LawyerWantToBe
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- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina
Hello,
Thanks so much for creating this forum. You all do a wonderful job of helping ignorant people like me sleep at night.
Would some please give some advice to me pertaining to a repair issue that I am having?
During the first week of November my regular mechanic was too busy to work on my car so I brought it to another mechanic who an acquaintance of mine uses. This mechanic was replacing the #8 spark plug when he dropped a small socket into the cylinder through the spark plug hole. He did not realize his folly until he started the car. He retrieved the socket by boring the spark plug hole and inserting a magnet to fish the socket out of the cylinder. Then he installed an insert. When I picked up the car he told me the entire story and promised to make it right if I was unhappy.
Since I got the car back it has been making a clicking noise in the general area of the #8 cylinder. I brought it to my regular mechanic and he listened to it and said that I needed a new head and that while the head was off the #8 cylinder should be inspected for more damage.
I immediately called the mechanic and he agreed to replace the head and inspect the cylinder. I dropped car off on Monday the 30th, then on the 1st he said that he would not replace the head or inspect the cylinder. He said that when he originally removed the #8 spark plug the small socket was probably laying inside the hole next to the spark plug and when he pulled the spark plug out the socket mostly likely fell in.
I was wondering if I should seek the services of an attorney?
Thank you...
Thanks so much for creating this forum. You all do a wonderful job of helping ignorant people like me sleep at night.

Would some please give some advice to me pertaining to a repair issue that I am having?
During the first week of November my regular mechanic was too busy to work on my car so I brought it to another mechanic who an acquaintance of mine uses. This mechanic was replacing the #8 spark plug when he dropped a small socket into the cylinder through the spark plug hole. He did not realize his folly until he started the car. He retrieved the socket by boring the spark plug hole and inserting a magnet to fish the socket out of the cylinder. Then he installed an insert. When I picked up the car he told me the entire story and promised to make it right if I was unhappy.
Since I got the car back it has been making a clicking noise in the general area of the #8 cylinder. I brought it to my regular mechanic and he listened to it and said that I needed a new head and that while the head was off the #8 cylinder should be inspected for more damage.
I immediately called the mechanic and he agreed to replace the head and inspect the cylinder. I dropped car off on Monday the 30th, then on the 1st he said that he would not replace the head or inspect the cylinder. He said that when he originally removed the #8 spark plug the small socket was probably laying inside the hole next to the spark plug and when he pulled the spark plug out the socket mostly likely fell in.
I was wondering if I should seek the services of an attorney?
Thank you...