From: David B (wdbtchr@excite.com)
Date: Wed Sep 21 2005 - 17:47:18 PDT
Personally I avoid dealerships like a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
I had a local muffler shop fabricate a new dual exhaust in 302 SS using the original hanger locations including stainless mufflers for my '80 Chevy 3/4 ton pickup for $600. Got it back the same day too.
Get on the internet and you can find all the parts a heck of a lot cheaper. Chevy parts are common and cheap.
Also start hitting those brake line connections with Kroil as early as you can. Unless you plan on changing the wheel cylinders and calipers you can bet the bleeders are frozen.
David B
1953 Dodge M-37
1965 Kaiser Jeep M-51A2
1967 Kaiser Jeep M-54A2
--- On Wed 09/21, Ron < rojoha@adelphia.net > wrote:
From: Ron [mailto: rojoha@adelphia.net]
To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:22:52 -0400
Subject: Re: [MV] CUCV Reality check
Just picked up 'Da Queen' at the dealership. Paid $145.90 for the <br>'estimate'. Except they didn't have one when I asked for it. Had to ask the <br>Service Mangler how they arrived at the estimate if they didn't look up part <br>numbers or book times? Blank stare followed by 'Give me a minute'....<br> So, he comes back and says the figures are rough amounts but it shakes <br>out to be $75/hr labor. OK, I said, but how do we get to $2100?<br> Well, he says:<br> Rear Brake Lines $80 parts, 6 hours labor ~ $450=$530<br> Exhaust, both sides, manifold back $800.00 parts, 3 hrs labor~ <br>$225=$1025<br> Parking Brake Cables $80 parts, 2.5 hrs labor~$190= $270<br><br> Which comes to $1825, which is a bit shy of the $2100 but he said the <br>rest would be clips, fittings and shop supplies. Oh yeah, and the $145.90 to <br>figure out what was wrong with everything.($35 to look at the rusty exhaust <br>system and tell me it was toast....They charged me
30 minutes labor to tell <br>me something I figured out by kneeling on the ground and looking up under <br>the truck.)<br> So, once I get back from Gilbert, I'll crawl under 'Da Queen' and start <br>ripping crap out....Happy, happy, joy, joy..... <br><br><br><br>===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===<br>To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org><br>To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org><br>To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org><br>
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