tomcat59alan
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Yes its an age thing, I misread your post. its the whiskey painkillerDid you mean Cocks instead of crocks? or is it an age thing
Grit Valve
2000 4.6 Vouge
busy day then datatek
Na couple of hours I bet hey data
People like data know while he was draining he's already greasing the props
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mutsnutz
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mutsnutz
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Yes its an age thing, I misread your post. its the whiskey painkiller
:hysterically_laughi:hysterically_laughi:hysterically_laughi
Grit Valve
2000 4.6 Vouge
Well at those prices most I know want around £40/50
Go for it then
Datatek
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If they haven't done one before and they follow the book taking out wheel arch liners etc, they could be looking at 1.5 to 2 hours a corner, that could still come out a £200 plus parts
Grit Valve
2000 4.6 Vouge
Now this gets me .If they haven't done one before and they follow the book taking out wheel arch liners etc, they could be looking at 1.5 to 2 hours a corner, that could still come out a £200 plus parts
The power of communication !
Surly if you knew a short cut you would have the intelligence to speak ,
Unless you have deep pockets
Datatek
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Garages are not interested in short cuts, at least not as far as telling the customer about them, more hours = more money.
Grit Valve
2000 4.6 Vouge
I understand where your comming from but that's it if you let them know you know then you can't get ripped off . Just so glad I spent my life pulling things to pieces.
tomcat59alan
Well-Known Member
Yes you are quite right, Ford used to list 2.5 hrs for the old Fiesta clutch replacement. We could do it in 21 mins. This went to offset jobs we could not charge the full hours for. Swings and roundabouts
Grit Valve
2000 4.6 Vouge
i got a plan i am going to print datas how to and then i can tell them how i want it done because datatek is airbag king :clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2:
I like you trail of thought !
Nice
gfromleeds
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Went in for its annual pants down today (mot)
And it failed but im happy! cos was only a tire had a nail in (but it was holding pressure since pulled it out and so far its still up) and the draglink ball joint
And it failed but im happy! cos was only a tire had a nail in (but it was holding pressure since pulled it out and so far its still up) and the draglink ball joint
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Removed the steering box and replaced the lower seal and refitted and set it all up correctly as the numpty before me had the steering box not centralised drag link adjusters seized took the the slack up with the adjuster and it is a pleasure to drive. Now all I got to do is attack the rest of the list
StuckAgainSteve
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My lefthand headlight bulb popped last week - which was a surprise because I upgraded them with some whizzy philips ones (on offer) when I first got the car about three years ago. (no I didn't touch the glass) after seeing the extortionate price of bulbs in halfords I spotted half a OEM bulb twin pack priced down to a fiver - which will get my by until the flashy ones ('scuse the pun) arrived from Amazon.
I took the plunge and removed the drivers door card to see what was up with my window mech.( worn teeth ) while I was there I removed the superfluous tag on both front door locks with a new dremmel I nipped and bought from B+Q. They're on offer £29.95 for the 3000 model with 15 tools ! I'm feeling rather proud of myself as everything went back together without a hitch !
