if you have a van and take it in to a handicap repair shop with a problem that
requires changing a part such as a van door motor plan on paying 1000.00 and
returning 3 times. my 07 express with electric barn doors had the door motors
go out 3 times..........the first I paid the 1000.00 .........second time was
around 35.00 from ebay with an ac-delco motor. 3 months ago it went out again
and I bought 2 motors shipped for 73.00, my dad put one in and the other is a
spare.
Ron
On Thursday, October 29, 2015 9:27 PM, Larry Willis
<[email protected]> wrote:
I don't mind paying the going rate if the mechanic is knowledgable and
conscientious. I don't like to pay for incompetence and indifference. I
certainly don't begrudge anyone a living wage. We crips are po' folks (or at
least I am).
Larry WillisRetired and proud of it
Begin forwarded message:
Resent-From: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Date: October 29, 2015 at 8:24:32 PM EDT
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Lift repair
How much should you have been charged? What do you think would have been fair?
If you had been charged half the price, would you have felt... just as safe and
secure. The cost of funding a business and keeping employees well trained is
not getting any cheaper. Just as any task involves certification.I agree with
you that it could be too much. But I don't know the perfect answer.....I wish
you wellBest Wishes In a message dated 10/29/2015 4:17:57 P.M. Central Daylight
Time, [email protected] writes:
Today I had my 2001 ford E-150 van dual doors checked out because the first one
that opens started opening more slowly than usual and slower that the other.
Labor at my conversion company is $110 per hour
On the bill was written;
2.25. Labor. $220
1 shop supplies. $10
"Check power - "working slowly" . Open door & disconnect operator
arms-found hinges of right door had been "drilled" previously for applying
lube. (Could not swing door easily)
Apply penetrating lube (PB Blaster) to hinges . Lube lift at all moving
location-platform pivots, hinges, pins, connecting joints, etc.
Observed lift oil leaking from rubber plug a of side access plate.
Remove rubber plug and tap & install threaded plug.
Check oil level and add 1 pint of gear oil. Check EZ locks-lube jaws & check
operation.
Glue & ty-wrap passenger EZ-lock dash switch (hanging off bracket) Chech hand
control & hard wear -ok
Check power park break-ok
Check back-up steering operation, lines hoses, fittings & liquid level
Advise customer of maintenance required on power door hinge-monthly.
Total. $247.50
It took them 2 1/2 hours to do the work and 1/2 hour to type up bill
To me it seamed like it took a LOT longer then need be. But am greatfull to
have a van to repair.
Bobbie
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