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The Mud Pit => General => Topic started by: footman on August 26, 2009, 09:24:26 PM
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OK so I know this is my bad but due to time issues I had to take the jeep to Karns Auto to have my two steel breaklines (the ones that run across the axle) replaced. They just called and said the total was........................wait.....................are you sitting down.........................$239.79. Oh my gosh, had I known that I would have tried to make some time. Well you learn as you go. I'm going to see if they will work w me on the price.
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Yup, that sounds about right... FOR THEM!!!
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Ok so they dropped it a little but not after the dude behind the counter got all heated up at me. It will make for a good campfire story. Oh I can't wait till Mohawk
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I am guessing their labor rate is $100/hr which seems to be the going rate for the area. The parts are only a few dollars, even with all new fittings I wouldn't expect the parts to be more then $20.
Jess keeps telling me I should open a shop when I get out of the Navy, with prices like that it might be a good idea.
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I heard that place was awful. I would never take anything to get worked on there....He's just there to take advantage of the Sailors...
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I took my Tom Woods drive shaft there after the center pin busted in the CV joint. Over $400 dollars later, I had a rebuilt driveshaft. Broke less than a month later. I should have taken it back, but we had a wheelin' trip coming up and Cheekbone told me about Carolina Driveline. $150 (shipped) and I had a custom made, rebuilt CV driveshaft out of a Trailblazer from them. Over a year later, and massive abuse, it's still in Big Yeller and running strong. I refused to go there after that for anything. When I got this truck and I was toolin' around with the exhaust, I finally broke down and took the truck there so he could customize it the way I wanted it and weld it all up. Turned out really nice for $200. The only way to get a good deal through them is to be close friends with Jeff, and I mean close. Gastank is right, there's a reason Jeff drives that original Hummer!
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Steve, I didn't realize those rear lines were still leaking. Brake lines are a rip off anywhere you go. The parts are cheap, but flaring ends and cutting to the right length if you can't get pre-made ones take time and they eat you alive with the labor costs.
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I would have done it for a case of beer
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wow! sorry to hear about that! I think I ran all my hard lines front and rear for less than $50... :-\