Nige
Senior Member
Back to my comment above regarding install kits for components.....
It would probably be cheaper to buy a bunch of digital cameras for shop use, and cordless telephones for talking to tech support, than to allow the mischief of employee phones I think.
Yep they are a big problem, upper management has not recognized this problem yet because they are bean counters, they need paperwork to compare figures, this does not show up on their spread sheets, just off the top of my head taking a good guess I would say our main shop looses 1 hour aday to 7 out off 10 mechanics to personal texting and cell phone conversations, doing the math at say 35 bucks hour that's $245 aday $1225 a week and just under $6000 a month on charged out wages that was wasted on cell phone texting and personal calls not to mention adding more unnecessary down time to the repairs on a piece of equipment that is needed, this kind of stuff is easily hidden and over looked, this is just in 1 shop and these figures may be higher, something to think about
Our shop does not do outside work, but a lot of our mechanics do, which is fine after hours, nothing wrong with making a little money on the side, but a lot of their cell calls and texting while working in our shop are related to their after hours gig they have on the side, I have experienced this while giving one of our mechanics a hand on different occasions, mobile mechs have the company cell which is needed but most have 2 more for personal use, I have been helping our mobile different times and all three cells where ringing at the same time and it was the company one he answered last, unbelievableI wonder how many phone hours were billed to the end user customer assuming this shop does outside work.
C9 is A hunk of junk i did 3 HEUI pumps in 8.5k hours if i was to do it all again it would be out with that and in with a 3306Yes Mother Cat is suppressing... major CSI happening on both sides, its $34000 for a short block here in Canada, and another $20,000 to get it installed at Cat, see what happens.
What we call infant mortaility. It happens.Well guy's here's a update on our shiny new quality Cat engine install... the engine fired up then took to knocking and rattling filled the whole shop full of smoke....INJECTOR FAILURE!!!!! took about 3 minutes for our first one to go, #4 injector, does this sound familiar????? 140M DOWN AGAIN.. one would think for 55 grand you could at least hear it idle. I take this as a bad omen for what's to come.
I will be in town tomorrow I will get it for you, another update on the new engine... 1 injector gone but not the only problem, Cat has now taken the head off, the problem lies deeper, unbelievable, there is no way Cat dynode tested this engine.What we call infant mortaility. It happens.
Let me just check on something - what's the Reman engine Serial Number..?
LOLI’ve had contractors tell me I can’t use phone except at break . Guess who calls me all day? If they ask why I don’t answer phone I tell I can’t use phone except at break,then they ask why I didn’t answer during break . I don’t talk shop on my break
I’ve had contractors tell me I can’t use phone except at break . Guess who calls me all day? If they ask why I don’t answer phone I tell I can’t use phone except at break,then they ask why I didn’t answer during break . I don’t talk shop on my break