1993 Caravan OH console on a '92...?

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:49:41 -0400, Bill Putney >
wrote:

>Hachiroku ???? wrote:
>
>> ...The only problem I have with Alldata is the way it is used. I brought a
>> car to a place for a timing belt and a water pump. The belt drives the
>> water pump, so when you remove the belt, the pump is right there, right?
>>
>> OK, so then "Flat Rate" comes into play: They have to remove the covers,
>> idlers, etc to get the belt out. The water pump is three more bolts. The
>> were going to charge me the price, according to Alldata's "Flat Rate" to
>> change the timing belt, and THEN charge me Alldata's "Flat rate" to remove
>> the water pump, which means charging me for the removal and reinsatllation
>> of the timing belt ALL OVER AGAIN!!! Pay for labor you're doing once,
>> twice? No thanks.
>
>You can't blame Alldata for that. That's the individual shop's policy
>to strictly observe flat rate contrary to common sense and ethics.
>Otherwise, on a given procedure, alldata would have to come up with a
>list of all permutations of job combinations. There has to be some
>place for the shop's discretion and common sense in adjusting things
>accordingly. Those that use flat rate as an excuse to commit fraud
>(possibly not legal fraud, but certainly ethical fraud) are ones that I
>would choose not to do business with.
Don't know about Alldata, but Mitchell on Demand - the other one I
was trying to think of, there ARE combination charges listed.

As there are on most factory flat rate manuals.
But the guy reading the manual still needs to have (and use) a brain.