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- Joined
- Jan 30, 2011
- Messages
- 117
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Transmission
- Manual
Good Day,
Just spreading the word about a local garage here in Elkton, MD 21921 that is horrible. They installed a clutch in a vehicle of mine because I had no time between work and college and ended up screwing my truck up.
They completed the job, but before I even left their parking lot my clutch pedal stopped engaging. The guy came out like he knew what had been screwed up, and hose-clamped a piece of rubber hose to hold the pedal on the assembly saying "this should hold it together...it's an old truck." WOW. I had no choice but to leave this jerry-rigged crap on there, at least until I replaced the part that they broke.
After putting about 100 miles on the new clutch, there was some kind of catastrophic failure with the truck. While driving around 50mph the starter engaged but before I was able to shut the truck off everything died, both mechanically and electrically and there WAS A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD.
The optima red-top battery had exploded...literally, the terminals and wires melted, the starter solenoid was on fire, the starter was fried, and both the starter and flywheel had missing and broken teeth. In short, the truck had been totaled.
After having another shop look at the truck, they gave an estimate of 2 weeks and a possible repair bill of $3,500! I spoke with both Ron Johnson and his wife who acts as his secretary, who said "There is nothing I can do for you here. The truck is old, an 88', and has been modified by the owner. We cannot be responsible for damage caused by the driver. This had nothing to do with our shop or work performed, and we WILL NOT cover these repairs."
Just spreading the word about a local garage here in Elkton, MD 21921 that is horrible. They installed a clutch in a vehicle of mine because I had no time between work and college and ended up screwing my truck up.
They completed the job, but before I even left their parking lot my clutch pedal stopped engaging. The guy came out like he knew what had been screwed up, and hose-clamped a piece of rubber hose to hold the pedal on the assembly saying "this should hold it together...it's an old truck." WOW. I had no choice but to leave this jerry-rigged crap on there, at least until I replaced the part that they broke.
After putting about 100 miles on the new clutch, there was some kind of catastrophic failure with the truck. While driving around 50mph the starter engaged but before I was able to shut the truck off everything died, both mechanically and electrically and there WAS A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD.
The optima red-top battery had exploded...literally, the terminals and wires melted, the starter solenoid was on fire, the starter was fried, and both the starter and flywheel had missing and broken teeth. In short, the truck had been totaled.
After having another shop look at the truck, they gave an estimate of 2 weeks and a possible repair bill of $3,500! I spoke with both Ron Johnson and his wife who acts as his secretary, who said "There is nothing I can do for you here. The truck is old, an 88', and has been modified by the owner. We cannot be responsible for damage caused by the driver. This had nothing to do with our shop or work performed, and we WILL NOT cover these repairs."
