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Instead of confusing your mechanic trying to describe what you think is wrong with your vehicle, would you just tell him take it out for....

a spin and determine for himself what needs to be done?

Posted - January 25, 2022

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  • 10449
      January 25, 2022 4:37 PM MST
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  • 13395
    Sounds like good professional advice and clever guidance.
      January 25, 2022 5:10 PM MST
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  • 44173
    I do that when I'm not sure what is wrong.
      January 26, 2022 8:57 AM MST
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  • 6023
    I tell them what it sounds/feels like, so they know what to listen/look for.
    But I also ask them to do a full inspection, and tell me any problems and repair price before authorizing the work.
      January 26, 2022 9:24 AM MST
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  • 3680
    Last time, the mechanic plugged an electronic gubbins into a socket I'd not known is there, somewhere below the dashboard, and found the fault that way.

    It was a fault in the throttle control unit - oh for the days of a Bowden cable; or on three vans I owned years back, mechanical rods and levers from pedal to carburettor. On one van, their joints were badly worn, causing severe lost-motion, so I made and fitted simple brass bushes, and this restored the mechanism to nearly as good as new. 
      February 21, 2022 3:10 PM MST
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