Moorhead Radiator bitching..

[Bryce]

Two days ago my timing belt picked up a bolt, and beat the shit out of my timing gear and belt. We toed it home, then I started taking it apart. I dident have the tools to change my timing belt so I decided to bring it to my dad's mechanic ( Who I have never liked ). This mechanic owns Moorhead Radiator over by sunset lanes in north moorhead.

We got the car there I purched a timing belt from Napa for $45 bucks, and asked him to install it.

The next day he calls me said my car was done, and it cost's $150 for him to fix it..

I was pissed $150 in just LABOR for a timing belt! So it cost $195 for a timing belt to be installed. It seemed too high but I just decided not to bitch and took off.

When I got to work I noticed that there were two 1.5 feet scraches across my roof.. He dropped a tool and dragged it all the way across my BRAND NEW PAINT JOB! Then I looked at my hood, my windshield sprayer nozzles we sticking up funny.

He had taken them out ( I have no idea why?? ) and broke the clips, and installed them wrong.. Also my radiator over flow tank was not installed and had melted on my headers..

This is the same man that installed a civic clutch in my CRX!!! Fuck him, and none of you go to Moorhead Radiator!

Does it sound fair to demand he pay for the damage done to my roof so I can get it repainted?

[brokedsm]

take him to civil court

[torbs]

LankorDie wrote:
Does it sound fair to demand he pay for the damage done to my roof so I can get it repainted?

why are you even asking??? YES!!!!!!...i hope it all goes well for ya man...thats NOT right at all.

[Jim]

lawsuit time

[cHiQuItA]

Definitely. He caused damage to your vehicle, he should pay to rectify the situation.

[Parker]

sue the piss out of him!!!!!!

[Guest]

take him to court!

[Flowcus]

Yeah and say he ruined your hood so he has to buy you a carbon fiber one.

BTW sorry to hear that shit happened lank! Good luck dude.

[Guest]

your going to end up getting screwed because everyone does!!!!

[aliengotpsi]

can it be buffed?

[darkelvis]

I'd say civil court his ass. And actually I'd say that a timing belt on the CRX is probably worth about 100-150 labor just because it is an absolute bitch to take the crank pulley off (to get the timing belt cover off).

[Bryce]

aliengotpsi wrote:
can it be buffed?
Nope they are pretty deep.

I'm going to go over there tomorrow, and see what he saids.

[4doorsslow]

wow

[treimche]

Well, depending on if you have AC and power steering in your car, that might even be a good deal on the price of the labor. The timing belt alone in that car books for 2.1 hours, if it has power steering, add 0.4 hrs, and if it has AC add another 0.5 hour. So depending on what they charge per hour, you could have got a good deal, or else it was probably the proper charges.

[Bryce]

treimche wrote:
Well, depending on if you have AC and power steering in your car, that might even be a good deal on the price of the labor. The timing belt alone in that car books for 2.1 hours, if it has power steering, add 0.4 hrs, and if it has AC add another 0.5 hour. So depending on what they charge per hour, you could have got a good deal, or else it was probably the proper charges.
Thanks for the info that makes me feel better about the labor price.

BTW no AC or PS.

[Sweet-WRX-Lovin]

He's totally liable, that's what shop insurance is for, if he has any..... if not you'll have to sue the business.

[Parker]

any update on this?

[Bryce]

Yeah I talked to him, he tryed to say that I scrached it. But after I blew up, he chaged his mind.

The sun roof will be repainted next week.

Thanks for the info, and help guys!

[Parker]

good to hear he's paying for it...

[harwood39]

thats good to hear. Good thing they are payin for it.