Labour hours for work done. Is this right?

**ducatilover** · 16th September 2014, 22:28

Originally Posted by AllanB

It needed a oil change ..............

I do it the normal way, spark plugs out, upside down and a big rag under it. Takes a few days, but that usually meand by the time I pour it back in (fuckin hard upside down) I should have the oil filter compressed enough to fit down the crank breather.

**unstuck** · 17th September 2014, 05:56

Aint it fun messing around with other peoples fuck ups. My nephew tried changing his own tie rod ends on his nissan terrano last week, the only tools he had were a big hammer and a cresent. It arrives here on a trailer today.

Yesterday I had another fella bring in a chinese 150cc scooter that he has tried to change the drive belt on

, usually such an easy job. Now he needs a new variator and sidecover and kicklever.

**sidecar bob** · 17th September 2014, 08:07

Id guess the head came off to give it a home brand port job.

**Fast Eddie** · 17th September 2014, 17:36

hahahaha, this is going to be a great story for smoko tomorrow!

call your qualified mechanic mate "sexy fingers".. as it seems what he touches he fucks!

edit: you're to your.. cause I should know betterer

**jamiestreet** · 23rd October 2014, 20:46

Hi, not sure if anyone is too interested in this but regardless I'll quickly update on what happened.

Basically, the workshop got it wrong. There was zero damage to the engine itself. We had the shafts in right the first time. They swapped them over and did whatnot and the bike didn't start. Me and my mate put them back how we had them, took apart the whole motor down to the pistons and back together again (just to make 100% sure we knew what we were dealing with) and the bike started right up.

The workshop also did not reinstall the chain tensioner properly, along with leaving bolts torqued to wrong levels and some not even done in finger tight. The bike is now running, no thanks to the workshop, and I'm $600 out for a shitty job from a 'qualified workshop' who didn't know what they were doing.

Thanks for your help.

**Madness** · 23rd October 2014, 20:49

Originally Posted by jamiestreet

Hi, not sure if anyone is too interested in this but regardless I'll quickly update on what happened.

Basically, the workshop got it wrong. There was zero damage to the engine itself. We had the shafts in right the first time. They swapped them over and did whatnot and the bike didn't start. Me and my mate put them back how we had them, took apart the whole motor down to the pistons and back together again (just to make 100% sure we knew what we were dealing with) and the bike started right up.

The workshop also did not reinstall the chain tensioner properly, along with leaving bolts torqued to wrong levels and some not even done in finger tight. The bike is now running, no thanks to the workshop, and I'm $600 out for a shitty job from a 'qualified workshop' who didn't know what they were doing.

Thanks for all the negativity in this thread though, even being told to 'take it up the ass and suck it up' among other things.
I saw no reason for such extreme negativity and it has left me with a slightly more negative outlook on this forum unfortunately.

Suck my cock?

**Katman** · 23rd October 2014, 21:03

Fuck it, beaten by 15 mins.

**IkieBikie** · 23rd October 2014, 21:05

Originally Posted by Madness

Suck my cock?

Originally Posted by Katman

Fuck it, beaten by 15 mins.

So neither of you are man enough to say OK you were right!!!

get over your ego's

**hayd3n** · 23rd October 2014, 21:06

sounds like you got $600 lucky ,

i paid near on 3 for a total rebuild of my ol yzf gearbox ( had to split cases etc ) then 6 months later i wrote it off with 3rd party insurance , however it did make me quit smoking lol

**jamiestreet** · 23rd October 2014, 21:07

Originally Posted by hayd3n

sould like you got $600 lucky , i paid near on 3 for a total rebuild of my ol yzf gearbox ( had to split cases etc ) then 6 months later i wrote it off with 3rd party insurance , however it did make me quit smoking lol

I'll take it as a learning experience! Gotta look on the bright side.