Windfall? I think the term "Windbag" is more fitting when speaking about you.

Maybe you should get the facts straight before YOU'ER  inflammatory and unfounded statements haunt you for a long time to come.

You have offered NOTHING to this forum in terms of technical advice and I am willing to BET the same holds true to any other forum you freequent.

Just what are you trying to say Pogo? Are you too much of a pussy to say it? Just tell people your a stooge for the dealer and you get paid peanuts. Do you even own a Ford truck with an International Diesel engine Pogo? I guess not, and that is the sole reason you are in here acting like a jealous little bratt. Go eat some more fried rice Chan!

When you get a clue, come back and see us.

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Ermmmm....... actually, PooHawk... Chan is a pretty nice guy over the phone... Yep... talked to him a couple of times... We are a couple of time zones apart.

It figures, you both seem stuck on yourself, both of you think your king shit Ford. I think many will agree that a dealer tech is a dealer tech. A dealer tech is the equivalent of a Factory Rat on steriods. The mood swings and violent outbirst are clear tell tale signs you Rats are roided out.

As for anything else.. you are doing it again... you are busting my chops because I know your truck and you don't.... Worse yet, I'm trying to help you understand your truck (as are a bunch of others) and you are going to try and piss on their boots...

Busting your chops? I bet they truly are a big set of chops too. Likley take me several years to bust that much chop. I understand you THINK your helping, however witholding the truth regarding actual repair cost to bring such vehicles that have been poorly maintained back to reliable and good running order will only result in your shooting yourself in the foot once more. So really you are pissing on your own boots, and all your friends as well. I bet they love when you piss on them, you are a odd buch, and you seem pretty close knit. Lucky for you everyone is equally worthless here, regardless of their sexual orentation, race or gender.

Let's digress.... I'm a dick for answering questions but you are a prince because you ask them?.... even though you have already told your customer (by accepting the job) that you are fluent in PSD-speak.... If we visit a doctor, we expect that he will be familiar with the human body.... If we visit a computer repair outlet, we expect that they are familiar with the product.... if we go to a buthcer shop, we expect that the guy behind the counter can tell a pig from a cow from a chicken....

Once more, I am not a butcher, I am not a Doctor. I am a Mechanic. I can tell you that working on a big ass Ford F250 is much more wear and tear on the body, than say a lower to the ground Mercedes that does not require gymastic lessons to perform some tasks, short of pulling the cab. So yes I do feel trucks are more of a pain in the ass than cars. No two people, chickens, cows or butchers are the exact same, but they all eat, sleep, shit, drink and breath. Just like an internal combustion engine.  Are you suggesting that you have re-invented the wheel with your text-book knowledge Pogo?

Poser..... pretender.... charlatan..... these are only some of the terms used to describe this sort of behaviour.

Poser? Pretender? PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF TRUCK YOU DRIVE/OWN.

You continually tell me I am low paid.... OK..... I'll bet that I paid as much in taxes as you paid your techs for the whole year..... I feel bad because I "shorted" myself this year.... I only put 10G in my retirement plan (I'm a lot closer to that than Chan is.... honest). You have no idea and you are flailing blindly.... pretty fucking unattractive, you know....

Oh here he goes beating his chest once more. Im not good with stock, and I think giving my money to someone else to invest is a good way to loose it. I cant help with your retirement portfolio.


Rex... get with the fucking parade... stop pretending to be what you aren't.... learn your limitations (remember that I wont pretend to know MB enough to be an "expert") and work within them....

Chan/Pogo/Whomever you are, go ahead and call me by first name, because you know I am not hiding behind a screen name. I would consider myself an expert mechanic. Unlike you my skills are not limited to just one manufacture, even then you are not a MASTER of all things Ford. You are a specialty mechanic. Make your money, but quit trying to act like your the only one whom can.


You notice that your site traffic has gone down... you have become tiresome..... we all know what your response will be.... and it doesn't look good for your victims.... oops. I meant customers....

