What are you working on today?!

[Stink Star]

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Had to track this down today. One wire ended up being rubbed through causing the truck to throw a fit of U communication codes along with an intermittent no start.

Newer Silverado/Sierra near the ECM bracket?

 

[bikrboy128]

Newer Silverado/Sierra near the ECM bracket?

Yessir. Almost didn't see the break, just a little bit of green shit on the wiring harness gave it away

 

[bikrboy128]

I'm guessing you see alot of this?

 

[sktchy]

I'm guessing you see alot of this?

I'm starting to think this is a normal thing for gm lately.

 

[Stink Star]

I'm guessing you see alot of this?

Dude….

 

[bikrboy128]

2013 Cayenne GTS in my bay that needs front and rear brakes and both primary catalytic converters. Converters alone are $7k

 

[sktchy]

Over there dumping 7k in a Porsche and I'm happy to have a beat up 98 mustang on my lift for a clutch

 

[Jimbo]

2013 Cayenne GTS in my bay that needs front and rear brakes and both primary catalytic converters. Converters alone are $7k

 

[bikrboy128]

My dude didn't even blink. "It's less than what Porsche wanted for the job so go ahead"
You got it buddy

 

[camarothatcould]

My dude didn't even blink. "It's less than what Porsche wanted for the job so go ahead"
You got it buddy

Meanwhile just had a jagoff argue fight and call manager to get $100 knocked off cause he stated the dealer takes the dio fee off if the customer elects to fix the vehicle.

He even pulled his phone out and showed us he knows alot of people

 

[camarothatcould]

$800 bill. You can't make this shit up.

 

[bikrboy128]

Oh we get those asshats too. When they walk in with an autozone printout I already know they don't want to pay diag

 

[camarothatcould]

Oh we get those asshats too. When they walk in with an autozone printout I already know they don't want to pay diag

Last one that did that showed up with an injector and the print out. Said strickly no dio. Was being a prick. I knew exactly what the issue was. Sure as shit took off valve cover, there were rockers and pushrods laying on their side/loose...


Put that new injector in and shipped it the same exact way it came in just us being richer.

 

[camarothatcould]

 

[bikrboy128]

I gave up arguing with dumbfucks about diag. You want me to slap a part on fine.

 

[Jimbo]

I gave up arguing with dumbfucks about diag. You want me to slap a part on fine.

Yup, tell them, "Sure, we'll put it on and call you when it's done. But don't expect me to get you right back in when the light comes back on and we need to PROPERLY diagnose it."

 

[sktchy]

I'll refund diag if I get the work, I just get tired of people asking me what's wrong with their shit and leaving to "fix it themselves"

 

[sktchy]

Got my ass handed to me yesterday and today, 2012 Acadia in with alllll sorts of issues. No cluster, trans issues, reduced power mode. Tracked all that down to water intrusion on the passenger door connector and got the display and data lines working again. Customer was happy as hell I got it lit up again and it didn't seem like it had anything serious otherwise so I got to pick on it some to get it back into shape.

I found the steering rack thrashed cuz Acadia, had a real fun time dropping the k frame and supporting the engine to fight that bastard in an out of there, some brakes, pair of tires, lof. Finally get that shit show taken care of and I go to drive it and it overheats the second I get out on the road. Awesome, so I start digging on that and find one of the heater hose connectors broke, tee crumbles tearing it apart, grab a 5/8 connector instead of a 3/4 at the parts store and I guess this fucker can sit til I go back in the morning and it can be a 3 day thing.

I'm making a lil money on it thankfully, but it definitely went sideways on me and was 10 times harder to deal with than it should've been. But it'll be nice to see it roll out of here with a clean bill of health after they were gonna take it to the junkyard because the dealership told them they couldn't figure out what it's problem was.
The 3.6 doesn't even have a hint of timing chain tick to it and runs fantastic.

doin the good work always brings the toughest battles, even if it's somethin that should've been simple.

 

[IDAFC21]

god damn

 

[sktchy]

god damn

I mostly fucked myself on it though. If I'd have known I had to drop the frame out of it I'd have moved it forward so I could get all the bolts out easy and gotten it set on some stands. But nah, I had it halfway torn apart 3 inches too far back and had to make a clusterfuck out of it with jacks and inching bolts in and out on top of rust belt probs and turned a 4 hour job into a 10 hour fight

But with the rest of the stuff on it I made my week on one car and the fleet it belongs to seems to be really appreciative, I'm not even mad about it the damn thing just kept firing at me every time I got somethin else fixed on it

 

[bikrboy128]

2012 Acadia?

 

[sktchy]

2012 Acadia?

Facts. I was guessing the water pump was gonna be smoked and I'd end up another few hours into it, but I haven't got the system up to pressure to cross that bridge yet so that's still up in the air

 

[sktchy]

And there's the leaky water pump after I got everything else put back together.

 

[bikrboy128]

Water pumps on those are gravy though. 3 hour book time and they basically fall right out.

 

[sktchy]

Water pumps on those are gravy though. 3 hour book time and they basically fall right out.

Yeah they aren't terrible if you don't mind the tight space. I pull that top mount and the pcm tray out of it so I have room to get around so I'm sure it can be done way faster