from a stealership? yeah, it's a fair price. then again, where i live,
there are specialized a/c shops that would charge far less than that for the
repair (got to love the cheap labor). Around here, the dealerships charge
between $60-90/hour of labor, so for $900, it doesn't sound like a bad deal
to me. do you leave your A/C on when you start the car? if you do, you
should stop that. that is one of the principle causes of compressor damage
(i used to work for a compressor remanufacturer... the things i saw were
sometimes scary). if you turn off the A/C when you shut down the car, you
can extend the life of a compressor by 50-75% (my mom's 92 pontiac had the
factory A/C when she traded it in... in Miami we use the A/C from
March-October/November, so they get heavy duty workouts).
Gabe Couriel
http://frontpage.tripod.com/fijigabe0
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of Gary Hedlin
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 12:07 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: The $900 Repair Bill
A few days ago I started having problems with my AC, and on Tuesday I took
it in to the dealer to have them fix it. I took it to my usual mechanic,
but he didn't have the proper equipment for AC stuff, so I just decided to
bite the bullet and take it in to the dealer to get it done and over with.
I'm glad I did.
The squeel I had mentioned before was the blower motor, so that got
replaced. Also they noticed a hole in my condenser (they actually showed me
that one), so that got replaced too. Then they discovered the compressor
was shot, which meant that and the accumulator needed to be replaced. I
also had them replace the lines just to be safe.
All together the bill was $904.92....which I was ok with. Just for the fact
that its done, i feel it was justified.
Anyone else think $904.92 is a fair price for all that work?
Gary Hedlin
President
Hedlin Web Designs
http://www.hedlin.net
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