Chris Kulbaba
Well-Known Member
Well, as most of you regulars know ive had a probem with my ST stalling... You may also know I took it in today to have it repaired if it was my suspicion of a torque converter problem.
Well I went to pick up my truck today after work, also my first day of no smoking! Not a good combo right there.
Anyways, when I first came to the tranny shop I was thinking, TAKE OUT YOUR IPOD. TAKE OUT YOUR IPOD, but I didnt, I have a ton of audio equipment in my ST... Anyways... I didnt take it out, I unhooked it, and hid it in the consoe 'bag' under that shelf thing thats inside (the black fabric/foam thing)...
So after I talked to the peope they stil said they didnt beleive it was anything to do with the tranny, I asked them to go ahead with a tranny service, fillter, etc.
I get back to the place after work (back to this point, lol) and I go in, pay my bil, chit chat for a min about what other things it coullld be.
I get into the ST, and the first thing I do is see if my IPOD is stil there so I coud pug it in for the drive home.... ITS GONE!
I go inside and ask if anyone knows what happened to it, and they al seemed realy suprised. The one guy said wel the guy that was working on it went home for the day, and they woud ask him tomorrow... I was pretty calm about it at this point...
SO I agreed to wait until tomorrow.
I go to get in my ST, and I go to step on the brake to start, and it hits the floor. Im thinking, woah, wtf, I changed my brakes on the weekend so I thought maybe I had something wrong with the brake lines up front from that.... I inspect, no fluid, no leaks noticable up front.
I peek to theb ack and I see fluid leaking off the sway bar. I then get a litte mad, I was thinking, these guys first stealll my ipod, then now are trying to kill me!!!
SO this time I go inside, calm, then they start arguing with me, saying they didnt do anything with the brakes, etc, and im thinking, wel they were fine all weekend and al the way there, the only thing that happened today was they had it and took it for a test drive.
I blew up. I called the police about the ipod, but beleive it or not I had to leave a message!
I went back into pissed off mode, saying I wanted it towed to my house cause I cant trust it there, etc...
Finaly, I agreed to have them et me take it inside so they coud put it on a hoist and we coud see what was up.
It wasn`t thier fault! My swaybar was rubbing on the drivers side rear brake line which was evident by the worn away swarbar paint, and there was even a divot where it was rubbing.
I then appoligized for blowing up and agreed to leave it overnight to be fixed. But I am stil furious about the stolen ipod!! They said they would corner the guy that wokred on it, and review the cameras they have around the shop to see who may have stolen it. They seemed quite concerned that this happened at thier business, and said if didnt lay charges, they would. So I hope they can get it back, before the police return my message ( I stil cant beleive I had to leave a message!)
Moral of the story is, if you have an EE swaybar, re-route your brake lines, because eventualy it wil run right through were they are! Im glad now it happened OFF the road, and not ON the road.
Long story, but had to vent
Well I went to pick up my truck today after work, also my first day of no smoking! Not a good combo right there.
Anyways, when I first came to the tranny shop I was thinking, TAKE OUT YOUR IPOD. TAKE OUT YOUR IPOD, but I didnt, I have a ton of audio equipment in my ST... Anyways... I didnt take it out, I unhooked it, and hid it in the consoe 'bag' under that shelf thing thats inside (the black fabric/foam thing)...
So after I talked to the peope they stil said they didnt beleive it was anything to do with the tranny, I asked them to go ahead with a tranny service, fillter, etc.
I get back to the place after work (back to this point, lol) and I go in, pay my bil, chit chat for a min about what other things it coullld be.
I get into the ST, and the first thing I do is see if my IPOD is stil there so I coud pug it in for the drive home.... ITS GONE!
I go inside and ask if anyone knows what happened to it, and they al seemed realy suprised. The one guy said wel the guy that was working on it went home for the day, and they woud ask him tomorrow... I was pretty calm about it at this point...
SO I agreed to wait until tomorrow.
I go to get in my ST, and I go to step on the brake to start, and it hits the floor. Im thinking, woah, wtf, I changed my brakes on the weekend so I thought maybe I had something wrong with the brake lines up front from that.... I inspect, no fluid, no leaks noticable up front.
I peek to theb ack and I see fluid leaking off the sway bar. I then get a litte mad, I was thinking, these guys first stealll my ipod, then now are trying to kill me!!!
SO this time I go inside, calm, then they start arguing with me, saying they didnt do anything with the brakes, etc, and im thinking, wel they were fine all weekend and al the way there, the only thing that happened today was they had it and took it for a test drive.
I blew up. I called the police about the ipod, but beleive it or not I had to leave a message!
I went back into pissed off mode, saying I wanted it towed to my house cause I cant trust it there, etc...
Finaly, I agreed to have them et me take it inside so they coud put it on a hoist and we coud see what was up.
It wasn`t thier fault! My swaybar was rubbing on the drivers side rear brake line which was evident by the worn away swarbar paint, and there was even a divot where it was rubbing.
I then appoligized for blowing up and agreed to leave it overnight to be fixed. But I am stil furious about the stolen ipod!! They said they would corner the guy that wokred on it, and review the cameras they have around the shop to see who may have stolen it. They seemed quite concerned that this happened at thier business, and said if didnt lay charges, they would. So I hope they can get it back, before the police return my message ( I stil cant beleive I had to leave a message!)
Moral of the story is, if you have an EE swaybar, re-route your brake lines, because eventualy it wil run right through were they are! Im glad now it happened OFF the road, and not ON the road.
Long story, but had to vent
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