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Aberdeen Light Truck Repair Prospect St Keyport/Aberdeen New Jersey
I took the truck there for a water pump replacement and now have the secondary alternator bracket missing. I had previously taken the secondary alternator off to replace the fuel filter and to save time on the water pump job (time is money) I left the secondary alternator off. I called the shop a day later and the woman who answered the phone said she will ask the mechanic when he is back because there was a death in his family. Not hearing back from her for over a week I called them again and she had told me unfortunately it was thrown out and nothing they can do.
I then told her that unfortunately they will have to pay for a replacement and she said she will speak to the owner. Less than five minutes later she calls back and tells me to hold on for the owner that he wants to talk to me. He gets on the phone and tells me it was tossed out and they will do nothing. I told him that it was on there when I brought the truck in and I want it replaced so I could put the secondary alternator back on. He then said a secondary alternator is not needed anymore because it is not being used as an ambulance at which point I disagreed with him because the secondary alternator charges the second set of batteries, jump starts the truck with a push of a button if needed and will also run the entire truck should the primary alternator fail which has been the case previously until the new primary alternator arrived after it being ordered. He then said again sorry there is nothing we are going to do so I told him I will see him in court. He then laughed and said good luck on that.
Well folks normally I would not take a guy to court over this but being he laughed and said good luck I am going to do just that. I will get a cost estimate from PL Custom which is located in Manasquan NJ not to far from me and who built the ambulance in the first place. They are also a customer of ours for the fuel distributor I work for and I actually make the delivery of on road diesel weekly to them so the next time I am there I will ask them what it would cost for the bracket to be fabricated and if need be they can see the truck when I can bring it to them. I will get the estimate in writing, go to the court house and file a small claims case against the shop. The cost to file a small claims case is on;ly $25.00 or so and I will just add that to the cost of getting the money out of this guy. I am not doing it for the money, I'm doing it on the principle that you can't get over on me and to laugh and say good luck has pushed me to file this case.
That's one problem. The second problem is the truck has a hard time starting ever since they did the job. The fuel line attaches to one of the bolts on the waterpump and has a small band clamp that looks to me like rubber should be in but there is no rubber there. I am not sure where the leak exactly is but it is leaking diesel on the passenger side front and the truck was not doing this before it was brought there and started every time, not start then die right away as it does now when it sits for a few hours. I did not even mention the starting issues I am having to them because I would be just wasting my breath and it would fall on deaf ears.
I took the truck there for a water pump replacement and now have the secondary alternator bracket missing. I had previously taken the secondary alternator off to replace the fuel filter and to save time on the water pump job (time is money) I left the secondary alternator off. I called the shop a day later and the woman who answered the phone said she will ask the mechanic when he is back because there was a death in his family. Not hearing back from her for over a week I called them again and she had told me unfortunately it was thrown out and nothing they can do.
I then told her that unfortunately they will have to pay for a replacement and she said she will speak to the owner. Less than five minutes later she calls back and tells me to hold on for the owner that he wants to talk to me. He gets on the phone and tells me it was tossed out and they will do nothing. I told him that it was on there when I brought the truck in and I want it replaced so I could put the secondary alternator back on. He then said a secondary alternator is not needed anymore because it is not being used as an ambulance at which point I disagreed with him because the secondary alternator charges the second set of batteries, jump starts the truck with a push of a button if needed and will also run the entire truck should the primary alternator fail which has been the case previously until the new primary alternator arrived after it being ordered. He then said again sorry there is nothing we are going to do so I told him I will see him in court. He then laughed and said good luck on that.
Well folks normally I would not take a guy to court over this but being he laughed and said good luck I am going to do just that. I will get a cost estimate from PL Custom which is located in Manasquan NJ not to far from me and who built the ambulance in the first place. They are also a customer of ours for the fuel distributor I work for and I actually make the delivery of on road diesel weekly to them so the next time I am there I will ask them what it would cost for the bracket to be fabricated and if need be they can see the truck when I can bring it to them. I will get the estimate in writing, go to the court house and file a small claims case against the shop. The cost to file a small claims case is on;ly $25.00 or so and I will just add that to the cost of getting the money out of this guy. I am not doing it for the money, I'm doing it on the principle that you can't get over on me and to laugh and say good luck has pushed me to file this case.
That's one problem. The second problem is the truck has a hard time starting ever since they did the job. The fuel line attaches to one of the bolts on the waterpump and has a small band clamp that looks to me like rubber should be in but there is no rubber there. I am not sure where the leak exactly is but it is leaking diesel on the passenger side front and the truck was not doing this before it was brought there and started every time, not start then die right away as it does now when it sits for a few hours. I did not even mention the starting issues I am having to them because I would be just wasting my breath and it would fall on deaf ears.