C20 Steering & Suspension Rebuild

[LTZ C20]

That would be equivalent to just handing them an entire pay check, so no. I enjoy doing the work I know I can do.

[philo_beddoe]

I know, i agree with that. What do you do at the dealer?

[LTZ C20]

I used to do Quality Control for little over 3 1/2 years, now I'm back out in the express lube as a oil change tech, that was a management decision, not my choice. Hopefully I will get hired soon by the Sheriff's department.

[philo_beddoe]

Sheriff's Dept. that's a good gig, good benefits and retirement. Are you under 37?

[LTZ C20]

Yes sir. I'm applying for corrections, position is called a custodial deputy sheriff. Hope to do a year or so of that, the go to the academy, get my POST certs and move to a street Deputy, same sheriffs department.

[philo_beddoe]

Oh, so you got it all planned out. Ok, just to let you know, federal law enforcement is a good option, cut off is 37 yrs. old though. 20 year retirement. If your ever interested let me know. I can help get you started. Thats what i do.

[LTZ C20]

Thanks, I appreciate that. I'm hoping to hear back the end of this week or beginning of next if I passed the oral interview.

[philo_beddoe]

Try to slip in the word "bias" in the right context of course. I had an interview years ago and when i used that word they asked me who i knew. I told them i got it from the sherrif himself on an earlier interview. Memorize some buzz words, be honest and dont sell yourself short.

[LTZ C20]

I actually just got a response email earlier this afternoon. I did not score high enough to continue the recruitment process. I should hear back in the next 48 hours what the reason was I was failed. I'm going to look next at the neighboring county, long time family friend is a Sergeant there, soon to be Leutenant.

[philo_beddoe]

Score on what, a written test?

[LTZ C20]

Score on what, a written test?

The oral interview.

[philo_beddoe]

Do you think its political? Here in stupid liberal massachusetts those kind of jobs are extremely political.

[LTZ C20]

I honestly have no idea. I thought it went pretty good when I did it. I'm really hoping that it wasn't anything I did or didn't do but that they just had others that were better qualified than I. I called and they said give them 48 hours and they will get back to me with the reason why.

[LTZ C20]

So I know I talked about getting the old leafs cleaned up and adding 2 leafs to bring up the ride height and eliminate the sag.

Well I just changed my mind. I found this place that makes new OEM springs. My buddy used them for new factory springs and he said the new ones looked exactly the same as the old ones. I just measured my springs and compared to their measurements and they were the same. My buddy was very happy with their quality and they had the correct number of leafs and higher weight rating for my camper special option.

The best part of all, it's cheaper than the shop I went to in town, $160 bucks a set! 320 plus shipping is pretty good. They quoted me between 280 and 300 just for 2 leafs at the spring shop. I was looking
At between 450 and 500 for the other parts and labor. I can get all the parts for the rear for maybe 100 on my own and do all the labor my self.

That means all the springs will be new. Adding two new leafs to an old pack just seemed like an expensive band aid fix. Why do that when I can get all new for the less. 2 new leafs are only going to wear out sooner because the rest of the pack is still old and not supporting weight like they should. So yea, my minds made up. Hahaha.

Here is the company and link to my springs.
http://www.generalspringkc.com/product_p/22-547hd.htm

On a side note. I was just out with my gf and her brother. We were craving a snack so we went to Sonic and got some oreo blasts and then her brother wanted a banana split so we went to Dairy Queen. Well while in the drive thru at DQ, the drive thru worker was about to hand over his banana split when he asked if my gf brother wanted 2 spoons. It caught her brother and I off guard at first so he tried to say no he got an ice cream but he just said no he's got one already, as in has a spoon already and and then as we pulled away I realized what he said and then her brother said I'm not with him but we already passed the window so it made no difference. Apparently he never saw my gf in the back seat and 2 guys in ball caps in a big 3500 duramax gmc look like they are "together". We laughed all they way home.

[Irish_Alley]

I actually just got a response email earlier this afternoon. I did not score high enough to continue the recruitment process. I should hear back in the next 48 hours what the reason was I was failed. I'm going to look next at the neighboring county, long time family friend is a Sergeant there, soon to be Leutenant.

i know around here they will fail you the first couple times. and it you keep coming back then it shows your determination and heart to have that job. dont give up, you might have to wait a time period to reapply but do it. i know even with my job they initially failed me, something about my county grammar they called me back in to retake the written test. i did another test and she just briefly looked over the essay i wrote and said "yup youre good". they gave me a interview a week or two later and told me right there i got the job, which is something they dont normally do. so i must have really impressed them