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Post by OldGit on Mar 24, 2022 21:45:32 GMT 1
Hi everyone, well, as the title suggests, I'm not new to the trade - although I was out of it from the early 90's to 2008 - sort of.. I still got dragged into 'having a look' at stuff... Currently working as a Diag. Tech. at a MB dealer, previously (in no particular order) Vehicle Sparky, RAC, Ford, Citroen, Volvo, Land Rover & Audi plus a few years self-employed which was great, until the ex. took all the zeroes out of the bank account...
Reason I joined? - another forum I'm on doesn't really get the mindset of dealer or indy Tech's, so start clutching their pearls when the driver is suggested to be part of the problem!
The username - The filterspinners get told to 'ask the old git in the corner' when they have a problem (usually a stripped thread in a NOx sensor port or a broken stud), As a Yorkshireman working in the East Mids, it's a moniker I'm happy with.
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Post by wightdiag on Mar 24, 2022 22:37:19 GMT 1
Welcome ! Nice, friendly and knowledgeable bunch here and with that CV you have a lot in common with quite a few folks hereabouts.
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Post by Rhubarb on Mar 24, 2022 23:05:28 GMT 1
Welcome you Oldgit  |
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Post by Noberator on Mar 24, 2022 23:20:34 GMT 1
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Post by remmington on Mar 25, 2022 7:36:08 GMT 1
Welcome "old git"... Your quote "until the ex. took all the zeroes out of the bank account..."That comment made me, an old man smile!  What other forums have you been on...? |
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Post by Joepublic on Mar 25, 2022 10:35:38 GMT 1
Welcome, as my moniker suggests I'm not in the trade, never have been, just a tinkerer, tight wad (Nobs taught me everything he knows  ) with a VAG dependancy - I'm a bit of a hoarder  |
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Post by Noberator on Mar 25, 2022 11:42:12 GMT 1
Welcome, as my moniker suggests I'm not in the trade, never have been, just a tinkerer, tight wad (Nobs taught me everything he knows ) with a VAG dependancy - I'm a bit of a hoarder Took me all of five minutes. A bit of a hoarder is an understatement. |
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Post by OldGit on Mar 25, 2022 19:51:41 GMT 1
Cheers Everyone! remmington - we've had conversations on another site the car-based ones I've been on are mainly LR themed ones.
Today's 'highlights' - a 70 plate Diesel E class with an engine bay fire, caused by just enough petrol in the tank to bring the exhaust temperature up to the point where things started melting, mainly wiring insulation.... The owner was properly kicking off about 'risk to life' etc., going to the papers and 'social media' until we pulled the history of warnings from the instrument pack and showed that he'd cleared DTC's before it was brought in, strangely silent after that and was politely asking if we could provide a repair cost he could approach his ins. co. with... Then onto (another) OM654 with knackered needle roller bearings in the cam followers, strangely this one didn't have a beaded seat cover or HA mileage! But it's Friday so time to take the dogs out, then beer O'clock |
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Post by remmington on Mar 25, 2022 20:54:59 GMT 1
Cheers Everyone! remmington - we've had conversations on another site the car-based ones I've been on are mainly LR themed ones. Today's 'highlights' - a 70 plate Diesel E class with an engine bay fire, caused by just enough petrol in the tank to bring the exhaust temperature up to the point where things started melting, mainly wiring insulation.... The owner was properly kicking off about 'risk to life' etc., going to the papers and 'social media' until we pulled the history of warnings from the instrument pack and showed that he'd cleared DTC's before it was brought in, strangely silent after that and was politely asking if we could provide a repair cost he could approach his ins. co. with... Then onto (another) OM654 with knackered needle roller bearings in the cam followers, strangely this one didn't have a beaded seat cover or HA mileage! But it's Friday so time to take the dogs out, then beer O'clock I must be the only person on the internet that uses his own surname! |
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Post by trickydicky on Mar 30, 2022 6:14:35 GMT 1
Hello Oldgit, I'm a fellow Yorkshireman and an RAC patrol (17th year of service) 👍
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Post by OldGit on Mar 30, 2022 18:32:42 GMT 1
Hello Oldgit, I'm a fellow Yorkshireman and an RAC patrol (17th year of service) 👍 Hi mate, I only did four years before being tempted away to an entirely different career after being seconded to the CARS team for eight months or so - I ended up working across Africa, middle and far east as well as most of Europe for about twelve years before coming back to 'the spanners'.
I did enjoy working for the RAC - mostly - but that was at a time before they became a full-on business. Unlike most tech's, I don't mind explaining stuff to the drivers, I think that is mainly due to my time working roadside where there wasn't a service receptionist, err.... 'advisor' to hide behind...
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Post by trickydicky on Mar 31, 2022 0:32:39 GMT 1
Hello Oldgit, I'm a fellow Yorkshireman and an RAC patrol (17th year of service) 👍 Hi mate, I only did four years before being tempted away to an entirely different career after being seconded to the CARS team for eight months or so - I ended up working across Africa, middle and far east as well as most of Europe for about twelve years before coming back to 'the spanners'.
I did enjoy working for the RAC - mostly - but that was at a time before they became a full-on business. Unlike most tech's, I don't mind explaining stuff to the drivers, I think that is mainly due to my time working roadside where there wasn't a service receptionist, err.... 'advisor' to hide behind... I've done a few secondments with technical training and CSC, worked as a Lead Patrol for ten years, it's always changing but the core patrol job is always there waiting when you get fed up. I quite enjoy just fixing cars and doing rescue work to be honest, it's what I signed up for, never really enjoyed the paperwork or politics 🤐 |
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Post by valhalla on Apr 2, 2022 22:33:13 GMT 1
Cheers Everyone! remmington - we've had conversations on another site  the car-based ones I've been on are mainly LR themed ones.
It was the awful experiences on these sorts of sites that drove me onto this one, so you are not alone in that! Welcome to (relative) sanity...... |
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Post by OldGit on Apr 2, 2022 23:32:44 GMT 1
If I wanted sanity, I wouldn't have come back to this job! For all it's frustrations and oddities, there's comfort in knowing you're 'not the only one' to be suffering the same faults, customers and parts-monkey issues, I think it's one of the few remaining jobs where it's OK to be very male - and that includes the women! And yes, it seems quite refreshing on here compared to some of the rivet-counters on the LR sites
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Post by Karl on Apr 8, 2022 22:44:12 GMT 1
Welcome to the forum oldgit
Not been on here much of late
But a lot of us have been here longer than I can remember
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) with a VAG dependancy - I'm a bit of a hoarder 
the car-based ones I've been on are mainly LR themed ones.