Makes a
world of difference changing the starter.
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Gardner <CanineWolf@AOL.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 1:26 PM
Subject: Mechanics just dont listen!!!!!
>Hi all,
>
>Well today I went to Hendrix VW in Middletown CT and had a very bad
>experience. I had told the guy that I had an 87 VW Vanagon Syncro...I
>specifically told him it was a syncro just like Mike Jones which he has
worked
>on. He said he understood and when I asked him to do the starter he quoted
me
>a price of 50 bucks well I questioned that with are you sure your talking
>about the syncro? You do realize some people say that you have to lower
the
>tranny to get the starter out. He said yes and so I made an appointment
for
>today. Well after driver an hour to get there and waiting around for an
hour
>and a half waiting for him to have time to put it on the lift he starts
>working on it and has the stupidity to say to me ...."I did not realize
this
>was a syncro" I told him that I specifically said it was on the phone..and
>then said that he's worked on Mike Jones and mine is the same. Then he
tried
>to tell me that Mikes Starter is set up differently.....I dont believe that
VW
>changed the placeing of the starter on the 89 syncro did they?
>
>It is just getting to me that mechanics can just quote you a price and then
>tell you they can do the job and then totally revoke everything they said
and
>tell you that you were wrong!! If a mechanic does not know anything about
a
>syncro why dont they just tell you instead of lyeing to you and playing
guess
>work.....I could play guess work myself but I wanted a professional to do
it.
>
>Thank you for listening to me and I hope no one else has experiences like
this
>because I left there without my new starter because he didnt have enough
time
>today. Anyone know any shops around the CT and Mass area that have done
>starters on Syncro's. Thank you .
>
>Tim G
>87 gl syncro(166k)
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