Transmission Destroyed By Python 871xp

I have a friend.... own's a used car lot, and a business called Transmission Engineering. (however you spell it) Trans rebuilder of the year 2 years running in the late 90's early 2000's.

He read the ENTIRE thread.  He wishes Mr. Buffalo all the luck in the world..... he said he will need it.

Until then..... we all wait and see!

Well thats good to hear. I'm tired of coincidental failures that are blamed on us. The the dealer just blames us with no proof, not even knowing how our systems actually function. Chalk one up for the 12 volt industry!

That is a very naieve way of thinking.

Custom shops make mistakes, too. 

Who would you rather work on your car, someone paid per hour, or someone paid per job?

I fixed a ton of alarms/remote starts from a 'custom' shop when I was an installer in Toledo, Ohio.  They got paid per job, and installed things just well enough to get the customer out the door.  When the customer complained, they told them they would have to schedule an appointment in 3-4 weeks when they have some open shop time.  That typically let the customer over to our bay, where they usually would pay us to reinstall the entire system.

Also, these remote starts would come with with voltage sense and no hood pin - something that is completely unacceptable from a 'professional' shop.

I'm not saying every shop operates this way, but IF the installer is paid per job there is a better chance he will cut corners to save time. 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying take your car to Best Buy or Circuit City, my standpoint is it doesn't matter WHERE you have it installed, it matters WHO installs it.  The big box stores offer some unique features you can't get in a custom shop - like the ability to go to a completely different store to have things repaiRED / fixed/redone if you arn't happy. 

Anyway, like I said, I've seen FIRST HAND what some custom shops can do, so I stand by my statement, and I'm sure others on here will agree with my overall message.

I never said ALL shops cut corners, but a good % do.  A lot of installers are only interested in making money and they could care less about going 'the extra mile' to help a customer out because they won't benefit from it.

It is good to hear you recognize how important quality work is and that you hold your employees to such high standards, again not all shops do that.

However, answer my question honestly - if you had to take your car to a mechanic would you rather that mechanic get paid per hour or by the cars he turns out in a day?  What about your house, would you rather have a plumber that charges per visit or per hour?  Paying people per hour definately has it's beneifits - like knowing they'll be there until the job is done!

Please don't get me wrong, I know that there are hourly installers with poor work ethics, but that is why it is important for the customer to know WHO is working on their car.  The WHO is way more important the the hourly or commission.

If you're still around, I'd like some clarification on this.. I don't see where either law has a variable for temp.. pretend I don't know anything.. use small words.

thanks..

Jim

He lost me on this one, too.  The only thing I can think of is when you heat a wire the resistance changes.  By changing the resistence you can theoretically created a voltage divider.  I fail to see how this could ever effect a car though.

I would be more willing to believe that the 'tip to ground' voltage on a soldering iron would be more likely to trigger things in a car then simply heating wires.

I would be more willing to guess that he is just throwing out terms and has no idea of real world applications.