red4dr

firestorm, your the kind of guy who will throw your sandwich at the poor girl behind the counter at subway if you have one onion on it and you didnt want onions arent you?

freegdr

Knoby wrenchs on my stuff but me.....

Firestorm500

I've been in food service. I firmly believe that everyone should in their lifetime, if only for a little while, to see what food service workers have to go through.

I wouldn't throw it. However, I would ask for a redo if my order was not prepared they way I asked it to be.

That's my right as a customer.

How would you like it if you had paid someone $500 plus parts plus food, and your Jeep was not fixed. Not only that, it could be dangerous to drive. And you can't run the guy down for a redo or refund?

muskrat

Did the guy have a business card ?

Did you get his license plate?
Did you pay cash?

l3uddha

that's a steal. he must have needed some cash fast.

Lowrange2

It certainly appears that way.

I agree.

The initial price was extremely fair. I would have charge the same, if not more, for the same work. (Assuming the work is finished correctly.)

Though, I wouldn't have attempted to fix the A/C since I'm not equipped for it.

mentalbreakdown00

I probably would have been near that in Labor, but only do what I am sure I can finish in one day. I have gauges, a scale, freon, dye, and nitrogen.

Firestorm500

"The initial price was extremely fair."

It's. Not. Fixed.

The scammer ripped off the OP, no two ways about it. As I said in an earlier post, he charged way too much for someone with little overhead and being a clueless "mechanic" to boot. Yeah, I've got to have a vehicle and gasoline to get to work, too.

If you don't pay much, you don't get much.

I don't think the OP feels very good now about his experience with the scam artist. I wouldn't.

Lowrange2

I never have any luck with AC systems so I leave it to someone else to do the flushing/charging. I'll replace hard parts.

rgs80074

ok guys its me again the OP, mr dumba** or whatever you want to call me.

the guy did a lot of work and the price seemed fair and i would be more than happy if everything worked right or even if everything but the ac since he replaced every part i said i was told was bad, not sure i can fault him for trusting what i said and not doing a simple inexpensive test to find and make sure there was no leaks first.

one of my next biggest problems is i have a engine seal thats bad and to be honest i am kinda scared to use him with the current problems i have still.

i am going to break everything down bit by bit, at this point i am not sure i feel comfortable even recommending him, even though he was recommended to me by someone that he's doing work for.

the ac system. he replaced everything i was told by a mechanic that was wrong so i can't fault him but originally he was quoting me 250 to remove the dash as i told him i was told thats what needed to be done, that was the only price he would quote me. when he looked at the parts i bought from my information none of them require the tearing apart of the dash, the parts was the accumulator, compressor, and orifice tube.

so this morning we confirmed my fear i have two leaks (detected with the uv lights). one on the only tube/hose not replaced by the parts and the other is the evaporator, there is signs of freon leaks under the dash.

so this alone is stopping my ac job from being finished in its tracks, if i paid him 250 to work under the dash the parts would cost me another 250 to 300 for the evaporator and heater core (told if your in there might as well replace that before it goes bad and you have to tear your dash apart a second time) and the other hose and then more freon. so maybe next year when i get my tax return or if our service at work improves and i start making weekly bonus's again.

ok the windows

the drivers side motor was replaced bu the wired it incorrectly so to get the window to go down i have to push it like i want it to go up, not a major thing since i told him not to worry about fixing it as i wanted the stuff done the window goes up and down.

the passenger side replaced the regular it works perfectly


the rotors and pads: he replaced them as well they look nice but i have that odd noise which is best described by this video here (www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2jx7AwvfLY) thats exactly what my vehicle is doing and other searches point to a faulty pad or pin or something not quite right, he said he would redo them if i bought new rotors and pads but before i do this i am goign to tackle this myself. i've changed the pads on this once before when i first got it in 06 and i replaced the pads on my ford econoline a few times while i owned it. he just didn't seem to want to tear it apart again to redo it with the current parts, i can do it in probably an hour for both sides, if the nose persists then i'll look at replacement parts unless someone else has any idea's.

the stereo:

i had bought new speaker wires to wire up with for better sound from the reviews he didn't want to use them granted he was doing the stereo for free but i think the end he did charge me something for it. its set up and working and he did have to bypass the amp as i think that went bad, something i read is common on the factor installed amp. so the stereo works has decent sound but i might need to replace the back speakers too at some point. now with this said i know there was a way to pull this out of the dash with the kit so when the backup cam didn't work i looked at it, its not really in very well at all i easily just slide it out without having to press anything i just pulled on the stereo. i guess its fine that way but i think it should be more secured.

now onto the back up camera: he wired it this mornign as well and its not working. not sure if its a doa unit there was some reporting they got bad ones. he connected the power into the reverse lights and the other cable is connected to the stereo camera input but i have two questions here, there is also a +12v cable for the camera on the stereo thats not being used but i think thats only for the power if you don't have power coming from elsewhere like the reverse lights.

with this said i can't tell if the camera works or not but i can test it out when i get a chance, i can connect a power source to it (12v power adapter) then connect the rca to some monitor or something, if it works on this setup then there is a problem with his wiring and at this point of watching him and videos online with the battery disconnected i think i could wire to the stereo for power if needed, i guess the ground wire would need to be connected to the ground wire for the stereo, how many things can be connected to that? right now there is a workaround on the stereo to allow the dvd player in it to function when the vehicle is being driven by default it only works when in park, not sure why anyone would want that, if i get stopped by the police while watching movies i'll just tell him his wife is hot and i couldn't help myself (haha ok thats a joke, its really for passengers assuming i ever use the dvd)

now on top of this i have multipe panels of the jeep not attached because of the camera, i guess to route it correctly there is about 2 feet short of wiring (and i saw this on a review as well) so i need to get an extension rca cable to bridge this gap before i can put the panels back on. but i want to test the camera first.

so with all this said and done even though he did a lot of work some of its not right or i am redoing or having to finish becasue of various reasons. had i known the rotors was so easy to replace (a prior mechanic said it wasn't like that on my vehicle becasue it was how i though after removing the caliper and such the rotor can just slide off) i woudl have done them myself and saved 60 bucks in labor charges.


but my biggest problem now is for the repairs that i can not do myself

rear engine seal leak (i am goign to buy some of hte lucas engine sealer see if that helps at least hold off)

i hope i have better news on the state of everything by the end of the weekend.

i would like to be to the point where the only thing left is the seal and the rest of the ac work.


going to try to prey on the one mechanics guilt for taking my money and snorting it away. the people that recommended him still use him when he's clean but they don't give him any money for parts or labor until its completed and they buy the parts with their credit cards so he can't return it.

mentalbreakdown00

There is no luck in vacuuming/ charging an a/c system.

Lowrange2

TL DR.

94XjSport94

Lol^

Firestorm500

rgs80074: Thanks for the update. I hope everything eventually turns out well for you.

sthon

FYI you mentioned earlier about pulling the engine or the transmission to fix the oil leak. That is not necessary. The rear main seal can be replaced by dropping the oil pan. Make sure your valve cover, oil filter adapter, or oil pan are not the source of the leak first...