On 11/16/97 5:22 PM so and so robert weeks said. (And I quote)
>Hello listees,
>
>I have a particularly sticky problem whic I could use some advise on:
>
>A few months ago I brought my 1969 Midget to a local mechanic for a
>valve job and a new clutch. I had just moved into town and was still
>living out of boxes so I figured it would be easier to have someone
>else deal with this problem. The mechanic works only on British cars
>and came highly recommended.
>
>The original estimate was $1100 about $700 less than I had been quoted
>in NY. By the time the car came back it cost me $2400. Part of the unexpected
>expense was all new seals on the tranny. I got the car back and the tranny
>leaked worse than ever, so back into the shop for a new rear tranny seal
>gratis. I had all new engine seals and gaskets installed at this time. All of
>the new gaskets and seals now leak profusely.
>
>Cut to last week, I went to change the oil in the car and found that the shop
>had left the pressure plate and spring out of the oil filter. 2000 miles
>since last oil change with pretty much no filtering mechanisim. Now the
>car burns oil and has very low oil pressure, this was not the case before
>the previously mentioned events. I've called the mechanic twice to try to
>rectify this situation and he says he is baffled as to why the filter was put
>together like that. He says he'll think about what he is going to do about it
>and then never calls back.
>
>Now he is telling me I had bottom end rattle when the car was originally
>brought in (not true). Do I have any legal recourse here? Everything is
>documented as far as his work and diagnosis and in his diagnosis there
>is no mention of bottom end rattle. I feel this guy owes me an engine
>rebuild. Am I just dreaming?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Robert Weeks
>Durham NC
>1969 Midget
>http://www.woozy.com/midget/
>
My inital reaction is Shakpeare's
First, lets kill all the lawers
Second Sue his ass
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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