Speaking of strange things. A friend purchased an 1986-7? Olds 88 V8 (last of rear wheel drive cars) from a big used car dealer. He got a warranty with the car. Well one day not longer after he noticed the oil pressure light come on. So he went to the car dealer and they said, we'll fix,no problem. They did and the car was running fine, no problems. He was getting the oil changed many months later when the shop asked him what hap to the oil pan? The auto dealer cut the bottom of the oil pan off to get at the oil pump, they welded it back. Very good welding job and the car lived a long and happy life.
And there the one my boss told me about. A neighbor of his dad was a retired mechanic for a construction company. Well his Ford car died one day in his driveway and would not start again. So he called the Ford dealer to see what could be wrong. Someone told him it could be the fuel pump and its located inside of the tank. They estimated a cost to fix and he was amazed at the cost. So he had his friend go get a fuel pump. He in turn figured where the pump was in relation to the inside of his trunk and cut a hole to get at the pump. Saved hundreds of dollars on labor. btw-Car still wound not start so he calls the Ford dealer again but this time he talks to someone diffenent. Seems he backed into his truck and Ford has a safety (kill) switch that shuts down the fuel supply. Once he reset the switch, it started. Took him several days of work to change the fuel pump and if he would have went into the dealer they would have looked at the switch first. This is the type of person who won't trust anyone else and he knows it all.
[ May 16, 2003, 09:21 AM: Message edited by: Mike ]