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My weekend's " Holy **** " moment!!

Buoy said:
Dealership????
I took my truck to a local shop and including the tow it was under $200. And ready later the same day.
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Yeah - they are RIGHT by my office, and I knew the part was going to be OEM Ford so I figured I'd give them a shot to do the right thing. They lost my business forever. Called my buddy who owns a brake shop and they said they could do it for 150. I still might get under there tonight and just do it myself....

OH - thing that really ****ed me off was when I gasped at the 675 price she said "Can I knock your labor rate down to an internal rate in order to earn your business? It would take you down to right at 600."

What a kick in the nuts to say essentially - we normally REALLY gouge you but we are willing to only SOMEWHAT gouge you, by charging you a reduced rate.
 
sy goldberg said:
How about LEXUS wanting $135 for an oil change,I asked if an unused condom was included.
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$14.95 for a lube, oil, filter job.....around the corner 1/2 mile from my house for my Roadmaster.:willy_nilly:

2 months ago it was $13.95:cuss:
 
backing my boat into the driveway with my superduty last summer had a rear brake line pop, of course it was on the hill leading straight down to the house, never thought i would throw it from reverse to drive so fast in my life.. my parents were backing there boat down the ramp and had one let go too, i think it happens more than gets discussed.
 
^^ that and up north winters with alot of road salt, no matter how much you wash it off ya can never get it really good inbetween the frame rails and sometimes where the lines run over the axles, i've had 3 brake lines pop on me, all diffrent vehicles, always in the rear.
 
The only brake lines I lost were on both of my boat trailers, never on my truck. Always an eye opener when you hit the brakes and find out the trailer brakes are gone. I don't like the tail wagging the dog.
 
On my old Toyota the lines ran between the gas tank and the frame rail. Mud got packed in around them and you couldn't wash it out, and It was imported steel. ;)
 
Caincando1 said:
As important as brakes are, why are all these lines breaking?
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Good question. I wondered when someone was going to ask it.

In my case it was an aftermarket exhaust system that caused my failure. The tailpipe would barely rub on the brake line running across the top of my rear end under certain scenerios. I didn't notice it because I could hear any noise indicating a problem. After about five years of barely rubbing it had rubbed enough off to weaken the wall of the line. When I put more pressure than usual on my pedal the wall of the line failed.

Buck
 
buck said:
Good question. I wondered when someone was going to ask it.

In my case it was an aftermarket exhaust system that caused my failure. The tailpipe would barely rub on the brake line running across the top of my rear end under certain scenerios. I didn't notice it because I could hear any noise indicating a problem. After about five years of barely rubbing it had rubbed enough off to weaken the wall of the line. When I put more pressure than usual on my pedal the wall of the line failed.

Buck
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I'd bet that aftermarket or salt would cover a high percentage of the failures. I have owned probably more than 30 GM vehicles and never had this issue. But we generally dont see salted roads and the vehicles stay stock with the exception of my personal vehicle of course.:sifone:
 
Since this is still kicking around at the top I guess I'll mention that I returned the 196.00 worth of parts to the Dealership, and ordered them from www.powerstrokeshop.com

They were OEM (exact same right down to the ford stamping on the side) shipped to my door for 109. Customer service was great, guys knew what they were talking about and it arrived a day before they promised it.
 
Ironic that you started this thread or a Jinx , Sommerfliesby called me with and SOS . He pulled his truck up the ramp after dipping the boat in and the rear Brake line blew. So at the end of their day I met up with them and pulled them home. We laughed about this thread
 
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