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Re: New engine

Reply #20 –
That is my biggest complaint about Bern"d ( number two is the constant up sell). I can not wrap my head around what I am being told, and charged for, is "quality work" being done in the dirt. Those two things don't go together in my world.

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Reply #21 –
Keep it civil and on point.

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Reply #22 –
Quote from: John/Pat –
That is Bern'd outside repair facility. I curious why the city allows that to take place? Must be the location.
Allows what that doesn't occur when stuff happens anywhere, they pour kitty litter on a shop floor and then it goes into a leaky trash dumpster. What really happens when a $$$$$$$$ hazmat team arrives may blow your mind, once they leave the revenue scene. Not right but reality.

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Reply #23 –
If this is turning into a bash party, then I hope the monitors lock it.  The more I look at the picture, the more I wonder about it. It may be a mess, but it doesn't appear to be Bernd's yard. I was just there.

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Reply #24 –
Not so unusual in South Texas seeing repairs done outside, probably 20 car lifts and pits, outside of buildings, within 20 miles of me. Probably because of the milder weather. You can work outside all year unless it is raining.

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Reply #25 –
Lynn and Linda, I am glad to see this is coming to a close and you will be back on the road. It should be a celebration of coach life returning to normal not bashing the source of the repairs.  It is your choice where to get work done.    I see smiles in your front window.

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Reply #26 –
If you have ever seen a site where heavy equipment is working with bulldozers, scrapers etc. the transmissions and engines are done on site in the dirt. At least they were when I was in the operating engineers as a heavy duty repairman. I rebuilt transmission, engines and final drives in the field. It isn't where you work it is how well you do the job. Had to use air and solvent sprayer near the end of each job to clean parts during assembly. Pictures are of a 977 cat 3206 engine I rebuilt in the yard in 2001 the loader is still going strong to the person I sold it to.

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Reply #27 –
Been to a couple very clean Cummins repair places.. Had the valves adjusted and they totally missed the leaking harness right next to the valves... Clean shop doesnt mean anything for the most part... what matters is the end result..

I have nothing for or against this place.. Glad Pugmom was able to get everything back and like I said ..... Einstein looked a mess but he did fairly well..

From what I have read .. his work is good.. Cant beat that.. I guess you could with a clean shop and shotty work?

If Pugmom is happy thats all that should matter to any of us.

Added a pic of his place with the other coach on google maps..

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Reply #28 –
Similar to above,from what I have observed here,Bernd himself is a engine mechanic who happens to own an RV repair shop,like
in bsaeball the best batters don't make the best batting coaches,the best mechanic may not be the best teacher.

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Reply #29 –
Along the lines of John44's comment, I've always said that quality control is the biggest problem.  If you have ever watched "FantomWorks" (http://fantomworks.com/) on the Motortrend channel, the owner, Dan Short, is always inspecting the work done by others and raising hell when it isn't up to his standards.  That is what is missing in addition to basic training and supervision.  Too bad since the potential is there.

George

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Reply #30 –
Quote from: craneman –
If you have ever seen a site where heavy equipment is working with bulldozers, scrapers etc. the transmissions and engines are done on site in the dirt.

That's a fact, my buddy who worked for BD Holt cat for many years mentioned that often the first tool to start a rebuild on a track dozer was not a wrench but a shovel.  To dig a hole for access and to drop the oil pan into. 

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Reply #31 –
I still have my "track shovel" it's a great tool in my flower beds and strangely I don't miss the D9 it came with.
 

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Reply #33 –
Over the years both of them, last pony motor was an old D something or other that I was roped into operating in Wyoming 40 years ago. I was squirting in T poles and stringing fence for the state around state parks.