It’s crazy how fast time flies.
Things are not yet going as I would like them to, so let’s step on it – final spurt. I wanted to make the most of Saturday and agreed with Pascal that we would meet on Saturday to look at the remaining vehicles and the 3 buses together. I also told Issac to pick me up on Saturday.
Now I’m standing in front of the door at 8 a.m. on Saturday as agreed. But unfortunately all alone
Issac doesn’t come; Pascal doesn’t answer his mobile phone, and he doesn’t read WhatsApp either. I was pissed off because we had agreed on this and I would have liked to finish the thing on Saturday or Sunday. – Calm down – and take three deep breaths. This is Ghana, and the world works differently there than in Germany.
Ok; then I won’t, I’ll just go for a jog, that will bring me down again.
A new attempt on Monday. First, Pascal apologised to me, I was quite flabbergasted because I didn’t expect that.
Then we looked at all the vehicles one after the other during the week, plugged in the OBD plug and tested them. Sometimes it took a while for the car to arrive. The boss is on the road with one Toyota, 2 are in the forest, and the remaining 4 are on the road somewhere. Well, that can take up to 3 days until I can get to a car. But it worked great with the cars, and Pascal understood the diagnosis very quickly.
Now it’s time for the buses; however, only the standard OBD commands work there.
The same with the trucks; only the standard diagnosis, but unfortunately nothing else. Pretty much all truck types are still supported, only the Chinese SINO trucks do not work with the software. Before I ordered the diagnostic computer, I asked 3 times. “Only cars or also trucks?”
Answer from the boss: “No trucks are not important, they are so simple, you don’t need a diagnosis.”
I had ordered software for trucks anyway, but unfortunately without Sino trucks.
A programme with the maintenance plans and service documents for all cars was also on the computer, but unfortunately only in German and could not be changed to English.
I then looked for a new version, “HaynesPro WorkshopData™”, with the option of a 30-day free trial period. He didn’t want to order it himself, but told me to buy it in Germany and send it to him, or to give it to one of the Germans when we flew to Ghana again. These are the things I don’t understand; they all speak English here and can also send the software to Ghana, or send the download link by e-mail. Somehow they have a big problem with money transfer to Europe, or have never bought software before. Let’s see how I can organise this from Germany. I’m also sure I’ll get the money I have to advance back. If not, I’ll fly back and pick it up in person; then at least I’ll have a reason to go to Ghana again.
Even though the Serviece documents didn’t work out, I was able to fulfil all expectations.
Finally, I wanted to do two things.
- A summary and a written recommendation with the next steps for a sustainable establishment of the acquired electronic competence.
This included planning for updates and replacements in about 5 years.
I also suggested an organisational change and the establishment of a group with electricians.
Besides that, some minor technical changes. - The second was an assessment or evaluation by me of his staff.
Who is good?
Who is a potential candidate and who should be developed and promoted?
Who is a candidate for a management position?
So far, however, this is standard procedure in any consultancy project.
SES also wanted a project report.
You don’t do all that in an hour; it took me half the weekend.
Then I planned the return journey with Ganesh, because I wanted to go to the sea for another day.
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