Pro 1200 coolant leak

[knoxclean]

So my guys walk into the shop yesterday morning and see a gallon of coolant under the Sapphire unit. Turns out the radiator line for the unit was installed near the drive shaft and it rubbed a hole in the line. Better check yours if you have one.

"free service bulletin "

 

[Desk Jockey]

Can you go though the rest of my trucks?

Thanks David!

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Could have been worse. I always secured those hoses with engineering wire, to keep them away from road hazards and exhaust as well.

 

[Jim Martin]

my first machine was a CDS unit...when they installed it they pinched the accelerator cable between the drive shaft and some hoses...
I got lucky and caught it just in time.....a few more jobs and it would of snapped in half under a full load........

 

[bensurdi]

Dude that's crazy that you just brought this up because this just happened to me yesterday and was very confused by it. So which lines should I be looking at replacing? Is this a warrantee fix?

 

[hogjowl]

It's a long way from Knoxville to Salt Lake.

 

[dealtimeman]

That's why if tcs is close to you, buy a tcs unit. Hair grows back in time.

 

[knoxclean]

I took it to my regular mechanic and he fixed it. Ben if you are close to the dealer that installed it I would think they would take care of it under warrantee. There is obviously an install issue with they way Sapphire has the install designed. Just don't contact Sapphire directly they don't like that.

 

[Desk Jockey]

PC is the same way. You are told to use the distributor network.

 

[hogjowl]

Well, would YOU want to deal with us?

 

[knoxclean]

Maybe we wouldn't be so bad to deal with if they treated us like Butler does

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Maybe we wouldn't be so bad to deal with if they treated us like Butler does

touché
Good point

 

[Art Kelley]

Maybe we wouldn't be so bad to deal with if they treated us like Butler does

Butler is forced to deal with end users because they don't have distributors. It's a two edged sword. I wouldn't buy a Butler because there is no local support. But they make more money because they don't have to pay that commision. They certainly don't pass that savings of that aggravation onto the consumer of their very expensive TM.

 

[hogjowl]

From talking to several Butler owners, I don't foresee being Brudered by Butler.

And I never hear installation complaints coming out of Butler owners either.

 

[ruff]

It is true, when all installations are done by the same people, they tend to do a better job, as they have a lot more experience. Supposedly, control over quality of the installation, was the reason why they decided to do it all by themselves. They do have a very nice warranty, which is great.

However, like Art, I'd rather have local support.

Butlers are not problem free and from what I've heard here, compared with my experience (over twenty four years) with CDS's, they hold up pretty much the same.

Maybe Butlers owner are more mechanically inclined, maybe they like fixing their machine, maybe they are more marketing gullible

You got to choose your own poison.
The mechanically challenged, like yours truly, chooses good local support. Not all of us were born to be talented in so many areas of expertise to include, yet not limited to: Pig farming, nap taking, never ending silver bullet searching and the list goes on.

 

[hogjowl]

If I had a CDS or other direct drive distributor near me, then I'd seriously consider them. However, I have two choices. Being Brudered in Atlanta, which is 3 hours away, or the CDS in Nashville which is 6 hours away.

I might as well drive to Massachusetts.

 

[ruff]

May make sense then to get a Butler.

Or one of them puk....puk...puk... lawn mower type deals.
That way you can fix both the lawn mower and slide in at the same time.

You definitely don't want to be Brudered.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Three hours is not that far. Just apologize to Bruders for being an asshole and maybe you can buy one.

However if you don't wand a Pro 1200 why don't apologize to Bruders any way...and all of us for putting up with you. ; )

 

[ruff]

What was the episode when someone asked for an apology and the guy agreed.
He said: I'm sorry you're an asshole.

Should Marty offer the same style apology to B.B.?

 

[Desk Jockey]

Just as long as that sMarty doesn't try that on us!

 

[FB7777]

If I had a CDS or other direct drive distributor near me, then I'd seriously consider them. However, I have two choices. Being Brudered in Atlanta, which is 3 hours away, or the CDS in Nashville which is 6 hours away.

I might as well drive to Massachusetts.

STFU about buying a Butler

You are far too cheap to purchase a top quality machine

Just pick up another TCS and stop wasting other companies time you attention whore

 

[hogjowl]

I expect an over night stay at your hours when I come up there.

 

[dealtimeman]

When are you headed up to Massachusetts?

 

[hogjowl]

Tomorrow if Boyle will buy my plane ticket.

 

[FB7777]

Sorry Malaysian Air doesn't have a hub in Boston