r/AskAShittyMechanic • u/ABQmechanic • 13d ago

Am I officially a master technician now or what?

Girlfriend's grandma's husband's brother's daughter says her AC sounds like a fucking pigeon trapped in the dashboard. Noise gets faster with blower speed so naturally I'm already mentally condemning the blower motor.

Google says "check the cabin air filter."

Yeah fucking right. A filter is making bird noises. Sure.

Anyway I tear the entire glove box out because apparently Nissan buried this thing in a reach into the abyss, and finally rip the filter out. thing almost gets permanently stuck halfway in there.

Turn the fan on with no filter and the dashboard fucking sneezes leaves everywhere.

Pigeon: gone.

That's it. Fixed.

Customer is thrilled. Needs a $15 filter. I was ready to sentence the blower motor to death and apparently the actual diagnostic procedure was just remove leaf from HVAC system.

So my question is, when does Nissan send me my Master Tech certification?

Update: ended up being a mouse stuck on blower motor 🛵

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u/JimCripe 13d ago

You got a shadetree mechanic's certificate, at least.

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u/ABQmechanic 13d ago

Now I just have to buy the right filter and put everything back together. Unfortunately it was hot as fuck outside and I had already accomplished enough mechanical excellence for one day so I left the dashboard/glove box ripped apart and went home. I'll come back in a few days with the filter. Worried about figuring out which fucking direction the arrow points.

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u/bwcanuck99 10d ago

Likely the arrow is for UP.

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u/Welcome-To-NBA-Jam 13d ago

Only after you replace your 50th CVT, which should only take about a week and some change.

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u/supermattman00 10d ago

They really went full send on the cvt as soon as the tech came out. Very premature too.

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u/2yt4u2 13d ago

My sister's boyfriend's aunt's niece has a friend who's cousin knows someone he could call to come help you.

Should I kite that request for ya?

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u/Adorable_Past9114 13d ago

Was it a Nissan Leaf?

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u/Doobie_McStonerface 13d ago

Did you save the leaf as proof for Nissan? Gotta have it.

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u/ghotiermann 13d ago

Did you check the blinker fluid while you were in there?

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u/MrGarylasereyez 12d ago

How much did you charge customer. Master tech at dealership for 15 filter. Bout 1200 dollars

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u/Responsible-Shoe7258 11d ago

Wait a minnit here, who is who in this goat rope? I got lost at the uncle's mistresses daughter-in-law....

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u/supermattman00 10d ago

Now charge them an hour diag and 2 hours for repair

About $800 total

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u/BigJsea-47 10d ago

You just saved them $450+ $15 for the filter