I myself enjoy a forum filled with technical bickering with 80% of it being over the heads of the vast majority. Im not looking for traffic dick head. If I were do you think I would be calling you a dick head? It looks very good for my customers, and anyone whom has ever been to the dealer knows that chances of getting in over your head in repair cost is MUCH higher at the dealer. What you fail to realize Pogo is that the customer had a FLEET ACCOUNT and ran it to the limit over time.
Just like a charge card, but his truck was the collateral. When the payments started falling off, the truck was kept inside. You try tying up a bay securing a customer non-pay for over 90+ days and tell me how much that would cost the shop?

You just come in here to pull my chain. Everyone knows your an arrogant dealer rat. Just read your own post every once in awhile.

Pogo Says-

"I "offer" advice for free on some of these forums.... but you are superior because you seek it.... from places where those like me might..... MIGHT.... offer it. 

SELLC Says-

PLEASE NIGGA!

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Because I have been a member since 2006 and have performed numerous administration tasks for vehicle specific catagories is why I may have more than one profile. I can count the months you have been a member here on one hand.

I think calling you Bi-Polar was being nice PogoJimmy... I think we should kick it up a notch to plain old nut case.

I am glad to hear about your Garagekeepers instuments there in Canada, however what would happen if when you were to sell the vehicle, no one wanted to buy it? Seems your laws are a little screwed up over there, and that could explain why YOU are the way YOU are.

I dont know what your problem is, but you do a very good job of making Canadian mechanics look like pompus weiners. No offence Angry Hillbilly, but for all we know you could be him as well. LOL What will really prove you are nuts is when we can prove you are Ford Girl, then we can be safe in our assumptions that your a homo as well.

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My God.... and you wonder why the rest of the world shoots at Americans.

Id like to know when I have ever raised the question of why America is the most powerful country in the world. Nor have I ever cast any doubt that America is the best. I may have my doubts about the current Administration, however I am more than sure he wont make a 2nd term, sort of like how everyone knew you wouldnt hack it as an independent shop owner, and as such you went to the dealer in an effort to fill all the gaps in your skill. The only problem that you have now is the fact you still cant turn a wrench to save your life, and no book is going to change that.

Pogo was a cartoon strip from the 50's and 60's... Walt Kelly, the strips author, had an amazing grasp of both the world and where America fit into that world. In one strip Pogo proclaimed "I have seen the enemy.... and he is us....". However, some pompous Americans decided that they were indeed better than the rest of us... Isn't it interesting that coffins are a major military cargo?

I was well aware of Pogo, and I even posted a photo of a Pogo catroon magazine. Clearly Walt Kelly did not have a very good grasp of where America fits into the world, as his work was never carried on and dies with him. Funny that you mention Coffins, and I would assume you are reffering to the mass production of FEMA Coffins that are stock piled for emercencies where as we have an obligation to dispose of bodies in a dignified mannor. Im sure you preffer deep trenches and lime. And yes they must have gotten one hell of a cost break getting all them coffins produced in one mass production, however rather than view it as a negative, I will instead realize the the days of wasting money for the rest of the world to catch up are OVER, and I think it can be felt just about everywhere in the world. If Canada was to tank, I doubt it would have much of an effect on the "Global Economy".

Me? A pompous wiener? I will wear that cloak proudly.... I AM a pompous wiener...and my customers are happy that I am... I will forever strive to be better than the "next guy"... you make this part easy... it ain't hard to be better than a guy that will lie about anything and everything.

You are a pompous wiener, and I am aware that you wish to wear that title proudly. I am also tired of hearing about your happy customers that could not see you thru the ownership and sucessful operation of your own business. I bet when your customers have a car/truck problem the first thing that they wonder is "Where is Pogo working this month"? LOL

I know you WISH you were better than me, and thats why YOU must lie about anything and everything. There is a reason your a glorified service writer, that reason is that your no good as a wrench, you lack people skills, and even though you cant walk the walk, you can talk it. I understand there are not many that can see thru your bullshit, however may I remind you that I was Born into this business, your ass was just sworn in, most likley because your ass just wouldnt go away.
I dont lie about anything, and the fact that I perform repairs and modifications outside the box is PROOF that I have a level of comfort in my craft that you may never know.  

