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almost 4 months to get parts for a trash pump.....WOW....cast iron impeller, previous ''mechanic'' tried removing it with a puller and of course it shattered.....pump was also filthy and corroded , cast iron parts inside an aluminum housing....what could go wrong? :laugh:
had to drill and tap two holes on what was left of the impeller on the shaft of the gas engine, then install two bolts, then a bearing splitter/ puller, angle iron between the pusher bolts and aluminum housing, and slowly tighten the pusher bolts....it did come off ;-)
remove rear housing, fire up engine and run emery cloth against the rusty crank shaft.... then LOTS of anti-sieze on the crank, lots of lube on various orings and seals, an assemble the parts to make a working trash pump.

the boss was really amazed at what i did; to me, it was just another repair. i always had the job of fixing other peoples screwed up stuff- its just what i do. DONT tell me it isnt possible to be fixed.....
the other guy working with me kept telling me to call the owner of the pump and tell them its garbage....he has a really bad attitude towards customers stuff. its getting old . his go to is ''it got wet'' or ''go buy a new one'' :bored:
 
the parts arrived for those hyundai gen-sets....AND they still wont start. one board clicks the relays in one , the other gen-set did nothing with the new board installed. one board looks to be rebuilt....the board conrols the carb as well as the command start....pull start works, but the units go into ''limp'' mode -one revs at 4400 rpm (too high) the other at 2300 rpm (too low) - use the pull rope, and they run with half choke, backfiring and blowing the spark arrestors out across the shop floor :laugh:
i followed the ''diagnostic'' flow chart provided by the manufacture, it pointed to '' starter circuit board failure ''. but it looks to be translated from chinese to english, crappy references and bad pictures and wiring diagrams with missing circuits- cannot find the wiring for the starter....let alone the color coding is terrible.
one unit has 7 hours on it, the other 30 hours.

glady worked on a old HONDA gen-set that fell off the back of a truck...a few broken parts, but still ran and made power. new parts arrived, installed new parts, and it runs excellent! no crappy electronics!
 
:-/ was on the phone for almost an hour with the ''hyundai'' tech from ontario....he asked me all the usual dumb questions- does it have a sparkplug? is there gas in the tank? does it have a carb? is it full of oil? is the battery charged? geez bud
he emailed more flow charts for diagnostics ( 11 pages ) and then i asked him if these gen-sets have issues alot and he said he has seen a few...
then i mentioned that the hondas i have worked on dont have these issues, and even the cheap ''champion'' units (costco, can tire) dont suffer from these stupid electronics....

he agreed with me on that :laugh:

another person expected warranty on his electric lawn mower thru can tire, they hit something hard and bent the blade BAD....replaced blade, called customer, explained that abuse not covered under warranty, they got mad and told us to put bent blade back on....not even 5 minutes later the customer called and told us to put new blade back on....
when they arrived to pick up the mower they were shown the bent blade, and they asked '' how does that happen'' :-o ....and then complained about the self propelled not working....IT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THAT FEATURE :-/

they could hardly speak any english, i am sure 99% of what was said was lost in translation.... :bored:
 
fireflyse said:
blueturbofly said:
they could hardly speak any English, I am sure 99% of what was said was lost in translation.... :bored:
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Last year he didn't know what a lawn was...
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....sandbox, most likely... ;-)
ANOTHER hyundai gen-set arrived. yuck. havent got to that repair order just yet. now the snow-blowers are showing up. from tiny ones to large ones. 99% carb/ fuel system work. one had bad bearings and a stripped impeller shaft- it looked like he was running gravel thru it. really chewed up inside. :-/
 
:-) at least the other Hyundai genset only needed a spark plug. Fouled completely solid. But instead of taking the case apart properly, they pried at the case with flat screwdrivers..... :-o
 
on monday, went out for a service call......''poor performance, needs tune up''- honda 630 v-twin, mounted up high on a vibrator screen table. but at least inside. pull various parts, remove carb to clean...very fine silt in the carb bowl, heavy dust in the intake pipe AFTER the air cleaner :-o
cleaned carb, had it running again sfter two hours, it ran fine for me, so i left to go back to the shop....20 minutes later they complain its doing the same thing, running rough and blowing blue smoke...hmmm that wasnt on the repair order....NOTHING was....
got more info the next day, they dropped off the engine for in-depth diagnostics....the previous owner of the shop i am working at rebuilt the engine last march, for the tune of $1000....44 hours later its smoking and puking oil.
looked at the old invoice- ''engine dusted, needs new rings''
so he pulled it apart, installed NEW rings on OLD PISTONS in the OLD CYLINDERS/ JUGS.....WHAT????? plus a bunch of valve work.....and a cylinder hone....you cant do that. sounds like a quick and dirty rebuild to me. it IS a quick and dirty rebuild.
did the leakdown test, well over 22% per cylinder....can hear the air coming out of the push-rod holes for the valves...compression on the left bank 90 psi, the right bank 115 psi.... :sick:

