They are charging you for brake fluid flush when they
are replacing the master cylinder? They have to change
the fluid anyway if they replace the master cylinder.
I suppose that's not really too bad tho if you haven't
done anything in 10 years.
--- "C. Philip Cutler II" <cpcii@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Well it isn't as bad as my activities for the week,
> thought I would go
> in and get an alignment (had the truck 10 years,
> never done, something
> should of been out of wacky by then, and I was
> steering about 20° to go
> straight), some new shocks, and a rotate and
> balance, and see if they
> could find out what was causing a vibration at about
> 60-65 mph, that
> goes away at 70.
>
> Turns out big chunk out of one tire, and even though
> a tire says is the
> same size but different manufactures they might be a
> hare off in actual
> size, so I need new tires ($414 at Discount for
> Pirelli Scorpion) before
> they will perform a complete alignment, and the
> bushings are shot so
> they will need to replace those after the new tires.
> Also my front
> rotors are shot and the breaks are also so it needs
> those, and the
> master cylinder is shot also ($1045 for all that)
> plus $110 for a brake
> flush service. Also looking at the fuel injectors
> they are blocked and
> 2 are totally clogged ($125 for throttle body
> service and $107 for fuel
> injection service). New shocks which I wanted and
> serpentine belt, which
> has been cracked since I got it 10 years ago ($628).
> The rear end had a
> leak and it needed a differential service ($169,
> cheaper than a failed
> rear end though $3500 he said).
>
> All in all, a $500 estimate turns into a $2750 bill.
> But they needed to
> be done, if that's all I have to put into the truck
> this year besides
> oil/gas, it’s a cheap year.
>
> Philip
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On
> Behalf Of Gabriel
> Couriel
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:52 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: RE: Ouch, that hurts. Man down!!!
>
>
> whatever it is, it's gonna be less than what i have
> to spend after my
> activities this weekend.
>
> anybody got $2,000 laying around?
>
> Gabriel Couriel
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On
> Behalf Of Josh
> Battles
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:19 AM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: DML: Ouch, that hurts. Man down!!!
>
>
>
> So, I'm driving home from school late last night and
> I begin to smell
> maple,
> pretty strongly I might add. I turned the heat down
> and looked over to
> change lanes, and the passenger window was
> completely fogged, which is
> odd,
> because 2 minutes previous it was clear.
>
> and the smell gets stronger.
>
> So, wondering what's up I turned on the map lights
> and sure enough,
> there's
> coolant running down my floormat. Temp guage is
> okay and the low
> coolant
> light isn't on, so i prodded on the last 2 miles
> home. When I got there
> and
> shut the truck off, I noticed that there was steam
> billowing from under
> the
> hood. It looks like I lost the heater core as well
> as some of the
> hoses...
> I can see one of the fittings for the heater core
> protruding from the
> firewall and there's coolant dripping out of it. A
> quick check of the
> other
> hoses and they're all hot and feel filled with
> fluid, however the
> overflow
> tank is empty. Boy am I sure glad I filled that up
> last week.
>
> So, I preuse through the FSM to see just what's
> entailed to remove the
> heater core and replace it. Mistake #1. The entire
> dash has to come out
> so
> you can remove the "climate control box" or
> something, but to remove
> that
> you've got to disconnect the A/C and then undo a
> bazillion bolts. Now I
> know that not everything has to be done the way that
> it's written in the
> FSM, but it gave me a good idea of what's involved
> and helped me to
> figure
> out that I don't have the time to do it. So, it
> looks like it's off to
> the
> dealership. I'll let you all know what the bill is
> when it's done. I'm
> a
> little afraid though.
>
> --
> - Josh
> Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
> www.geocities.com/lenny187/dakota.html
> www.omg-stfu.com
>
>
>
>
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