Poor customer service from Skil

[Lew Hodgett]

Jaguar (AKA: Found On Road Dead)

When FoMoCo bought Jag, it had 35 man hours in per my source.

No wonder it was a dog.

Lew

[Leon]

Actually long before Ford bought Jaguar, Jaguar was having big time engine problems. Oddly, a Chevy V8 engine was the better choice as a direct bolt up replacement engine for the Jag's as far back as the 70's IIRC.

[Andrew Barss]

:> The thing that concerns me so much is that the same company that owns :> Skil also owns Bosch.

: The same company that owns Mercedes Benz owns Dodge.

And it's of interest that Mercedes cars are now quite unreliable, across the line. (I'm not saying it's due to the Chrysler acquisition, just that MB, once famous for terrific build quality, is apparently down the slope some).

-- Andy Barss

[Leon]

From what I have read, if it is German the reliability is not what it used to be.

[Mike Marlow]

Geeze - I should hope so. A 1/2" drill motor for driving screws - it should never die from that workload. Alas, what a shame that the same can't always be said of what's out there today.

[Mike Marlow]

Likewise, I have a 20 year old B&D stinger type chordless screw driver. It's been a faithful servant all these years. The battery is showing its age now and of course - no replacements available. It was handy for a lot of smaller stuff like screwing in outlets, and for some other not so small stuff.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Should bolt in. They used GM transmissions.

[Leon]

DOH!

[Leon]

Before pitching it you might consider contacting a battery rebuilder and see if they will rebuild it.