that is so embarrasing....i thought the previous owner did better work than that....
the company that owns the engine DOES NOT want it fixed, they will run it until it dies. but i feel like my work is being judged, not the previos mechanic....if it were my engine, i would be super pissed off. $1000 for a rebuild, that didnt even get 50 hours, or a new v-twin for $2300, with warranty? hmmm

now i am skeptical of the engines he rebuilt that are for sale out front.... :sick:
 
:-/

Is this not just howe life goes?
You can not accept everybody will work as precies as you do!

Don not feel jugded by others.
And ceep up your good work :-D
 
[usermention=99]@Walt[/usermention] has a point. I spent most of the last year driving my car after I rebuilt the engine guzzling oil. I thought I had done something wrong for sure and I hated having to carry oil with me. Two weekends ago I decided to throw a different turbo at it and see what happens. Turns out it was the turbo... all that time banging my head when I should have just used it. Trust in thyself - ignore the judges, what do they know?
 
actually got compliments from customers that the shop is ALOT cleaner / tidy since the new owners (employees) have taken over. i will admit that the p.o. had ''organized chaos'' everywhere you looked, but there is no need for it to be a mess. a few new shelves and an actual tool box go a LONG WAY to keeping the shop tidy, cleaner and safer.
my co-worker likes to throw EVERYTHING out, it has been really exhausting watching (babysitting) this 40 year old kid that has a terrible attitude AND no knowledge about anything he is working on....NONE WHATSOEVER..... this has been brought to the owners attention by myself and another co-worker, MANY TIMES OVER AND OVER.....i know my way around 99% of stuff that comes in to be repaired, but i dont let on that i do, because i am busy enough with gas powered stuff that comes in
...and when i am caught up, i tidy up stuff in the shop, while the other useless co-worker curses and swears and turns the air blue and smashes stuff with a hammer just feet away from the boss and customers EVERYDAY..... :-o

and its really annoying that we are making the same wage...i have provided MY OWN TOOLS because they dont see the need to replace stuff that is worn out, missing, or never had to begin with. one original employee there and he does not like change at all, says that the p.o. '' ALWAYS DID IT THIS/THAT WAY'' - thats nice, but times and procedures and tools change over the years....some people dont like change, and it was obvious he liked the mess that it was.
he gives me a hard time when i bleach mop the bathroom, ''why do you do that it was cleaned a month ago''
first off you you guys are pigs and pee everywhere and we do have a lady that comes in twice a week for doing the books-STOP BEING PIGS , SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE AND SIT DOWN TO PEE , CUZ YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN'T DO THAT STANDING UP, IT SHOWS.....

ok, rant over....for now.... :-D

at least its a long week-end, i get 3 days off from babysitting, then back at it on tuesday....
 
did a little diagnosing on those hyundai gen-sets, had a few minutes with no other work-orders to do....i got it to crank on the starter, but not long enough for it to actually start...but the electric start actually works now....BUT way too many electronics tied into it... full electronic carb, choke temp sensor in the head, crank delay signal / coil trigger input/ output...and more.... :sick:
then a bunch of stuff came in, so it got put back on the shelf.

had one customer ask for me to fix their stuff, not the co-worker....said the coworker was a useless turd at his old workplace, and he could see that he still has a terrible attitude at this new workplace....simple fixes with good used parts, one a on/ off switch, the other a 20 amp circuit breaker....but i got them fixed rather easily, with used parts that were in the parts drawers, that my co-worker keeps wanting to throw away....asshat.

