Gray Rider
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and yes I could have done most of this work myself.....but there are fish to be chased, trails to be ridden and hiked... pick one....
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What's the going rate for timing belt and water pump?
Not the same people who spend $10,000 making mods to a 20+-year-old vehicle. Oh no.
That’s cheap hourly rate. You got hosed on parts cost them.75.00 per hour shop time
Oil pressure gauge has been going wonky for months. spikes when under power, drops when idling....no time to figure it out. Blessed to be stressed!Well, I installed a new brake booster assembly in a rusty '99 with 320k miles. The cash into the rig is worth it if the owner is willing to pay it.
Your list of repairs seems pretty elementary to me. But why do you need a new oil pressure gauge? Is the shop going to solder a new stepper motor to the cluster?
I get it. When you are on a time crunch, you gotta take what you can get. I can't imagine the labor for a timing belt on a longitudinal engine being all that much but maybe parts, particularly OEM, can raise the price. The extra price is worth if it gives you peace of mind and will certainly make the vehicle more marketable should you choose to part with it.
That’s cheap hourly rate. You got hosed on parts cost them.
That would be me......
Local rate in Reno is around $100/hr so that seems like a deal to me.75.00 per hour shop time
I can do almost anything required to keep my Cruiser running. I need to balance that with a 40+hour a week job, family and what I want to do. Do I want to spend Saturday in the garage? Or do I want to spend Saturday taking my Granddaughter fishing?Bottom line: I know most of us here would self perform our own dental work with an ice skate...
But its cool to get others perspectives regarding repair work cost and the thought process regarding whether to go or no go!
@ Woody and Mods: move this to chat if not tech with my apologies....
I can do almost anything required to keep my Cruiser running. I need to balance that with a 40+hour a week job, family and what I want to do. Do I want to spend Saturday in the garage? Or do I want to spend Saturday taking my Granddaughter fishing?
Before someone says it, in a couple of years she will be spending Saturday in the garage with me, she loves anything mechanical, just not quite ready to pack wheel bearings yet. Right now though......