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   Hey guys I'm not sure if you remember but I bought my father's auto repair business about a year and a half ago. 

Being a young energetic new business owner I'll take a stab at alot of different projects that dad wouldn't have even thought about. 

Dad was mainly oil,  brakes,  tires,  and some light mechanical if he felt like it.  

I have added more suspension work,  interior work like windows hvac etc,  I have even taken on transmissions on rear wheel drive vehicles.  

On the bigger jobs like the transmission I'll usual do that on a Saturday as to not get interrupted by the customers.  It works out great.  

Well about 2 weeks ago lady brings in her 2010 jeep patriot for rusted out cradles front and back.  I know all about it she's my customer and I told her they were junk a long time ago. Well with the economy the way it is she wants to fix it.  I give her a price which I thought was fair to both parties.  She agreed so Friday morning we began removal of the cradles.  

The rear cradle was the worst of the two.  Bolts siezed to the bushings. Every time you used the impact the rust would rain down on a guy.  

Lucky everything come apart OK.  I ended up cutting 2 pieces of suspension off due to the rust and the bushings.  I felt it was faster and cheaper to her to do it this way. 

What have you guys gotten into and part way through wish you hadn't done this.  But in the end it turned out good.  I'm very proud of the out come of this project.  

Edited by bobkyllo - 2 hours 42 minutes ago at 12:53am

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	Hey guys I'm not sure if you remember but I bought my father's auto repair business about a year and a half ago. Being a young energetic new business owner I'll take a stab at alot of different projects that dad wouldn't have even thought about. Dad was mainly oil, brakes, tires, and some light mechanical if he felt like it. I have added more suspension work, interior work like windows hvac etc, I have even taken on transmissions on rear wheel drive vehicles. On the bigger jobs like the transmission I'll usual do that on a Saturday as to not get interrupted by the customers. It works out great. Well about 2 weeks ago lady brings in her 2010 jeep patriot for rusted out cradles front and back. I know all about it she's my customer and I told her they were junk a long time ago. Well with the economy the way it is she wants to fix it. I give her a price which I thought was fair to both parties. She agreed so Friday morning we began removal of the cradles. The rear cradle was the worst of the two. Bolts siezed to the bushings. Every time you used the impact the rust would rain down on a guy. Lucky everything come apart OK. I ended up cutting 2 pieces of suspension off due to the rust and the bushings. I felt it was faster and cheaper to her to do it this way. What have you guys gotten into and part way through wish you hadn't done this. But in the end it turned out good. I'm very proud of the out come of this project. Edited by bobkyllo - 2 hours 42 minutes ago at 12:53am

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