Ext User(Bugalugs)
05-06-2007, 06:53 PM
Daryl Walford wrote:
> Noddy wrote:
>> "Dan---" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:135g7o4672pttb0@corp.supernews.com...
>>> On Sat, 26 May 2007 15:58:02 +1000, Noddy PCM code reading says:
>>
>>> Fucking jesus! $300? you could buy 10 astron 2 engines for that and
>>> thats
>>> including the car. :-)
>>
>> That'd be dealership prices, but if you figure on 70 bucks an hour
>> (which would be what most dealerships charge these days) for the three
>> hour job, plus 25 bucks each for the iridium plugs (again at
>> dealership prices), plus the manifold gaskets you certainly wouldn't
>> be partying on the coin you got back from 300 clams to have 3 spark
>> plugs changed.
>>
>> You'd be *really* fucking pissed off if it needed a CV joint or two as
>> well :)
>
> I remember the wifes brother telling me about a major service he had
> done on his Verada, I think he said it cost him over $1000 to replace
> the t belt, spark plugs, service the auto plus a normal service.
> Bloody expensive IMO, I'm scared to think how much a major service on
> our Subaru will cost, I've looked several times and its got me stuffed
> how anyone could change the plugs with the engine in its current location.
>
>
>
> Daryl
Take out the windscreen washer bottle on one side and the airfilter
assembly on the other. Long arms and a supple back helps. :)
> Noddy wrote:
>> "Dan---" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:135g7o4672pttb0@corp.supernews.com...
>>> On Sat, 26 May 2007 15:58:02 +1000, Noddy PCM code reading says:
>>
>>> Fucking jesus! $300? you could buy 10 astron 2 engines for that and
>>> thats
>>> including the car. :-)
>>
>> That'd be dealership prices, but if you figure on 70 bucks an hour
>> (which would be what most dealerships charge these days) for the three
>> hour job, plus 25 bucks each for the iridium plugs (again at
>> dealership prices), plus the manifold gaskets you certainly wouldn't
>> be partying on the coin you got back from 300 clams to have 3 spark
>> plugs changed.
>>
>> You'd be *really* fucking pissed off if it needed a CV joint or two as
>> well :)
>
> I remember the wifes brother telling me about a major service he had
> done on his Verada, I think he said it cost him over $1000 to replace
> the t belt, spark plugs, service the auto plus a normal service.
> Bloody expensive IMO, I'm scared to think how much a major service on
> our Subaru will cost, I've looked several times and its got me stuffed
> how anyone could change the plugs with the engine in its current location.
>
>
>
> Daryl
Take out the windscreen washer bottle on one side and the airfilter
assembly on the other. Long arms and a supple back helps. :)