There are just some days I wish I didn't turn wrenches

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On the same Tahoe, it has hydro-boost brakes and when on a rough enough road or over bumps, there is a rattle noise under the dash on d/s and sounds close to the firewall. I checked and is not the lower collar bearing on the steering column and not the attaching shaft at bottom of column. Did find a lot of play at the upper brake pedal pivot. Has a large horizontal bolt with a threaded nut. Cannot seem to see or feel the other side of it to see if the bolt head is there. I was tired and did not spend a bunch of time digging. Also has P/S fluid seepage at back of hydro-boost at the firewall. See pics of seepage and threaded bolt. Bolt is at top of the pic. Anyone ran in to this before and know anything about tightening the bolt? Is there a bolt head or is it captured? Thanks in advance.

 

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Then I had a customer from previous work, call me out of the blue and asked if I could install his new battery. He said other shops were putting him off for at least a week. It is a 2015 Ford Escape SLE AWD with the 1.6 turbo. I found a coolant leak that 3 other shops could not find, about 1.5 years ago. Done a couple oil changes and Reinstalled a rubbed off fuel tank cover for him as well.

Took 30 minutes to install battery. Remove wiper arms, remove upper and lower cowlings and dig out of the box it is in, in front of driver close to the firewall. Then I reset his oil change reminder light and asked why? He said he had the oil changed and realized that he slipped up. I saw a new sticker and he did not call me for the oil change and the shop did not do the reminder light reset.

I told him $40 for the battery install and he paid me $50 instead and begged forgiveness for not calling me about the oil change.

 

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So now, more work in my future on this 2005 Tahoe that I did the door hinge pins on. I found a video that explains EXACTLY the rattle under the dash problem and shows what to do to fix. For info purposes, I have already ordered the bushing, gonna do the brake light switch while is off for bushing access and in my case, I am going to remove the driver's seat for way better access for me. At 6'4" and 280 pounds, I need some room. In the video, that I am supplying the link for, it is also a hydro-boost brake system with the exact same p/s fluid leakage/seepage that I saw on her Tahoe. The video is a Suburban.

 

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It was a standard "pep talk" interview and there will be another after they send me a questionnaire to fill out and send back. The questions were mainly, "Tell me 3 things about yourself, that other people do not know". How did I get started in the business? Tell me something good your friends would say about you and something bad they would say about you. What is the salary I would be willing to start at? Able to work 5 days a week and when can I start.

What do I know about the shop? What have I heard about the shop?

All this took place over a 15 minute period. I was not impressed, really. I am wanting to write service at a light truck/auto repair shop, not talk about my feelings and desires.

It was an independent company out of Colorado doing this.

LOL, at least they know what's important for the job. You could probably get a raise if you tell them that you already know that "homeless" is being superseded by "unhoused".

joe

 

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Once the seat is out, looks like I can lay completely flat and have plenty of room.