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Andrew2 · 21st Aug 2011, 1:06 pm

Agreed Paul.
Often, when accepting an item for repair I would get the tell-tale whiff of WD40 and ask the customer why the item had been sprayed. 'Er, I didn't spray it, it was the brother in law' etc was the usual reply. I would then warn the customer that if the WD had got onto any rubber parts (it always had...), they would need replacing.
Thus a simple £20 job to cure a squeak became a £60 job involving several new parts and a complete strip-down.
If I had a pound.....

21st Aug 2011, 1:06 pm	#12
Andrew2 Nonode Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Dukinfield, Cheshire, UK. Posts: 2,038	Re: Servisol 'super' 10 Agreed Paul. Often, when accepting an item for repair I would get the tell-tale whiff of WD40 and ask the customer why the item had been sprayed. 'Er, I didn't spray it, it was the brother in law' etc was the usual reply. I would then warn the customer that if the WD had got onto any rubber parts (it always had...), they would need replacing. Thus a simple £20 job to cure a squeak became a £60 job involving several new parts and a complete strip-down. If I had a pound..... __________________ Andy G1HBE.