Repairs

I long for the good old days when you didn't have to be a computer technician to fix a car. The engineers combine two or three parts that were very inexpensive into into one electrical component, that fails more often and is more expensive to replace. Repairing a car is very time intensive. You are given a list, check this part, then depending on the result, check this or that part next. Testing and checking. After doing this they say replace this part, If that doesn't fix the problem, then you move to the next one in line.

Many times an electrical problem can be caused by loose or corroded connections. If current doesn't go to the right place at the right time something isn't going to work right. More than once we have cleaned and tightened connections and avoided buying an expensive part.

I still remember a customer coming in and complaining about his air conditioning. He had gone to a shop who told him he had to spend $800 to replace the a/c compressor. I looked under the hood and determined that the a/c compressor was turning. I also noticed that the fan on the radiator wasn't turning. This fan moves air over the condenser coil located in front of the radiator. This removes the heat from the freon so cool air can blow into the car. I looked at the fan motor. I reached down and touched the wires. The plug wasn't in properly. I pushed the plug in, the fan started blowing, cool air came into the car. 5 minutes repaired a problem that someone wanted to charge him $800 for.

Sometimes repairs can be expensive, but we try to get the job done as economically as possible.