Brian Smith wrote:
> "jim beam" <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:W7Wdnd5mtqJQ1nfYnZ2dnUVZ_tWhnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> ok, if filter clogging is an issue, then it's good to change them.
>>
>> this should have been revealed in failure analysis though, not be the
>> result of what is, with respect, a pretty much random maintenance
>> schedule. in an ideal world, you'd have had the manufacturer work with
>> you to figure this stuff out, not just gouge you for new transmissions.
>
> I know what you're saying, but we don't live in an ideal world <g>.
> Doing what I did was the logical step towards solving the problem(s),
with
> Allison's labour rate of $105.00 an hour it doesn't take long to waste a
> grand when looking for the answer.
>
>
but for stuff like that, i don't think you should be paying - you should
have one of the allison design team down there resolving your problem.
from a manufacturer perspective, they need as much field service
feedback as possible to make sure your stuff works properly. if nobody
bothers to let the design team know [not the service tech] that their
filters clog outside of the lab, they'll never deal with it. here in
san francisco, a number of the taxi companies run fleets sponsored by
auto makers so we have all the latest and greatest of their vehicles in
taxi livery charging up and down the badly pot-holed streets, hills,
etc. they do this so they can install "black box" data recorders in
them and find out how their vehicles perform in "real world" for a hilly
city. they do it in las vegas too for heat. if they have the data,
they can design accordingly. no data, inadequate design.
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