Not trying to ruffle anyone’s feathers I was just trying
to point out that dealerships are in business to make money. They have
their flat-rate-manual to tell them how much time is allowed for every possible
job they can do. But that manual only covers the last 10 to 15 years of
cars and trucks. Anything outside of that manual is just a guess on their
part. If the flat-rate-manual says a particular job should take 4 hours
to complete and the mechanic takes 5 hours, (because he was studying the FSM
for your 20 year old car) they lost money.
I also have an independent shop so some work on my Imperials.
But that same 4 hour job may take him a couple of days while he finds the parts
and orders them.
Try taking your old Philco tube chassis TV to the local hi-tech
VCR repair shop. Most places won’t touch it.
Or:
Try calling Microsoft to get support for any software older than
5 years. (good luck)
We have old classic cars and it’s in our best interest to
learn how to work on them. It will not get better with time, it will get
worse.
Ken
67 Crown 4 Dr Ht
68 LeBaron 4 Dr Ht
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Ken, I can buy some of that, and I'm sure the automotive
business is different from my marine business, but I still service 30-40 year
old Volvo Penta Product, as well as the latest all electronic diesels, for
these we use an HP 5500 hand held PC. What it boils down to, is a lack of
product support, or the desire to.Fortunately, the marine business hasn't
adopted the automotive thinking (yet). With car dealers selling batteries,
shocks, tires etc, just to improve their bottom line, a point type tune-up
should be a no brainer.Ya'll have a nice day, Dave.
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From: Ken Lang <imperialken@xxxxxxxxx>
To the best of my knowledge the U.S. automakers stop making
replacement parts after 10 years. For them to work on something
older means they will probably spend more time tracking down parts. It
also means your car has the potential to sit in their yard longer while waiting
for those parts to arrive.
Also, each dealership’s service writers know the
capability of their current staff of mechanics. If their oldest mechanic
is under 30 years of age, he’s probably never worked on a car with
points. Again it boils down to time and money. It’s not that
the young mechanic is not smart enough to figure out how to repair your
Imperial. The dealership is not willing to spend to time and money for
him to go through the learning curve for a one time repair. It has
nothing to do Chrysler China. It has to do with economics.
Ken
67 Crown 4 Dr Ht
68 LeBaron 4 Dr Ht
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Subject: IML: Dealer won't work on a '90s Imperial
Went to a
five-star dealer in Richmond, Calif., over the weekend with an electrical
problem and was firmly told they do not do any work on cars more than 15 years
old. The rest of the conversation is immaterial, the service writer was
adamant and told me this after emerging from the servive manager's
office. Does this mean we're all officially "orphaned" by
Chrysler China?
Happy motoring,
David
'91 K-Imperial driver 200,000 miles
'66 LeBaron dual air and every option known to man
Pinpoint
customers who are looking for what you sell.
