How long is too long for repairs???

I just want to see what everyone's opinion is to see if I'm just being difficult.

I live in Parker Co. and ride a m1000 turbo. I don't work on it myself but found a mechanic that is very skilled with the m series sleds that's close to the area. I met this mechanic two seasons ago and up until now has done great.

So Now the opinions...

I dropped my sled off to this mechanic this last March. Going on 4 months ago. He started off with the task of going through the machine and checking it over. It then went to new pistons... which ok, that's cool. Then he said since we're already in the motor, why not balance and check the crank. I said sure why not. So it's basically a rebuild on the motor. No problem, he called me first and I agreed to it.

My question is this, How long is this supposed to take? We're at the four month mark and I'm still getting the "in a couple weeks" responses to my inquiring as to when I get my sled back.

Am I being anal retentive about getting my sled back into one piece again especially since it's summer and I can't use it anyway???

My patience is getting very very thin now. But I would love some input on how much tolerance for this situation I should continue to have. I kind of trust the guy but since he runs his shop out of his house garage and he's sitting on over 12 grand worth of my machinery, I'm getting very concerned. The "in a couple of weeks" answers to my project completion questions have been going on for months and that alone has begun to damage the trust I have/had with this person.

anybody???

Thanks for all your input!

BugIto said:

I always like having the sled in my possession. What happens if his place burns down (a legit question in Colorado these days)? There was a story going last winter about a guy who was working on sleds and had to move. It was a huge court battle because he had stuff all over and a bunch of projects started and not finished. Guys were trying to show up to drag all their parts home and it was a fight.

Chances are he is wrapped up in other things in his life like the rest of us. What would worry me about that is that he could have your sled tore down. If he comes back in three months, will he have everything together? I'd give another vote for visiting him first hand.

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I actually visited him about 1 1/2 months ago showing up un-anounced. Before I showed up he told me that the project was mostly together and he was just waiting on an o-ring for the turbo. When I showed up, my sled was still tore down with the new parts sitting on the seat. I didn't really speak up then, I just figured he was getting ready to put it together and lied to keep me happy for just a couple of days. BUT STILL A HUGE TRUST BUSTER!

I took the 1 1/2 hr drive up there again two weeks ago but he wasn't home so I couldn't see my sled because I'm assuming it's still in his garage.

He called me that day and told me work has been slow so he took a part time job 3 days a week but that he was still waiting on the machine shop to balance the crank. I actually met with him in Denver and gave him some more $ to cover the crank figuring he might not have had money to get my crank paid. Hoping that would speed **** up. This next Tues it will have been two weeks since then. I will say that he seemed a bit un-caring when we spoke and didn't really seem to give a **** that I was wanting my sled back.

You know, the thing that really bothers me is that I have been WAY f-ing cool to this dude and have always agreed to any upgrades or additional service work he said the sled should have. Partly because I want my sled to be sweet! But equally because I figured I would do everything I can to support a local guy trying to make it with his own business. I've also put so many good words out there for him and try to drum up business for him. My sled is bad a$$ so I always have dudes coming up and talking to me about it and every single time I give out his name and phone number.

I realize this is just a business situation but as F-ing cool as I have been to this dude, there is ABSOLUTELY no way I should be getting jerked around like this. Alright, I'm signing off to go visit my punching bag in the basement. It's kept me out of jail quite a few times so far... :boxing: