At Bill Kay Buick GMC in Downers Grove, 10 mechanics are typically on duty, service adviser Mike Manning said, but five were brought back to start.



Like other dealerships, Bill Kay Buick stopped scheduling appointments during the strike. The mechanics brought back Monday were working on cars left by clients who took out loaners, Manning said.



Other customers were put on a call-back list, and as they come back, so will the mechanics.



"We had four or five sheets of call backs with about 30 names on each sheet," Manning said. "That's what I've been doing all day is pretty much calling back all my customers."