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Can’t hurt to try and explain the predicament to the manager but I have found they don’t care about reasons for something as long as they have someone to hang the fault on. I don’t know where you are but in Canada we have the ministry of labor if an employer wrongly faults an employee and you suffer for it.
That said, a torque wrench is so important to be accurate we have them checked regularly and compare any new one to one known to be good. It doesn’t happen often but anything man made can be defective. How many brand new defective parts do we get for example.Can’t hurt to try and explain the predicament to the manager but I have found they don’t care about reasons for something as long as they have someone to hang the fault on. I don’t know where you are but in Canada we have the ministry of labor if an employer wrongly faults an employee and you suffer for it.
That said, a torque wrench is so important to be accurate we have them checked regularly and compare any new one to one known to be good. It doesn’t happen often but anything man made can be defective. How many brand new defective parts do we get for example.holy crap, cost of living must be low there, here in ontario canada the average start for a liscenced mechanic is 19 to 21 per hour
holy crap, cost of living must be low there, here in ontario canada the average start for a liscenced mechanic is 19 to 21 per hour
I would take the new job, I went through several shops that treated me like crap and a couple that sound like yours, finally found a great shop to work in and now with more experience I have my own shop. As for LOF, even before my shop I had 20 years in the field and it doesn’t matter what a car needs I am not too good to do it. I have no complaints about oil changes or replacing a light bulb, or any other “small” job, it is all about the cars and the happy customer for me.
Stay positive and you will find the right shop for you im sure.
Remember the opposite of what you have seen so far, you are NEVER too good to do any job in a shop and there is always more to learn.I would take the new job, I went through several shops that treated me like crap and a couple that sound like yours, finally found a great shop to work in and now with more experience I have my own shop. As for LOF, even before my shop I had 20 years in the field and it doesn’t matter what a car needs I am not too good to do it. I have no complaints about oil changes or replacing a light bulb, or any other “small” job, it is all about the cars and the happy customer for me.
Stay positive and you will find the right shop for you im sure.
Remember the opposite of what you have seen so far, you are NEVER too good to do any job in a shop and there is always more to learn.Have you had the throttle body cleaned? It can cause the stall from higher RPM but not the “no start” afterward. When it doesn’t start after do you mean it cranks and won’t fire up? or won’t crank over?
Have you had the throttle body cleaned? It can cause the stall from higher RPM but not the “no start” afterward. When it doesn’t start after do you mean it cranks and won’t fire up? or won’t crank over?
When I was at the dealer a customer had a civic from new for a couple years, came in for a small regular service. after the service it was parked in the lot, customer payed and went to the car, came right back in angry that we broke his steering wheel. the tech that did the service was told to bring it back in to find out what he was talking about, everything seemed fine, brought it back outside to the waiting customer and when the tech got out he flipped the column tilt up and the customer yelled,
“that right there, what did you just do?” turns out the guy didn’t know he had tilt steering
I was constantly amazed at how many hondas got traded in after 3 years with the owners manual still in factory wrapping.When I was at the dealer a customer had a civic from new for a couple years, came in for a small regular service. after the service it was parked in the lot, customer payed and went to the car, came right back in angry that we broke his steering wheel. the tech that did the service was told to bring it back in to find out what he was talking about, everything seemed fine, brought it back outside to the waiting customer and when the tech got out he flipped the column tilt up and the customer yelled,
“that right there, what did you just do?” turns out the guy didn’t know he had tilt steering
I was constantly amazed at how many hondas got traded in after 3 years with the owners manual still in factory wrapping.congrats on wanting to learn more. Mechanics is a great field to learn. Not only does it lead to correct auto repairs and maintenance but it will lead to a new thinking about anything that is a machine.
congrats on wanting to learn more. Mechanics is a great field to learn. Not only does it lead to correct auto repairs and maintenance but it will lead to a new thinking about anything that is a machine.
There are so many ways to take that questuin, fro best I might say the 2.3 fors that was in the 70’s bobcat right up to the early 2000’s tempo and topaz, great engine for long life and punishment. My favorite to work on is a small block chevy, so easy and clear cut, used from 1954 to current day.
There are so many ways to take that questuin, fro best I might say the 2.3 fors that was in the 70’s bobcat right up to the early 2000’s tempo and topaz, great engine for long life and punishment. My favorite to work on is a small block chevy, so easy and clear cut, used from 1954 to current day.
It is new as of april 8, check more at collegeoftrades.ca I called them and unless I got lied to by the government,, ya that never happens,, it is the law of the land now, not just mechanics but all the trades that need liscences. I am tempted to move to the states if they would let me in. I have seen liscenced “techs” that I wouldn’t let change my oil, I have seen people working in their yard with no liscence that I want to learn from.