Update on 78 w/ bad 3208

[Mr. Wolf]

Hey all,


Don't know if anyone recalls, but I posted a while back about
needing to replace a 3208 in my 78 Wanderlodge. I've been staying at
a friends for the past three plus weeks while it's being worked on,
so my connectivity is spotty right now. Sadly, there's a lot of
personal problems with the people at the shop it's at. The mechanic
is fighting with the owner of the shop, who has since brought in
another mechanic to work on it, and said owner constantly pulls the
mechanic off my rig to work on others he deems more 'important'. The
swap is taking a lot longer then expected. My irritation is also
going a lot higher then expected. The owner finally brought in the
different mechanic when I told him I was just going to come in and
do it myself and not pay him a damned thing.

Now, apart from that, I'm actually surprised at how easy it's
gone...when work was actually being performed. In about six hours,
two of which were spent unwedging the engine because the mechanic
tried to skip steps, the engine was completely out. Another few
hours to swap off all the different items between the two engines
and I would think it could be back in within a day. Most of the time
I have been present and somewhat helpful during the process thanks
to a layoff right after the repairs began. If I had known it was
going to take them four weeks to get around to working on it and it
would have been so simple I would have attempted it myself.


Joshua Long
1978 Wanderlodge, unnamed yet...
San Antonio, TX

[Eric Johnson]

Joshua,
Sorry to hear about your poor shop experiences. Sounds like the kind of place
I'd want to
drive on by if I needed some work. When the job is done, please post the name
of this
place and your experience with them in the Forum Database so others can benefit
from
what you've learned. Sorry you couldn't make the LSB Rally. Maybe next time.
Regards, Eric in San Antonio
84FC35SBWL2

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Wolf" wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
>
> Don't know if anyone recalls, but I posted a while back about
> needing to replace a 3208 in my 78 Wanderlodge. I've been staying at
> a friends for the past three plus weeks while it's being worked on,
> so my connectivity is spotty right now. Sadly, there's a lot of
> personal problems with the people at the shop it's at. The mechanic
> is fighting with the owner of the shop, who has since brought in
> another mechanic to work on it, and said owner constantly pulls the
> mechanic off my rig to work on others he deems more 'important'. The
> swap is taking a lot longer then expected. My irritation is also
> going a lot higher then expected. The owner finally brought in the
> different mechanic when I told him I was just going to come in and
> do it myself and not pay him a damned thing.
>
> Now, apart from that, I'm actually surprised at how easy it's
> gone...when work was actually being performed. In about six hours,
> two of which were spent unwedging the engine because the mechanic
> tried to skip steps, the engine was completely out. Another few
> hours to swap off all the different items between the two engines
> and I would think it could be back in within a day. Most of the time
> I have been present and somewhat helpful during the process thanks
> to a layoff right after the repairs began. If I had known it was
> going to take them four weeks to get around to working on it and it
> would have been so simple I would have attempted it myself.
>
>
> Joshua Long
> 1978 Wanderlodge, unnamed yet...
> San Antonio, TX
>

[Gardner Yeaw]

Joshua,
I think you should name it 'EngineEater'

Gardner
78FC33 (150k on original engine)

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Johnson"
wrote:
>
> Joshua,
> Sorry to hear about your poor shop experiences. Sounds like the
kind of place I'd want to
> drive on by if I needed some work. When the job is done, please
post the name of this
> place and your experience with them in the Forum Database so
others can benefit from
> what you've learned. Sorry you couldn't make the LSB Rally.
Maybe next time.
> Regards, Eric in San Antonio
> 84FC35SBWL2
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Wolf"
wrote:
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> >
> > Don't know if anyone recalls, but I posted a while back about
> > needing to replace a 3208 in my 78 Wanderlodge. I've been
staying at
> > a friends for the past three plus weeks while it's being worked
on,
> > so my connectivity is spotty right now. Sadly, there's a lot of
> > personal problems with the people at the shop it's at. The
mechanic
> > is fighting with the owner of the shop, who has since brought in
> > another mechanic to work on it, and said owner constantly pulls
the
> > mechanic off my rig to work on others he deems more 'important'.
The
> > swap is taking a lot longer then expected. My irritation is also
> > going a lot higher then expected. The owner finally brought in
the
> > different mechanic when I told him I was just going to come in
and
> > do it myself and not pay him a damned thing.
> >
> > Now, apart from that, I'm actually surprised at how easy it's
> > gone...when work was actually being performed. In about six
hours,
> > two of which were spent unwedging the engine because the
mechanic
> > tried to skip steps, the engine was completely out. Another few
> > hours to swap off all the different items between the two
engines
> > and I would think it could be back in within a day. Most of the
time
> > I have been present and somewhat helpful during the process
thanks
> > to a layoff right after the repairs began. If I had known it was
> > going to take them four weeks to get around to working on it and
it
> > would have been so simple I would have attempted it myself.
> >
> >
> > Joshua Long
> > 1978 Wanderlodge, unnamed yet...
> > San Antonio, TX
> >
>