Re: IML: dealer wont work on car

[aeyn <mr85000@xxxxxxxxx>]

   This is one of the reasons that when I first got my 1969
LeBaron in 1971, I bought the Factory Service Manual.  It was
self defense!  The dealers here in Tucson did not know in 1971
how to work on my 69's turn signal system - they wanted to rip
out the sequential and replace it with a micky-moused standard
blinker system, because THEY weren't savy enough to understand
it.  It is bad when you are wanting to order parts for your
Imperial and have to show the partsman how to look it up in THEIR
parts books (in 1971!)  I later complained to the regional parts
manager about that parts department.   We have the FSM's and the
Dealer Parts books for both of our Imperials - 1975 & 1993.  They
do get used and are GREAT resources.

Æyn & Patrick
Tucson, AZ

--- "christopher sicklesSR." <sicklessr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> it would help if the newer cars was not so complicated that you
> need a degree from nasa to repair them. i been turning wrenches
> since the age of 16, i am not the greatest mechanic out there
> having to depend on local shops to bail me out of a jamb but i
> try and depend on my past experiences and knowledge to help
> guide me along. i too have run into the dealership problems,
> the fact that my imp is a 91 means parts are outdated and no
> longer redilly available, bummer! but i been lucky thanks to
> places like autozone and advance advance auto parts who carry
> the parts i need, a good chiltons or haynes auto manul is a
> godsend to the novice home mechanic and does help diagnose most
> problems step by step. patience and persistence my friends!
> don't lose faith in your abilities and you should be fine.
>   christopher sicklesSR.
>   1991 imperial 4 door
>   elkton,maryland
> 



       
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