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Posted by Wardner on September 27, 2006 at 12:53:03 from (4.154.246.51):
With some trepedation, I delivered an SMTA radiator to a repair shop. The steel side piece had worked loose and had chafed the joint between the core and the lower tank. It was leaking about one drop every 30 seconds. He estimated the cost to clean and repair at around $60-80. I called at 3 PM to see if it was ready. He says no and it won't be completed till tomorrow. He found seven holes and it was going to be alot more work than anticipated. He even said he had to remove the steel side piece and reattach. I know it only takes about 30 seconds to remove that piece and probably 2 minutes to re-install. I am thinking that six of the holes are bogus. At any rate, why is he telling me all this stuff? A competant radiator man can go from one hole to the next and not even bother to count. They are not a big deal and are not labor or material intensive. I am dreading the confrontation tomorrow. As a side note, I probably should have known better than to leave the work with him but he was recommended by my local garage. When I entered his radiator shop, he was sandblasting a 50 gal truck step tank in his tank room and wasn't even wearing glasses, hearing protection or, a respirator.
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