What has made you Angry Today???????

[PeeBee]

Took the truck down to my local mechanic to get the overdrive gears fitted and after he confirmed yeah, will be fine, just got the call, he got cold feet, rang a friend who gave him the horror story of having to pull the gearbox apart out of the car etc etc, so he can't afford to do the job and run into trouble at this time of year. Well, don't say you know what/how to do it, then back out. Not happy at all. Picking the car up tomorrow, will be looking for a different mob moving forward. Understand his concerns but I am now left in the lurch so to speak. NOT HAPPY JAN

[Hodge]

Took the truck down to my local mechanic to get the overdrive gears fitted and after he confirmed yeah, will be fine, just got the call, he got cold feet, rang a friend who gave him the horror story of having to pull the gearbox apart out of the car etc etc, so he can't afford to do the job and run into trouble at this time of year. Well, don't say you know what/how to do it, then back out. Not happy at all. Picking the car up tomorrow, will be looking for a different mob moving forward. Understand his concerns but I am now left in the lurch so to speak. NOT HAPPY JAN

That's shithouse PB. At least he didn't have it half pulled apart ,and then rang you lmao.

I had a similar experience after I bought my first Patrol. Before I knew about this forum I took it to a local mob to get the needle and Dawes valve fitted and setup. This is before I knew nothing about anything ...
So I told them what I needed fitted and they're like an yeah that's easy we've done a few to fix the over posting problems yadda yadda ...
Dropped the car off and 2 hours later I get a phone call
".. ummm what are we doing here again? .. sorry can't help you we never saw this vacuum mod before ...." ..



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[PeeBee]

Yep, really pissed me off. I could have booked it in elsewhere, tried to help out a family friend, let down badly. I won't have a chance to get it done before Xmas now, if they were a bit more honest with me I would not have cared, but now.... I am trying to get everything sorted before I head up north because frankly., quality of living for the next couple of years is going to take a dive again with the FIFO gig, and the last thing i need after a 2 week flogging is to wasting it sitting around waiting for a job to be done on the truck that should/could have been done before i started back. Anyway, i will see if they want to fit the rear spring stiffeners, and maybe they will change their tune with the overdrive gears and allocate the correct amount of time for the job. They were given everything they needed, were briefed correctly, then i find out they thought the job was to install reduction gears, not the overdrive gears. glad they didn't go that path. I think they are probably just burned out and not thinking right - trying to find some reasons why they performed like they did, bitter pill.

I did ring Marks4x4 this afternoon for an alternate recommendation in my area and they came up with two names, but I will have buckley's chance now before mid Jan at earliest i reckon.

[mudnut]

What about a specialist like 360 gearboxes in Bayswater?

[PeeBee]

What about a specialist like 360 gearboxes in Bayswater?

Thats who was recommended by Mark4x4 today. I tried ringing this afternoon and the phone was engaged for 30 minutes. Depending on the outcome of tomorrow mornings conversation is when i pick up the car, I may give them a ring.

[PeeBee]

Having a bad day today. i sold a HF radio to a guy in NSW and ebay's preferred freight sender is SENDLE. 5 weeks later the parcel still has not reached him and SENDLE can't find it either. Unbelievable in this day of modern tracking how they cannot find the place in their system where the chain was broken. Now the wait and the piss around for both of us as we sort thru the refund/compensation process. NEVER use these guys, check their website ratings, and they don't have a single phone number you can ring - absolutely at their mercy from start to finish and not that much cheaper than Aust Post.

[10G]

Sounds as if he was too busy contemplating his navel. It would have been a bloody hard hit as machinery has no crumple zones. We should celebrate your lucky escape by going for a bit of a 4wd trip in and around the Cobboboonee.

Hey that sounds like a nice idea Craig. It may have to wait for the new year though, now the silly season has started.

[10G]

Having a bad day today. i sold a HF radio to a guy in NSW and ebay's preferred freight sender is SENDLE. 5 weeks later the parcel still has not reached him and SENDLE can't find it either. Unbelievable in this day of modern tracking how they cannot find the place in their system where the chain was broken. Now the wait and the piss around for both of us as we sort thru the refund/compensation process. NEVER use these guys, check their website ratings, and they don't have a single phone number you can ring - absolutely at their mercy from start to finish and not that much cheaper than Aust Post.

Sounds like a great recipe to piss people off with Phil.

[PeeBee]

Sounds like a great recipe to piss people off with Phil.

Well it has ended as best it can I suppose. Ebay have refunded the buyer in full and I keep my sale money. SENDLE unfortunately get to keep their delivery fee. I am going to go the path of making a claim from SENDLE just to try and hold them to account, but really, totally unacceptable. Buyer is without a radio and he now has to find a comparable unit to what he bought, which is going to be very hard at the price I sold it to him.

[PeeBee]

What about a specialist like 360 gearboxes in Bayswater?

Rang them, they want to pull the gearbox out of the car, and replace the bearings and seals as well, $1700 - ummm no thanks, goodbye

Picked the vehicle up, and the local workshop is going to do the job on Jan 12, so fresh back from a break and they have nothing booked in, so they can allocate as much time as they think.