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O.K. folks : a question - did '93 Civics ever come without power steering ?
I took the car back to the mechanic. ( This is a guy that is late 40s to early 50s with the greasy, well worn hands of a longtime mechanic, so he is not just some fresh kid that doesn't know jack. )
He said that the part that he replaced had a split in it from being overtightened
"probably by some other mechanic ."
( As far as I know the part on the car was untouched. I am the third owner of the car, and all major work done to the car was documented.)
He said that it was leaking fluid and that this was probably because I did not have power steering.
Uh ... WHAT ?
( I was thinking " Did he just say that ? ) What puzzles me is that he even drove the car around the block after he put on the parts.
Maybe he just needs more rest.
I'd like to think that he is telling the truth, and that what I had replaced actually needed to be replaced.
What puzzles me though is that the guy didn't know that my car had power steering.
I took the fellow over to the car and showed him the split boot. " Oh - that's a factory part. You can't get those except from the dealer. " He said.
About this time I guess he started to see that I was beginning to trust him less and less.
He got on the phone and called his buddy for prices on the boots. I didn't know it but he told the guy to send them on over without me even saying if I was even going to have him put them on.
Blah, blah ... blah ... and I am thinking about this time that I really need something in writing.
I told him I could go for twentyfive but no more. He's doing the labor free, so I can't complain I guess.
My question to you guys is if I should even have the boots put on by this guy or not.
Thank you
As far as the car riding strange, I guess it just needed to be worn in. The car pulls to the right now, but it is not that bad ( At 50 MPH it takes around three to four seconds to pull me into the oncoming lane.
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