I carried my truck to the transmission shop, with both drive shafts out and transfer case out.-I pulled them and then decided not to pull the trans.

The estimate was ~1300 to pull and rebuild the trans (4L60E) and put everything back together.

Well, the shop called and told me that the trans case was cracked and that I must have hit something in the road to cause the damage cause the trans was ok but needed to be rebuilt anyhow. Cause it was old and worn out.

OK…. I can deal with that.

I called and filed a claim with my insurance co. so I wouldn’t have to pay for it. The adjuster went by the shop, looked at the truck, and picked up the estimate. The adjuster then called and said everything would be taken care of.

I asked the adjuster what the estimate was for and he said over 3K and went on to say that the shop estimate said that the transfer case needed rebuilding.

The Transfer case was fine.

Then the shop owner calls me this morning “upset” asking why I told the adjuster to send me the check and not to the shop. That he had needed the money to pay his bills with.
The adjuster is sending me a copy of the estimate as well as the check.

What I can’t figure out is…How did a 1300 est. Go to over 3K?
And the shop owner didn’t say **** to me about anything else wrong but the transmission.

And I even bought the rear drive shaft, off this site.

Point being…I never signed any paper giving permission to perform work on my truck and he shouldn’t be able to perform any other jobs without approval.

So, I’m only going to pay him for the work I know for a fact he did.

Sounds to me like he’s just trying to get Paid.

 

sounds like he wanted some new shoes

 

I had almost the same thing done to me when my GF wrecked my Ford F-150, I was out at sea and get a call from my GF saying she was in an accident and a wrecker towed my truck to his shop for a repair estimate!, But I did not want a repair estimate I wanted the wrecker guy to drop the truck off in my driveway in New Hampshire, and I will pay for the towing fee and the three days of storage that i owed and not a penny more!, And the guy tells me that unless he see's the registration from me to prove that I am the owner that the truck then the truck is staying just where it is! I just lost it when he said that, and then I called my office and asked for an emergency relief, to go home with the line "My GF was in a car accident excuse" so two days later, I get to the auto body shop in NH with the two POLICEMEN with me, and show the wrecker shop owner guy my proof of registration and insurance card, and then I point to the police men with me, Well to make a long story short the wrecker guy knows that I make a ton of money as a sea captain and was trying, "to put one over on me!" I paid for the wrecker service fee, and the (one)1 week storage fee, and then DROVE away! the truck only had a small f-ing dent on the side of the cab and minor damages mainly scratches from tree branches!

The moral of the story is: Better watch your back!, because every one has a knife!

 

^ True

 

hey man I've been screwed too. I can't go into detail but suffice to say three failures in four months and I'm not happy sir. Best of luck!