I wish that it involved motorcycles but it didn't
I'm getting the Miata ready for the long sleep and storage during these ever increasingly long Indiana winters.(Well, it seems that way to me
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I drove it to my dealer for a change of full synthetic oil and a 20 point checkup. I asked for and got my favorite technician to work on it, Jon.
Ever since I've had it, I've been smelling what seemed to be like crankcase fumes when I accelerated. The Miata is running fine with no codes showing up on my Scan Guage but I still had a slight concern.
This info was passed along to Jon in person as I have the OK to talk to him directly instead of the service writer.
As I was sitting in the customer lounge, Jon came up to me and we talked about the problem and a few other minor things. He had found the basic of my concern. The rubber shift boot of the tranny shift lever had rotted out and was badly torn. That, along with a PVC clamp on the engine that was too loose, were the causes Fumes were coming in from under the car past the rubber shift boot.
I was amazed to find that Jon had used his discount to lower the price on the shift boot to 30 dollars, and also had taken care of a minor problem in the center console AND had changed the clutch hydraulic fluid, all at no charge for labor, despite me telling him to not short his labor time.
Why all this long winded discourse on something this simple? Because I have a son, Mark, who also is a master tech. Both Jon and Mark share a similar story. They both get the hard jobs which pay little while the trainees get the easy jobs which pay greatly. Jon and I have conversations about this. He has become a friend.
I don't really know why Jon did this for me but I WILL pass it forward! Something to think about.
