Dear All,
This is a dedicated thread for hilarious sometimes funny and most of the times stupid works and tricks as well as jugaars by mechanic Ustaads. To give an idea and start with, I am quoting two of incidents that happened with my car out of many others. The purpose of this thread is to have a good laugh while gaining insight into mechanic Ustaads mind so as to avoid losses.
1) A mechanic ustaad forgot to put lock on trans-axle while working on suspension, resulting in leakage of CVT fluid, leading to permanent damage to CVT gear. I had to replace the CVT gear and fluid (The forgetfulness of mechanic ustaad costed me 52000 Rs and 15 days for multiple problems during installation and sourcing a CVT gear, two attempts for two CVT gears since the first one I had sourced turned out to be defective and we installed another one, the fluid had to be changed twice (costing 11000 PKR with two gears)
2) Mechanic ustaad didn't align the belt after installing new AC compressor, resulting in breakage of belt after an hour's drive resulting in demage to idle pulley and me standing stranded on motorway at 1:00 AM at night)
Please share your experiences.
(PS: There should be a govt policy for eligibility and certification for a person to be an automotive mechanic, electrician, denter and everything related. And not just for automotives but all other jobs such as plumbing etc.)