Rolls Royce repair: Just give it to the new guy.

[Chris142]

After the nasty Mercedes I got handed a rolls Royce. Customer complaining that there is a rattle in the passenger door.

Yup sure is. Nobody wanted to touch it so I was the lucky one.

Got the door panel off and found the umbrella holder..... yes this car has umbrellas in the doors! LoL . One end of the holder goes into a rubber bushing and it somehow fell out and was banging around in the door.

Job was actually very easy. My worry was breaking something plastic. There is a piece of trim on top of the panel and it lists @$10k!

I just kinda let the panel hang there as it's very light. Put the umbrella holder back in position with a zip tie to make it stay and put it back together.

 

[eljefino]

Is there like a drug cartel in Apple Valley we don't know about? Who can afford all these cars?

 

[ripcord]

I hope you used an official OEM Rolls Royce zip tie, not a cheap imitation.

 

[Chris142]

Is there like a drug cartel in Apple Valley we don't know about? Who can afford all these cars?

Ya the ones that were running the illegal pot grows 2 years ago. I never knew there were this many fancy cars around the desert.

 

[Nukeman7]

Glad you got an easy job with the RR after having to deal with the nasty Mercedes and previous timing chain replacement on a Jaguar.

I know that you are being challenged and learning from the experience, but no way I would entertain wrenching on Euros and exotics for a living. Hope they are compensating you generously.

 

[JeffKeryk]

Spectre Umbrella

 

[Snagglefoot]

You probably could have held it in place with a dab of Grey Poupon.

 

[spackard]

Umbrella holder in Great Britain makes sense. In So Cal, not so much.

 

[TimeFlies]

Good place for their walking canes, most likely used by people who are so old they buy a Rolls.

 

[4WD]

Yeah - those door umbrellas are high maintenance I tell you

 

[ripcord]

I guess for those Compton Rolls Royce drivers, it would be a handy place to carry their billy clubs.

 

[Rand]

I guess for those Compton Rolls Royce drivers, it would be a handy place to carry their billy clubs.

I'd prefer a .410 umbrella gun in compton...

 

[oldgrayman]

My grandson works at a shop that repairs and maintains exotics . He's just a grunt . He goes to school at night for Instrumentation . He loves it though . Learning a lot .

 

[vavavroom]

Does the Rolls owner know you were previously rolling around in that filthy Benz?

 

[Jetronic]

Umbrella holder in Great Britain makes sense. In So Cal, not so much.

Parasol

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

After the nasty Mercedes I got handed a rolls Royce. Customer complaining that there is a rattle in the passenger door.

Yup sure is. Nobody wanted to touch it so I was the lucky one.

Got the door panel off and found the umbrella holder..... yes this car has umbrellas in the doors! LoL . One end of the holder goes into a rubber bushing and it somehow fell out and was banging around in the door.

Job was actually very easy. My worry was breaking something plastic. There is a piece of trim on top of the panel and it lists @$10k!

I just kinda let the panel hang there as it's very light. Put the umbrella holder back in position with a zip tie to make it stay and put it back together.

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Nice BMW.

 

[pocketchange]

Parts Changers.. stay very very far away. When I was in "jolly ole" England, I had a retired RR repair gentleman that took me under wing
so's I could attempt to pick up a few of his skils. Mechanically I had very few problems with issues that made things move forward. The rest of it was a different trip. pc