Got a call on tuesday. A local dealer whom I won't name ( lol) let a Customer in a handicapped van drive over the pit for an oil change.
The customer somehow drove into the pit! When this happened it severed some AC and cooling lines under the van.
Due to the fact that it's a modified van( wheel chair lift) the lines that got damaged were custom built by the company that modified it and not available.
Can't just loan the owner a car since they needed special accomodations and can't drive a normal car.
Dealer got the owner home and proceeded to get to work on the van. Their attempt to fix a high pressure AC line was a piece of heater hose and hose clamps!
When that let loose under pressure they removed all the lines to have them repaired.
Then when several shops said they can't fix it they ended up at the local hose place that mostly makes hydraulic hoses for tractors.
They don't do any aluminum repairs. They just crimp new ends onto new hose for equipment.
But they did give the dealer my number as they know that I do repairs to stuff that nobody else locally can.
Guy brought the mess to me last night and about 45 minutes later I had the lines properly repaired with the correct fittings and crimps.
Nice little job for me.
The customer somehow drove into the pit! When this happened it severed some AC and cooling lines under the van.
Due to the fact that it's a modified van( wheel chair lift) the lines that got damaged were custom built by the company that modified it and not available.
Can't just loan the owner a car since they needed special accomodations and can't drive a normal car.
Dealer got the owner home and proceeded to get to work on the van. Their attempt to fix a high pressure AC line was a piece of heater hose and hose clamps!
When that let loose under pressure they removed all the lines to have them repaired.
Then when several shops said they can't fix it they ended up at the local hose place that mostly makes hydraulic hoses for tractors.
They don't do any aluminum repairs. They just crimp new ends onto new hose for equipment.
But they did give the dealer my number as they know that I do repairs to stuff that nobody else locally can.
Guy brought the mess to me last night and about 45 minutes later I had the lines properly repaired with the correct fittings and crimps.
Nice little job for me.