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Ya...I’m a dummy.  I’m not mechanical at all.  Most times when I try to fix things it ends up costing me more money...than if I just take it someone...but I still try.  

Don’t get me wrong...I YouTube somethings...and I am able to fix stuff on occasion.  I actually YouTubed this...and thought it was above my skill level

some people are able to fix things...and some people can’t.  I am 9 times out of 10 unable to fix stuff.  But it sure makes me proud if I get er done...
 

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I give up on shops, if i cant fix it i need to get rid of it.  Last time i took my boat to one he made my problem worse. Took my truck in last week to get the air worked on since the shop before said it was just fine.  Well he fixed it but it works no better than it did when i took it in.

go pick up my truck at economy tire in Ozark and my power door locks dont work, so i figured it had to be a fuse. Pop the hood and my fuse box is wide open. The power lock fuse is missing. Those things dont just fall upward and out. Then i noticed my rear license plate is missing. i called and asked them about things and of course was told they didnt touch the fuse box.  Im sure the plate must have just got stolen. but they left my front one, and my $100 drop hitch.

No offense to shops wrench, ive just been burned lately. 

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21 hours ago, Daryk Campbell Sr said:

While I'm a firm believer in DIY, I also know experience has its price.  I've spent way more on many projects, time and money both, than to pay someone who knew what they were doing.  And, if we all were self sufficient, how would anyone make money?

Once it gets into something I can't see or touch - think IT - then it's money well spent.  When I can touch it and see it -think plumbing, wiring, things that get turned with a wrench - I'm often going to give it a whirl.  If it takes a truck lift, tire machine or something to read and fix a code--- CC is involved.

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5 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

No offense to shops wrench, ive just been burned lately

None taken.    I don't have a good automotive shop to take my trucks to either.  

All these guys buying newish outboards.....they don't have a decent service center either.  None exist.

Because of the new age motors..... it's impossible to make an honest living by repairing them.  They are not designed to be troubleshooted and repaired.   They are designed to be scrapped and replaced.    Why? Because 88% of their sales is coastal (saltwater) and the motors will only last 7-9 years anyway.....so what's the point.

Johnson/Evinrude was the only company that catered to freshwater boaters, and built outboards that would last.   Sadly they are gone now.   

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There is a reason why the automotive industry is the way it is. 

Flat rate pay creates a financial incentive to cut corners. Get it in and out as quickly as possible. If the book says a certain job pays 4 hours, the tech gets paid for 4 hours, whether it takes him 6 or 2. Slackers get all the gravy jobs, and the good guys are often left overworked and underpaid, since skilled diagnostic work doesn't pay as well. 

The good ones don't want to deal with the feast or famine BS, leaving behind the druggies, mickey-mousers, and parts swappers that will do anything they can to bill for 10-14 hours of work in an 8 hour day.

Then if you're at a dealer, warranty work is terribly under-estimated time wise, same with tire shops and quick lube type places. Last I knew an oil change paid three tenths. It's next to impossible to pull a car in and do a smoking hot LOF in 20 minutes.

Of course it's not always that black and white, and there are exceptions to every rule, but it's a good representation of the industry, and gives some insight into why the ratio of good to bad shops is like 1 in 10.

-Austin

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