even the customer told my boss he didnt want the other guy working on his stuff....hmmm
 
co-wokers job has been terminated as of the 23 of this month....twofold reason....1) it gets slow over the winter months
2) he COMPLETLY LOST IT ON A CUSTOMER after repairing their nail gun- he freaked out saying it was the customers fault it didnt work, that the customer is trying to play ''switch a tool'' to try and scam free repairs ( we mark them so that cant happen) ,blamed the customer for having dirty air, then told the customer ''you should know how to fix your own nail gun, you use it all the time''- it was a big yelling match. in front of all the other employees and other customers... :-o
the trigger on the gun was bad. not the customers fault. improper diagnose/ repair on his behalf.
ummm yeah....good-bye and good riddance.
his wife has a good paying job, he has commented many times that he is just doing this job to get out of the house, and has commented many times that he doesnt know what he is doing, and that he doesnt know to fix stuff....
time to celebrate! :laugh:
 
blueturbofly said:
co-wokers job has been terminated as of the 23 of this month....twofold reason....1) it gets slow over the winter months
2) he COMPLETLY LOST IT ON A CUSTOMER after repairing their nail gun- he freaked out saying it was the customers fault it didnt work, that the customer is trying to play ''switch a tool'' to try and scam free repairs ( we mark them so that cant happen) ,blamed the customer for having dirty air, then told the customer ''you should know how to fix your own nail gun, you use it all the time''- it was a big yelling match. in front of all the other employees and other customers... :-o
the trigger on the gun was bad. not the customers fault. improper diagnose/ repair on his behalf.
ummm yeah....good-bye and good riddance.
his wife has a good paying job, he has commented many times that he is just doing this job to get out of the house, and has commented many times that he doesnt know what he is doing, and that he doesnt know to fix stuff....
time to celebrate! :laugh:
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Sounds like you will really miss him. :laugh: :laugh:
 
OK, maybe you can help me here.

My son is asking for an impact driver/drill set for Christmas. Use will be infrequent and light.
What would you recommend?

Also, for wheel swaps, what cordless impact would you recommend?
 
suprf1y said:
OK, maybe you can help me here.

My son is asking for an impact driver/drill set for Christmas. Use will be infrequent and light.
What would you recommend?

Also, for wheel swaps, what cordless impact would you recommend?
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it all boils down to what little extra features you want, and then if current impact/ driver matches existing tools, but the biggest is WARRANTY WARRANTY WARRANTY
rigid and milwauke (sp?) have excellent extended warranty, IF YOU JUMP THRU THE HOOPS ONLINE TO REGISTER THE TOOL(S)
not registered online? one year. registered online? rigid= LIFETIME, NO MATTER WHAT- except batteries-be it personal or commercial use...
milwauke, one year, but if registered ONLINE 5 year unlimited, except batteries...
not sure on ryobi stuff...seems like cheap stuff...

dewalt, i am not sure, but the guts for those are damn $$$- had one come in needing work, the trigger/ brushless motor are one piece ( all brands like that now) well over $240 for the guts.... but a new one with battery at crappy trash was $329....

not sure what it is, if milwuake and rigid has been flooded onto the market, but lots of those come in for repair....a few dewalts come in, but mostly corded stuff, the odd old 18 volt xrp( parts are nla for those) and heavily used/ abused stuff from a local tow truck company....the xrp 20 volt 1/2 impact is a tq monster...
have not seen a hitachi come in, one or two makita cordless....either they dont break, or they arent as common....

find the one with the best warranty, and see if it has the power you need... we have a local construction company that runs all rigid stuff, they abuse the tools, it breaks, they bring it in, look up the serial # online, and if its registered, fixed for free under warranty. many times. ;-)
 
I have all makita tools and I whale on my impact and drill more than any of it and they have held up without issue. Very powerful and batteries last for a long time. I'd highly recommend a drill/impact makita combo set. Very good tools I bought them 5 years ago and they show no signs of slowing down.
 
Just my 2 cents if you're interested

I bought a dewalt combo 5+ years ago, the 20 volt lithium I think and I got the larger capacity batteries in the bundle.

Was like $300 but it's been well worth it. No issues and the name basically sells itself. I'm sure I'm a bit bias but to each his own and it's still not a waste of money unless it doesn't get used.

I haven't bought a cordless impact so not sure about those.
 
my 18 volt dewalt stuff has been used and abused for the last 8 years...they still make 18 volt batteries, and dewalt makes an adapter to use 20 volt batteries on the older 18 volt stuff....so yeah, the dewalt is fairly versatile when it comes to batteries.
milwauke has many different styles of batteries- it is mind blowing how many different test batteries and chargers we have in the shop, and yet a newer model comes in, with a different style battery.... :sick: and a new battery shop cost is almost $300 :-o then the charger another $150
seen lots of failed milwauke batteries.

dewalt batteries at crappy trash, $99 for TWO .... :P


:-D and my co-worker left two hours early......and he wont be back...... it was nice , i could turn the radio down to a decent level, and i wasnt being bothered every 5 minutes on how to fix something, or watch him like a hawk when he would ''clean up'' AKA toss alot of good stuff in the garbage.... :grimacing:
 
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