Hi Pete
I keep 3 old cars (2 Citreons 1993 Diesel 250K + miles each and 1 Mitsu
1990 60K miles Gas) running my self and always get through the Irish
Vehicle Test each year, if not always at the first time. Used to Race
and Rally as a hobby. Lived in Lime Rock, Conn near the SCCA Track, That
was fun.
Break lines are VERY CHEAP and are one of the many standard look alike
items made by many manufacturers for all almost J-Cars.
Fitting them is also very easy. A small hydraulic Jack ($35 over here)
and a four Wooden Blocks will get her in the air so you can remove
wheels. The rest I will explain if you want, with parts prices from
local Rip off auto parts house here for comparison. I will need your car
model(US) and chassis Number from your reg docs or the car itself. The
net will likely have all the info and diagrams.
Don't want to do it yourself!.
Any local car kid would be glad of the job and you can supervise him.
Job will take 15 to 20 Mins max for each line including wheel removal
and refit. Do Them all.
Regards
William (The Fixer. No where near as clear with Code its always a mighty
struggle for me.)
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On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 09:48 -0400, Pete Theisen wrote:
> Stephen Russell wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >> We have a 1999 Honda Accord in excellent condition that just blew a brake
> >> line. The mechanic says we need to replace all four lines.
> >>
> >> 1. Is it considered good practice to replace all 4 lines at once or is
> >> this an up-sell?
> >>
> >> 2. Is it worth replacing on a 1999 car which has a average private sale
> >> value of $2600 according to Kelly Blue Book?
> >>
> >> 3. they've quoted us $1700 for the work. Does that sound right?
> >
> > Sounds real high. What is the hourly rate105/hr or more? I saw 155$
> > for replacement part price but not sure if that was for a single or a
> > pair, for rear or front.
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> Good point. The job is almost certainly in the flat rate manual for that
> car, he could just call around and ask. Sometimes (often?) the estimator
> is too lazy to look it up and just tosses out a figure. There could be a
> dozen or more figures to look up.
>
> Of course, the shop could have trouble on the job if there is a lot of
> rust under the car - where the car's owner would be unaware of it. If
> all the fastening points for the lines are rusted they would have to be
> replaced. That could be flat-rated at an hour per point - and it could
> take the mechanic longer than an hour if there is a lot of rust.
>
> Rust is like cancer - rust on the hanger will spread to the line.
>
> If the line fails in the first place - there is rust somewhere!
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