Long story but I feel miserable and need to vent:
Well drove out to swap a tire with a 4x4 guy today and I told him how my mechanic removed the rear track bar to solve my death wobble.
He goes - wait, he didn't install another one?
Me - nope he said it's ok
Him - he is nuts.
He actually knows the mechanic, and said he is such a off road guy he doesn't get road safety. He says he would NOT drive a jeep without a rear track bar.
Anyways on way back to home I call mechanic and talk with him about this. He feels its safe, blah blah, says he has driven all over without one, etc. Regardless, I say I am ordering one!
When I get home I notice a puddle under neath my jeep. I start to shit a brick. I look at it...I thought oil but me and my neighbor think it is definitely transmission fluid, but it seems to be coming from the transfer case. We check the trans fluid and it is over the WARM hole on the stick. My neighbor is convinced someone overfilled it and now it has blown a seal.
Regardless, now I have two issues to deal with. I called the owner of the lot I bought it from and gave him my piece. He said to take it back to the mechanic tomorrow and have him look at it, not to worry about it, etc. But HOW CAN I NOT WORRY ABOUT IT? I just made a 15k investment in (what I thought to be) a dependable vehicle. I do NOT have the money to be ******* around with this forever.
What do ya'll think - about both issues?
Well drove out to swap a tire with a 4x4 guy today and I told him how my mechanic removed the rear track bar to solve my death wobble.
He goes - wait, he didn't install another one?
Me - nope he said it's ok
Him - he is nuts.
He actually knows the mechanic, and said he is such a off road guy he doesn't get road safety. He says he would NOT drive a jeep without a rear track bar.
Anyways on way back to home I call mechanic and talk with him about this. He feels its safe, blah blah, says he has driven all over without one, etc. Regardless, I say I am ordering one!
When I get home I notice a puddle under neath my jeep. I start to shit a brick. I look at it...I thought oil but me and my neighbor think it is definitely transmission fluid, but it seems to be coming from the transfer case. We check the trans fluid and it is over the WARM hole on the stick. My neighbor is convinced someone overfilled it and now it has blown a seal.
Regardless, now I have two issues to deal with. I called the owner of the lot I bought it from and gave him my piece. He said to take it back to the mechanic tomorrow and have him look at it, not to worry about it, etc. But HOW CAN I NOT WORRY ABOUT IT? I just made a 15k investment in (what I thought to be) a dependable vehicle. I do NOT have the money to be ******* around with this forever.
What do ya'll think - about both issues?