If I have a problem, it lies with those pretenders that imagine they can fix anything... they can do it without prior knowledge... they can do it without prior experience... rather than answer a question, they deflect it....

Your problem is with that of yourself Pogo. There are many other technicians like you out there that fake it every day too. They read the same things as the good techs, "YET THEY JUST DONT GET IT". You dont seem to "GET IT" either. Once again I urge you to spend more time learning the theory behind the Internal Combustion engine, once you "GET IT" you might understand my answers, and yes there is more than one way to skin a Possum, meaning there are many diffrent ways to ignite many diffrent kinds of fuels, there are many diffrent ways to transfer this power (most all using a reciprocating gear), and yes there are many diffrent ways to control the flow and enrichment of fuel. So please spare me your lies about lack of prior knowledge and know that whenever you feel that I have "Deflected" a question, the answer just shot right over your head.  

At this point,I fail to see why I am still involved (the perennial optimist, I guess)... You feel that having a box full of tools and "attitude" is all you need... In reality, the biggest problem with the automotive repair industry comes from those with a box full of tools and "attitude".

I dont either. I thought you were here to offer your text book smarts for real mechanics to improve themselfs, however all I have seen is a bunch of back stabbing, multiple personalitiy distorders and a bitter old man whom lacks the ability to turn the wrench himself anymore. You will do well to study this old saying, "THE TOOLS DONT MAKE THE MECHANIC".

Yes... I AM a dink.... I am the guy you pray that will never talk to YOUR customer....

I think its the other way around Pogo... You Pray that I will never talk to your customers. You are not an independent mechanic and you work for Ford, so them customers are really not YOURS. They are there because they like Henery Ford, not the never ending BS of Pogo Possum. Really, what are the percentages of folks whom return to the dealer for work outside of warranty anyway? You best not piss me off Pogo, Ford could hire me to be your overlaping labor opperations director, and boy would I ever crawl up your ass.

A dink? Well you got me there... I dont know what a dink is, maybe its one of them Canadian terms, A? I am willing to BET that if I knew just who YOU were, we could find a lot of your customers whom may tell us some stories about you. Most of my customers are too busy driving their cars to fiddle around in here, and the ones that arent must be the people whom were expecting great things for free. I admit there are a few people in this world whom have the CASH to contract me to PERFORM jobs that are very complex but I work on an hourly commision rate. I quote a job and thats what its going to cost, regardless what happens, or the amount of time it takes me to perform the task. Once finished with a repair I expect to be paid. Furthermore if the work I am doing for you is of a "Performance" nature and does not appear in any labor guides "YOU MUST PAY UPFRONT" and I dont expect people to question my diagnossis because they can not afford the repairs, if I tell someone they need X X and X and they order me to do Y Y and Y, then thats not my problem.  Some people just know it all and wont listen, yourself included.

Anyway...have fun with this post... you and I are about done....

I dont think it was very fun. You just took 30 mins of my time. Time I could have been polishing a crank or grinding on some heads. I had to spend the time because our company runs this forum, and we dont feel your actions are geniune. I for one feel that your very mis-informed. You mentioned a user by the name of UmneyR and tried to imply that I was he. You are wrong. UmneyR is a MASTER Tech, can fix any car that comes thru the door. If you have the money, he has the time. Its likley he's been fixing cars since before you were a gooey mess running down your mommas leg. Unlike you he still runs his own Auto-Repair Business at a very ripe old age. He dont sit behind a desk either, he's got that perma grease on the ole' thumb. Also showed me much of what I know, and that is likley 100% more than you could ever dream of knowing. Did I also mention that he founded Auto-Trend Repairs and Service in 1980 with nothing more than a coffee table? I think it makes you look like quite a pussy Pogo... Here is a question for YOU PogoJimmy.... Did you ever have any kids? That lived? 

I sure hope you and I are about done. Your just wasting my time. 

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