As a paid mechanic myself, there is little I hate more in the world than a second hand/half finished job. If you like your paid mechanic and want him to give you good deals and help you out down the road, do not give him hell by doing this.

I have taken some half jobs in the past and there are customers I've sent doun the road because they made a total cluster-f**k of their "project".

The work is ok. It's finding all the little nuts and bolts that have been taken off and put who knows where. Nothing will get a mechanic red hot like being handed a bag of bolts and then told to put it back together, correctly.