We have an older guy that does this work he is very good and gets work form all over the country and world. (Yes the generator on a 1932 Bugatti or some such from Chile was sent to him to repair) Jocco had a generator problem so took it to him for repair 12v delco. Exspected the worse and told him no hurry don't need it till Sept. He was puzzled and told me to hang on for a few. Tested it 0 volts then tore it down Fixed some minor wire issues and worked on the regulator and now 14.4 volts. Talked to me the whole time about back when we were younger. NOW FOR PAYMENT NOPE WOULD NOT TAKE A CENT!!! "you bring in enough stuff for me to fix or give me used items for parts" SO HOW WAS THAT FOR SERVICE?? OH BOY PEOPLE WILL MISS HIM WHEN HE IS GONE!!!
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coonie minnie
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If you have the opportunity, be nice like that to someone else.
There's one here the same way. I broke the nose cone off the starter on the 1550. I had planned to just drop it off. She put it on the bench,told me to wait a minute,she thought she had a used one like that. She went outside,came back in with one,took mine apart and checked the bushing on hers for wear. The end plate was bent on mine from the armature moving. She hammered it flat and put it back together. She tested it and it ran. The bill? $15 for the used cone.
Billy Shafer
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People like him are getting hard to find. We had two shops around where I live. Man was 95 thought it was time to retire. The other shop is run by a lady in a one room small shop. She can fix just about anything you can bring her. Can rattle off part numbers with no books. You don't get anything back unless she is happy with it. Don't have to worry about it working. She does require you to stop and visit a little.
I still do the same thing here,,my city wife don't understand it,,but us country folk do,,I tell people that friends are always ready to buy you a beer in town...but none of them will buy you a quart of milk...and some times i will tell a neighbor that I fixed free to make up for the times I have ran them off the road with a combine...these kind of things separate use from the "Mega Dealers"...
Our local shop like that is not going to be around much longer as they are old. They really stay in business just to help out their loyal customers with old equipment. Great guys. The one that always did the radiator repair is done. The brother that does magnetos likes a good challange if I bring him something different.
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