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Originally Posted by northern piper
the shop let it go without an alignment? did they mention anything about this?
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The shop that finished the work didn't do alignments. Its seems that where I live there are barely any shops people trust and the ones they do trust do various different services.... and there are very few that "do all services". So 1 place I have to go for alignment, another place to get decent work and will take a laundry list, another place won't take a laundry list, but will do a couple tasks well but they don't do certain work on the cars if its past certain miles, some don't do engine/tranny replacements and refer you to shops that specialize in "JUST THOSE THINGS"..... I mean.... its pretty ridiculous to me how modularized these places have become.... or it could just be that I live in hick-ville now and thats just the way they all want it to be. Where I used to live there were shops that did "all services under 1 roof" and weren't the dealership prices.
Anyway, enough of my ranting. The ALIGNMENT fixed it. Drives straight now and feels as it should feel with no under or over steer either way.
I just put the cowl back on tonight myself, because I don't trust the shop to do it right or to keep track of all the bolts, and the windshield wipers. The van is finally ready for delivery for my handicapped Mom barring a good interior/exterior cleaning job. I hope they can get the smell of old people's cigarettes out of it. Its not thick... but its there. I will be delivering the van this weekend.
Also, I noticed I have an issue that I'm not sure is an issue with the a/c air vents changing direction from blowing through the dashboard windshield defrost vents and then switching again on their own to the interior vents blowing at the passengers. I was hoping this was an issue due to the cowl being loose and the air intake wasn't secured (pressure??), but if it continues I'll have to wonder about a vacuum leak a lil more (those check engine codes).
Thanks for the help!!!