Posted by tjdub on March 25, 2011 at 12:20:03 from (208.28.88.253):
In Reply to: Tractor Advice Needed posted by knightstead on March 25, 2011 at 11:29:04:
I'm just speculating here, but my guess is that after splitting the tractor and checking out the linkage to the control valve, everything checked out, so it was obviously the control valve that was bad. They got the new valve put it on and got the tractor back together, but guess what, it still didn't work. NOW they check out the hydraulic pump, and find that your hydraulic pump is not working which was probably the only problem all along. They fixed the pump and now you have a new rockshaft control valve you may or may not have needed.
If this is what happened, I can easily see how this went overlooked, and I wouldn't blame the mechanic here. It's easy to make an assumption that when a customer is asking you to fix the 3pt control, there's a problem with the 3pt control. Anyway, nobody will ever know now if that old control valve was also broken or not. It could have been (especially if there was water in the system). Also, they called you before going over the original quote, so you can't blame them for jacking the price up.
The $1000 price seems very reasonable for splitting a tractor and rebuilding a hydraulic pump, plus parts. I'm wondering if they cut you a deal on labor because of the screw-up?
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