This appears rotted

[beast3300]

This car came in today with this hanging low in the front. The car is a mid to late 90's Sentra. The customer seemed to think it was ok with the tranny bolted to thin air.

 

[d00df00d]

WOW.

What was the symptom that made him bring it in?

 

[S2500Dog]

How on earth did that happen?

 

[Bluestream]

Originally Posted By: S2500Dog
How on earth did that happen?


Ummm, rust...

 

[daves87rs]

Wow!

 

[river_rat]

Road salt

 

[andyd]

Originally Posted By: S2500Dog
How on earth did that happen?
3 months at least , evry year, salted sand is applied to the roads. Combine this with the annual crop of pot holes.......

 

[eljefino]

I can imagine that skewering a skunk or something...

 

[beast3300]

Originally Posted By: d00df00d
WOW.

What was the symptom that made him bring it in?


Oil change of course, and it was a her.

 

[robshelton]

I would say weld it, but to what?

 

[JimPghPA]

Is the vehicle a write off/unreparable?

 

[Scott_Tucker]

I'm sure the customer said, "It never did that until *you* worked on it!"

 

[Scott_Tucker]

I'm sure the customer said, "It never did that until *you* worked on it!"

 

[Johnny]

Quality salt + cheap steel = a bad combination. My cars get washed more in the winter than they do in the summer with a chemical undercarriage flush. No rust on my cars.

 

[Gary Allan]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
I can imagine that skewering a skunk or something...


Roadkill catcher - Ground hog! It's what's for dinner!

 

[Gary Allan]

Originally Posted By: JimPghPA
Is the vehicle a write off/unreparable?


Quote:
I would say weld it, but to what?


You just weld a much bigger piece of metal over the existing span across the front. Run a bead full span and then attach to it.

Not too many would want to do that given our litigious society at this point. VW Beatles had the same issues. Plenty of people could weld them. Nobody wanted to put an inspection sticker on one that was welded. That was back in the 70's. Now you can reconstruct one by welding just about every panel on the thing ..and get it inspected easily.

 

[river_rat]

Originally Posted By: Johnny
My cars get washed more in the winter than they do in the summer

Me too. More time washing under than over.
Originally Posted By: Johnny
with a chemical undercarriage flush.

What? Where? How? Who? Where can I get some undercarriage flush???

Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
- Ground hog! It's what's for dinner!

MMMMMmmmmm!!!

 

[daves87rs]

Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
Originally Posted By: eljefino
I can imagine that skewering a skunk or something...


Roadkill catcher - Ground hog! It's what's for dinner!

 

[addyguy]

I guarantee you that DIDN'T get fixed - customer will just drive car until it fails mecanically, or gets taken off the road.

 

[Samilcar]

I would have written somewhere on the ticket "Car unsafe to drive - customer refused fix" or something similar, just as a CYA measure. You just know that when the transmission falls off in a week that this lady will come back and try to find somebody to blame.