VW dealers are known for putting the timing belt tensioners into TDI cars
backwards, apparently the TDI tensioners are reverse of the gassers...
-Curt
On Monday, November 4, 2019, 2:53:42 PM EST, Curley McLain via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Stealers screw up stuff too. All in all, I've had better luck with
independent shops than stealers. But yes, independent shops screw up
stuff awfully, and often. THat is why I learned I had to do it myself
or do without. Exception being Bosch authorized service centers, but I
only used one, and since he owned MB cars and had NO employees, all was
good.
Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote on 11/4/19 12:45 PM:
>> On November 4, 2019 at 1:12 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes
>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> And the likelihood that "somebody"
>> either does not have the special tool or will otherwise screw up the job
>> is HIGH!
> Bingo. 30 years ago, I'd farm out jobs that required factory tools, and
> invariably they'd charge me to mess it up worse than I could have done
> myself. I learned not to let others touch my cars.
>
> Looking back on it, if the issue is not having a factory tool, I should
> either buy/make the tool or take it to the dealer. My mistake was taking
> factory tool work to independent specialists.
>
> Mitch.
>
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