I have a bit of a dilema here. I have doing business with the same small repair shop for about 10 years. Its a small shop, pretty much a one man show. Hes fixed a lot of my stuff. Valve job on my 8/26 toro, lawnmower work. I bought my only new saw from him, my Dolmar PS540 and my Dolmar trimmer. He has given me 10-12 saws including my shelf queen 031 stihl. Ive sent him a lot of work as well.
2 incedents happened recently that are bothering me. First, my buddy from work dropped off an 025 that needed carb work. I didnt have the time back in march to look at it. He told my buddy it needed a new carb and hed have it in 2 weeks, everytime he would call it was another excuse. Finally my buddy got fed up and and wants it back. Hes now asking me about the saw and Im stuck in the middle. I called the shop and he didnt return my call.
Number 2.
This really got me. I got a nice dolmar trimmer in one of those big saw scores a while back. I cleaned it up and gave it to my dad as a backup. He uses it and likes it better than his FS75. Then it stalls when it gets hot. Again i didnt have time to look at it so he brought it to the shop. My dad gets pi$$ed cause hes had it a month and no word. My dad goes up and he tells him "blown engine, 60psi" and gives my dad prices on a new one. I hear about this and say bring it over. It sure feels like it has good compression I check, 130psi cold. We run it, after 20min it shuts down, compression....135. HMMMMMM. Now Im Pi$$eD!! I had a parts machine so we swapped the coil. 30 min using it in heavy brush, no stall, no problem.
He lied to my dad, either never looked at it or wanted a quick sale. My dad is all done with him. How can I trust this guy? He was always fair and generous with saws. What would you do?
2 incedents happened recently that are bothering me. First, my buddy from work dropped off an 025 that needed carb work. I didnt have the time back in march to look at it. He told my buddy it needed a new carb and hed have it in 2 weeks, everytime he would call it was another excuse. Finally my buddy got fed up and and wants it back. Hes now asking me about the saw and Im stuck in the middle. I called the shop and he didnt return my call.
Number 2.
This really got me. I got a nice dolmar trimmer in one of those big saw scores a while back. I cleaned it up and gave it to my dad as a backup. He uses it and likes it better than his FS75. Then it stalls when it gets hot. Again i didnt have time to look at it so he brought it to the shop. My dad gets pi$$ed cause hes had it a month and no word. My dad goes up and he tells him "blown engine, 60psi" and gives my dad prices on a new one. I hear about this and say bring it over. It sure feels like it has good compression I check, 130psi cold. We run it, after 20min it shuts down, compression....135. HMMMMMM. Now Im Pi$$eD!! I had a parts machine so we swapped the coil. 30 min using it in heavy brush, no stall, no problem.
He lied to my dad, either never looked at it or wanted a quick sale. My dad is all done with him. How can I trust this guy? He was always fair and generous with saws. What would you do?
