If you enlisted a backyard type mechanic (re: no license, home based) to do a fair sized repair job for you (~$3k) and 3 of 4 items failed and had to be repaired again, what would you do?
Important details to add:
-These items were fixed:
1. Tranny taken apart, C-clip replaced on shift fork (Primary repair)
2. New Clutch installed
3. New Rear Main seal
4. New Axle installed
-These items needed to be re-fixed:
1. Rear main seal leaks (14 hrs labor alone at new shop)
2. Axle CAME OFF on Crowchild-needed install again (2hours)
3. CV Boot on Axle ripped and needed replacing
4. Driveshaft was loose
5. Oil line was damaged during clutch install (replaced)
-Getting those said items fixed again by a normal mechanic (licensed, reputable shop) costs ~$2,500.
HOWEVER the majority of the labor cost in the second repair is taking the tranny off... where in the first repair the tranny repair was the primary cost, and the other items were cheaper to add on because tranny was already off. So RMS job initially only charged 3 hours labor.. where at new shop it was 14.
-Backyard mechanic said he was too busy and recommended I take car to another shop.
So all that being said.. what would you do? What are my options?
(Besides not taking the car back to initial mechanic..)
Of course this is all hypothetically speaking....