On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Trooz <trooz@roadrunner.com> wrote:

> It seems that the list members who quickly guessed my problem to be the
> Hall
> sender were correct.  After swapping out parts including an ECU, I finally
> got my mechanic to put in a new distributor and that seems to have solved
> the problem.  He basically refused to put in a rebuilt distributor, telling
> me horror story after horror story about rebuilt items.  He also insisted
> that you could not buy a Hall sender separately even after I printed out
> the
> page from one of our vendor's catalogs showing a new Hall sender in stock
> for my model.  All's well that ends well, I guess.  My van hasn't missed a
> beat for a couple of weeks now [he said, gently knocking on the table].
>
> Bob Trousdale
> '90 Westy
>

  What a silly mechanic.  You, the customer, had to "talk him into" doing
what finally got your van running properly?  Or is it you who're a bit
silly, taking the time to 'school' this mechanic about a few things he
seemed to already know it all about?  I think if it were me, I might look
around for a more agreeable mechanic.  After all, you pay him the
money...and he is supposed to do the work..Where is the debate in that...
If he's so opinionated that you have to "prove" to him that he's wrong on
stuff...New Mechanic?   please don't take offense at this post...I just have
a low tolerance for Primadonna" mechanics..
  Don Hanson