a little venting.....

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well, as my luck has it, i had new tires put on my car saturday morning. as my buddy mike locked my right front wheel onto the balancer and began to spin, i noticed a HUGE wallop in the wheel, HOLY :q:q:q:q i said, mike stopped the machine to make sure the wheel was on right and spun it again, wow what a joke, the car has had a steering wheel shimmy since the day i got it, but it was very slight, whatever no biggy, but now that it totally destroyed a tire in a few months it got worse. now i know why the rim is totally bent, i mean like slammed a curb at 35 mph bent. so, needless to say now i have to buy another rim from brad like i want to drop over $250 on a wheel. then, i took the time to pull my entire interior out to lay out the stereo system right, and i still have alternator whine when it's running. i bought a brand new hid kit for my 93 that has a dead ballast. i need to buy a fuel pump for my 93 because it keeps dieing on my wife in the middle of traffic. my air compressor at my shop finally quit this weekend. i got dragged into the shop today to check out a customers mark which ford told him at all kinds of problems with the rear end of the car, it doesnt have a single thing wrong with it, he was told the trans is shot, there is nothing wrong with it. i totally blew up at derrik and now my throat kills from the volume i made my voice on the phone with him, i told the kids we could go to gramma and grampa's to go swimming and didnt take them so now i am ass hole dad again, i got all my new brake rotors and pads in the mail and now i dont want to put them on because of the bent wheel. everybody and their mother keeps asking me to do this, do that, do this, wtf??????????????????????????????????????????????????


some of my customers and friends are members here, i'm not pointing fingers at anyone, i help you guys because i love these cars, and because i'll fix them for a whole lot less than a real mechanic or a dealer, i have a hard time saying no to anyone, but dammit, i'm gonna have to start soon. i am not a mechanic, i am not a public repair shop, my shop is just that, my shop, its for me not for everyone i know, sooner or later if i dont say no here and there i'm gonna get so burnt out that i say no for ever and i dont want it to get that bad. it seems that all i do is help everyone out all the time, and i never make time for me and my family, and then everything in my life shyt's the bed and everything goes wrong while i solve everything for everyone else. when the :q:q:q:q does something happen for me, when do i get to enjoy life? none of you know me inside, the real me, all you know is my lvc persona, i really live an unhappy, always :q:q:q:qing working, :q:q:q:qty life. i'm not looking for sympathy, just giving you a little inside on my day to day misserable life. all i have done since i turned 15 was bust my ass everyday and what do i have to show for it? nothing, i still do it, but now everyone i do it for benefits off it except me. everytime something happens to my stuff, its never one or two things, its all of them, one :q:q:q:qing problem after another and all at the same time, i cant win. happy memorial day!
 
the compressor is a 10 year old husky 60 gallon home depot deal. its already been fixed more times that its worth, i have done so much to it that its time to throw in the towel, its a piece of :q:q:q:q. my buddy has a brand new one, same thing, husky 60 gallon 220v that he said i can have for $200, well, i dont have $200. its brand spanking new, home depot screwed up repairing his other brand new one, they gave him another, then fixed his and gave him that one back too, so he ended up with two brand new ones for $398.99 but its an exspense i cant afford so its all hand tools now. it runs, but once it fills up the blow off valves dumps all the air back out of the tank, it wont stop running, its old and in bad shape i am not fixing it no more. as far as the rim i have no idea who could straighten it, i never had a bent wheel before.
 
Sorry Jamie, life sux. I know too well. :(


So lets help. I have two bent wheels! :wrench
Not horribly bad but enough to give me a shimmy. I have one on the rear and one on the front. The front one is getting rotated to the rear this week. I will be looking into the wheel shop in Dallas that works on these wheels to straigten them and will let ya know what they quote me.... may help, may not. I didnt wanna spend $500 on fresh rims as well and since these were the first ones made I feel compelled to save them.

As for the whine its gonna be simple. Look for any section of power cables touching or running with the RCA wires. No matter how short. If they have to cross then have something seperate them. Something metal is best as it will block the magnetic field.
Alternator whine is always caused that way. Also cheap RCA cables will cause noise as they dont have adequate shielding.
 
Dude it sounds like you need a vacation with the whole family man. I know how you feel sometimes I feel like that b/c Im always working. While my family and friends are at the beach im stuck at work. My job is not easy I work everyday I get up at 7:30am and I start driving and its a 12 hour shift sometimes its 9:30 at night and im still driving. When im in the office I start at 3:00 in the afternoon and i dont get out until 1:00am. I only get Saturdays off and when a driver is off I have to cover. So trust me buddy you need time off. Work isnt everything in life....work, stress, =old age. My hair is even falling off from the stress. But oh well thats what I get for not wanting to go to school when I had the chance....just a little venting. We should make this a sticky, we can call it the venting thread...lol!!!
 
Charge what you're worth, otherwise you'll only get more requests. Who wouldn't want repairs for next to nothing? There's a reason they mechanics charge what they do, it's gotta be worth your time. You'll get less requests to fix this and than and when you do you'll have more money in your pocket so it's worth it.

I did the same thing with computer repairs a few years ago, got to be my living room was full of computers. Finally started charging more and the annoying people went away and the good people were happy to pay me well because they were happy with my work.




