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$50us/hour ??? I don't think so....

Where are you located: I want your mechanic to service my TOYs.


Oh, wait: LABOUR not labor.... so, I must assume that you do not
mean US currency.

de Vince
Long Island, NY (too far to drive to Canada for the $50/hr labour
rate. )


On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 21:17:36 -0500, "Stewart DIBBS" <sjd@pixcl.com>
wrote:
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>
>"TCM" <IAmTCM@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1165688232.173905.99190@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
>> I recently took my 95 Toyota Corolla to a toyota dealership to repair a
>> squeaky belt that was causing my power-steering to go out. While the
>> car was their, one of their mechanics said he noticed a hole in the
>> radiator. They are suggesting that they install a new radiator at $617
>> for the parts and $311 for labor. I asked them if it was possible to
>> just repair the hole with soddering or something else and they said no.[/color]
>
>A perfectly decent non-Toyota new replacement radiator can be had for
>$200-300. As for the replacement labour ... lets see what has to be done.
>- drain the current radiator 5 minutes
>- remove the existing rad hoses 10 minutes
>- remove the clips that hold the rad in place 10 minutes
>- remove the old rad and drop the new one in place 1 minute
>- replace the clips and rad hoses 15 minutes
>- fill the rad with new coolant, and blead the air out of the system 15
>minutes
>
>I make this 56 minutes, buts lets make it 1.5 hours to allow for goof ups
>and profit margin. So, 1.5 h at $50 / hour = $75. I'd ask the dealer
>explain exactly what the other $235 labour is supposed to be for.
>
>SD
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