mistakes in the trade!!

[french crap fanatic]

following on from the other thread,i thought ill continue it on here!
i once,and only once scrapped a car for a customer who had had enough of it going wrong and then giving problems during repair,it said 1.9 on the back but he had a 1.7 engine fitted to it.
i done head gasket on it,but the piston squashed the gasket and it locked up,when i stripped it again and told him what had happend he said,"ive had enough of this car,just scrap it "and walked away,he was an elderly gentleman.
a few weeks later he walked in,"have you fixed my car yet?"
log book and in writing ever since!!!

[french crap fanatic]

i had a punto in once,came in for noisey tappets,turned out someone had fitted head gasket the wrong way round!!!
;D ;D ;D

[rhyds]

I had an MOT and a pair of rear callipers fitted to a Rover 45. Took the place a week to source the callipers and after picking it up the pedal had more travel than Thomas Cook. So, not wanting to bother with them again I decided I'd bleed the b*gger myself. Got the locking nut out and it seems that the garage had buggered it up and I couldn't get the nuts off. New one ordered and an invoice handed to the garage...

[roadknight]

Jan 13, 2013 15:32:52 GMT 1 french crap fanatic said:

i had a punto in once,came in for noisey tappets,turned out someone had fitted head gasket the wrong way round!!!
;D ;D ;D

I had a punto in with seized camshaft. Exactly the same problem

[Rhubarb]

My best one, and I've done it several times over the years.

Making up new brake pipes, the phone goes, I get back under the car and cut through the wrong one ;D ;D ;D

[french crap fanatic]

i recently bolted down a 1.2 16v fiat stilo head.
then noticed it was back to front!!!!!

the mot people passed a car,customer said what about the horn n/w.
i phoned mot people and said what about this horn the customers said it dont work.
"well it worked when i tested it"
i put car on ramp to check horn unit.nothing there.
whats happen to your horn?
"it got broken off in the accident,bodyshop removed the remains and told me to get a new one!!"

[french crap fanatic]

so i get a phone call from a garage.
"weve fitted a new clutch to a scenic and it dont start."
anyway turns out it was a non runner before they worked on it!!!!!
i wouldnt do a clutch on a car which didnt start!!!!
so this customers had it recoverd to me.
after much invesigating and new battery,turns out starters burnt out ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
customer trying to be clever eh!!!
if the idiot had told clutch garage first that it was a non runner then he would have had starter fitted for next to nothing!!!!
i got it going today and guess what.
it runs bad,eml on and heater blower n/w.
nice car!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D