I don't know about anyone else, but back when I would have bigger jobs done by "professionals", I had a hard time finding a shop with a torque wrench! Most of these guys are just part changers, and poor ones at that. They are spending your money so they just keep throwing parts at the problem all while damaging everything else they touch. I have a long story about the time I paid a professional shop to install a clutch in my 1989 Beretta. The mechanic actually said to me "I don't need a torque wrench, it is plenty tight!". --- Wilson Hitchings <canon20dfan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If the general opinion is that quality mechanics are > on the decline, > I'm curious why that is. Repair places have had a > profit motive since > day one, but many of you are saying a good mechanic > is harder to find > now than it was, say, 20 years ago. Why? > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/