"some of my customers and friends are members here, i'm not pointing fingers at anyone, i help you guys because i love these cars, and because i'll fix them for a whole lot less than a real mechanic or a dealer, i have a hard time saying no to anyone, but dammit, i'm gonna have to start soon. i am not a mechanic, i am not a public repair shop, my shop is just that"
 
its not just charging what i am worth, its everyone, even not car related, just everyone always needs me for something, i never ask anyone for :q:q:q:q, how come i never need anything but people always need me?
all this bull :q:q:q:q has gained me a strong taste for captain and coke's. i drank all weekend i had a perfect buzz all weekend i never keep a buzz for long, and i hardly drink but this weekend pushed me over the edge. i dont need to start drinking frequently, but it sure tastes so delicious!
 
jamie...stop looking at the tank as half empty..... life is good ALWAYS! I mean, like your alive to enjoy it right!?!.... smile hottie! shoot at least you got the equipment, skills and friends to help you outta your mess, heck all I got is me and hammer....and LVC! which I am more thank thankful for! Luv My Hotties!
 
Yeah sometimes everything hits you at once... You just need to take it easy and relax.

You want to say you have nothing in return for all that you have done. But I don't think that is the case. You are very well thought of on this forum and in the community I think everyone appreciates what you have done especially Ripped...

You should start playing the lotto because karma owes you a few favors.
 
jamie knows he has mad love from me!!!! - Heck, he gave me sight! lolol!!!! You ready to sell me my Mark yet Jamie!!??
 
nope i'd take 1,800 AS IS i fix nothing. the car randomly stalls, i'm 90% sure it needs a fuel pump, the traction control stays off all the time, something to do with the abs, but brakes work perfectly fine. i want to buy her a little 4 door jimmy or blazer something like that she doesnt need a 2 door v-8 anymore .
 
jamie97lsc said:
its not just charging what i am worth, its everyone, even not car related, just everyone always needs me for something, i never ask anyone for :q:q:q:q, how come i never need anything but people always need me?
all this bull :q:q:q:q has gained me a strong taste for captain and coke's. i drank all weekend i had a perfect buzz all weekend i never keep a buzz for long, and i hardly drink but this weekend pushed me over the edge. i dont need to start drinking frequently, but it sure tastes so delicious!
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I feel ya man, sometimes it's nice to feel needed but after awhile it just gets old when everybody is calling you for help in fixing their problems or wanting you to fix their problems. I have the same issue but on a much smaller scale, it's just my family, but it gets pretty old.
 
jamie97lsc said:
its not just charging what i am worth, its everyone, even not car related, just everyone always needs me for something, i never ask anyone for :q:q:q:q, how come i never need anything but people always need me?
all this bull :q:q:q:q has gained me a strong taste for captain and coke's. i drank all weekend i had a perfect buzz all weekend i never keep a buzz for long, and i hardly drink but this weekend pushed me over the edge. i dont need to start drinking frequently, but it sure tastes so delicious!
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Might have something to do with the fact that you have Lincoln Auto Parts and your phone number in your sig? If you don't want people bothering you, take it out and tell them that you are out of the parts business. It gives people the impression that you still in vendor status and they call you for their needs.
 
marked8 said:
Might have something to do with the fact that you have Lincoln Auto Parts and your phone number in your sig? If you don't want people bothering you, take it out and tell them that you are out of the parts business. It gives people the impression that you still in vendor status and they call you for their needs.
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I don't think he's talking about selling parts.
It's the more comprehensive, hands on, mechanical work and projects.
 
Dude I've been there man. My girlfriend has helped me say NO to people but it's still in my nature to help out. In the end man, you know you are a great guy & one thing's for sure Karma looks out for you & good things will come your way, maybe not now but definitely when you NEED it most!
 
Not the first time you've had a post like this... you'll get the same answers next time you post it, charge more and/or tell people to :q:q:q:q off. Start following that advice so there isn't a next time you post it.
 
Calabrio said:
I don't think he's talking about selling parts.
It's the more comprehensive, hands on, mechanical work and projects.
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My bad then. As I have said before about doing work for people, either raise your prices or tell them no. People will continue to use you them if you let them for the cheap prices you charge.
 
I feel you Jaime, I'm sorry you feel :q:q:q:qty. A friend told me once, and I try to remind myself, you work to live, not the other way around. You need to raise your prices, the a-holes and people that think they can do it themselfs will do just that. The serious people with the cash will keep coming back. I used to do that at the dealership, I would feel bad sometimes for customers and charge them a lot less than I should have. Problem is, if there was ever a problem with their car, that I didnt cause, I still had to fix whatever that was for no extra charge. I finally said screw it and started charging whatever Mitchell told me to. You should also come up with a labor rate for your shop. You could probably charge $50 an hour. As for other people asking you for help all the time, I say if it isn't your family, tell them to shove it. You have :q:q:q:q to do too, and tell them that. You can make your business a little more profitable/rewarding if you quote work and chage what its actually worth.
 
lol he didnt piss me off, it was my doing, but i took it out on him, big time! but whatever its another dog :q:q:q:q work week and im off to go back to the job i hate most!
 
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