Hi there, I'm a little lost.
I mean, more so than usual.
My 1986 Mercury Grand Marquis LS is in the shop due to:
- leaking intake manifold
- "BRAKE" lamp coming on when I put pressure on the brake pedal (car still brakes fine)
- distributor shot (rotor bent, striking the contactors)
So the intake manifold was removed, but one of the bolts snapped off a long time ago and is stuck in one of the cylinder heads. I'm told that buddy's gonna labour to get the bolt out but he doesn't hold much hope to remove it, meaning that that head has to come off and be sent to a CNC mill or something.
So I spoke up and said, "instead of me paying 5 hours labour for something that probably won't work, why not just yank BOTH the goddamn heads off and redo the head gaskets?"
Apparently they don't want to do that because it's hard to do or something.
The "BRAKE" lamp coming on is apparently due to the proportioning valve's switch dying. He said he might have to jury rig the switch since that part is obsolete. He also made a somewhat derogatory comment about the age of the vehicle in general saying it was "getting too old". I was a little unamused.
And the distributor, well, it just needs replacement. I have no qualm with that.
So my question is: Should the mechanic piss around trying to yank the broken stud out of the head or should he have just added $500 to the bill and redone the head gaskets?
Opinions, please.
I mean, more so than usual.
My 1986 Mercury Grand Marquis LS is in the shop due to:
- leaking intake manifold
- "BRAKE" lamp coming on when I put pressure on the brake pedal (car still brakes fine)
- distributor shot (rotor bent, striking the contactors)
So the intake manifold was removed, but one of the bolts snapped off a long time ago and is stuck in one of the cylinder heads. I'm told that buddy's gonna labour to get the bolt out but he doesn't hold much hope to remove it, meaning that that head has to come off and be sent to a CNC mill or something.
So I spoke up and said, "instead of me paying 5 hours labour for something that probably won't work, why not just yank BOTH the goddamn heads off and redo the head gaskets?"
Apparently they don't want to do that because it's hard to do or something.
The "BRAKE" lamp coming on is apparently due to the proportioning valve's switch dying. He said he might have to jury rig the switch since that part is obsolete. He also made a somewhat derogatory comment about the age of the vehicle in general saying it was "getting too old". I was a little unamused.
And the distributor, well, it just needs replacement. I have no qualm with that.
So my question is: Should the mechanic piss around trying to yank the broken stud out of the head or should he have just added $500 to the bill and redone the head gaskets?
Opinions, please.
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