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geolabious:
How pls

People mostly put it on to announce that it's a new car.

It is only useful for saying "I beta pass my neighbour".

Abeg tell them O.

Finally, the boss has time to play.

OP, from your list, your best bet is 2004/2005 Honda civic that has not been abused and if you can drive manual, more peace of mind.

Upload the video.

Why is the OP and his likes propagating an unfounded opinion?

Because they are not looking for new members.

For now Sir, I do not supply transmissions.

CityNGR:
Wonder what you were doing in the short time brothel....restpoint? What do I know?

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Speaking from experience.

Scan the vehicle first, it maybe in limp mode due to a bad sensor or module. Post the result of the scan for interpretation.

I believe I can fly.

The Kazeem does not have a tree in his workshop so he had to further improvise in an attempt to straighten the corolla chassis.
Hope the wedge won't dent the rim

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Tommyrich:
One morning sir, please I'm having challenge with my back shocks for Honda baby boy that I changed to direct Belgium early January this year but it's bad again. Please I need your advice. Should I go for a new one or still the Belgium.

The probability of getting a direct Oyibo tokunbo shocks for your car is very near to zero. Get a new one.

No, its not.

Personally I prefer dealing with customers that have some knowledge of their cars, it makes my work easier.

With an increased knowledge of cars, car owners will be more conscious of the state of their cars, translating to more patronage of technicians for preventive maintenance, so I think.

For those who want to teach Kazeem work after watching YouTube, ensure that either you or Kazeem has and can make use of a professional scan tool unless your vehicle MY is over 14 years ago.

radautoworks:
Very thoughtful answers. My point is that for a mechanic to price a job, they have to figure out their break even. E.g.

If a mechanic does jobs on average for 5k (which people are still loathe to pay), forget rent or any other expense, just to take home 100k in a month, he has to fix 20 cars. Now, add in rent, transportation, tools, supplies, you expect this same mechanic to fix at least 50 cars a month just to take home 100k. Is that reasonable? When does he eat? When does he sleep?

Now apply that to a mechanic shop and then you'll understand why mechanics charge what they do. Same with part sellers. If you expect a part seller to only Mark up 20% and he probably took out a loan to start the business (which he would be lucky to have gotten at 10%), add in diesel/phcn and rent. Exactly how many parts would he have to sell just to break even much less make it worthwhile?

For us, there is no black magic involved. We simply estimated all our expenses and worked backwards based on number of expected cars and average job size to arrive at our hourly rate. It's a basic formula that is used by all mechanic shops overseas. Could we have charged more like other shops at 6,500 -10,000 like other shops? Sure, but we didn't NEED to.

With these figures in mind, I ask my original question again. What do you think is a fair markup?

There are items I buy for #4,500 and sell it #5,000 and a different item I buy #600 and sell #2,000. Both items are from the same source and their selling prices at the prevailing market rate.

Prices of items are mostly determined by demand and supply and in other cases monopoly, ignorance and greed.

A scam in auto repair is simply a deliberate act by a technician to deceive and obtain cash or items from a client during the course of repair.

Meanwhile the issue of pricing for parts and services is a function of the business model the business owner wants to operate in line with the "laws of the land". After all, the technicians and clients will always have the choice of adjusting their business models to remain relevant and going to shop A instead of B, respectively.

Finally, a customer that cannot / does not want to pay for services, is that one a customer?

11. Proceed to your Kazeem, CALMLY tell him how you want your problems solved.

I so love this line.

OP+Thread= Bad belle 2019 model

Kindly include engine pictures and chassis number/VIN

I nominate nurey.

Kindly post the scan results here.

Thanks

@Kashif, God bless you Sir, for the details.

No time for long talk, each man to his own way.

mayor2013:
Am sorry to say this but I must so as to serve as a lesson to others with the transmission U151E. 24hrs is needed for that job. Anything lesser you are on your own. Get prepared to get another transmission

The problem with most mechanics is CARELESSNESS. I have done same day shaft jobs on both U151 and 660 transmissions with NO issues thereafter.

@OP, First of all have the vehicle scanned and clear ANY ABS codes. If it still doesn't change gear then proceed to further diagnose the transmission.

GAZZUZZ:
Grave digger

Contractor.

Pictures please

nwanneni:
what was i suppose to buy?

Star ATF

Too bad they are celebrating their "2018 Road Safety Week...", as written on that backyard handcrafted banner, so its definitely not their patrol vehicle. Poor preparation.

Flames000:
Could those really cause the car to Slag wen heated up?
It drives smoothly in the mornings.... till engine warms up....
Even when it slags... if u turn of the engine and restart.... it picks and after 7mins... go back to slugging again.

You most likely have a blocked catalytic converter.