Thanks for the replys but I seem to be missing my point.  My truck is
a 91 Chevy 3500 series cab and chassis with  a 43 ft. Terex aerial
lift, and a Miller Hot Start welder.  This truck is my bread and
butter so to speak, and since moving to Florida from the Carolinas 19
months ago, it has been one problem after another when it comes to the
up keep of this vehicle.  I certainly understand occasional break
downs and maintenance, but since working with this mechanic I have had
6 major occurrences with my truck, and all seem to be linked together
in a very odd since. I do regular 4000 mile maintenance on the truck
with filter changes every 12000 miles and belt and hose replacement
once a year.  I am very anal about the upkeep of this truck, as I rely
on it for 90% of my income.  But as anyone who is a player in the game
of  maintenance and repair, I kind of sense when I am being taken
advantage of, and now is one of those times.  My truck has 200000
miles on it, but the engine was replaced at 70000 miles with a new
crate engine, and the transmission was replaced at 135000 with a new
crate transmission.  I made these replacements not because they were
necessary, but because I depend on the truck so much for my way of
life, I felt it was a safe play for my future.  Now after a simple
break change, 3 weeks later I loose the rear end of my truck, and low
and behold inside the housing with all the broken rear end gears is a
mangled 9/16 socket.  $1300 and 4 weeks later I have to replace a
drive shaft and the universals, then 2 weeks later the carrier bearing
on the drive shaft, 3 weeks later still I begin to hear a knock in the
front of the motor, and have to spend $800 more dollars to replace a
crank shaft pulley that looked as though someone had torched and
melted all of the rubber balance off the back of.  Then I develope a
massive oil leak and am told it's the rear main seal which will cost
me another $900.  Now I am stuck with a transmission rebuild less than
4 weeks after the last repair which is costing me nearly $2400.  Does
anyone see what I am getting at here?  I know of a lot of crooks in
this world of ours, and I think that I have come across one of the
worst yet, and I am highly pissed.  Even if all these other things
were mere coincidence, $2400 for a trans. rebuild?  I have 4 other
estimates including one from the highest bastards in the world Aamco
Trans. and the largest was $1800.  I apologize for ranting, but I have
had enough with dishonest people, they don't deserve to be in
business, and I work to hard to be taken advantage of.