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Post by mohs on Mar 15, 2015 14:03:39 GMT -5
Well my Mechanic charged me $300.00 just to drop the tranny in my trk (Ford Ranger)... Just don't let it nickle and dime you buddy......... Hi Mike what did you have done?
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Post by mohs on Mar 15, 2015 14:16:03 GMT -5
The hardest part to bite, is the price of the part itself, 2.00 bucks if that? for 500 in labor,seals and new fluids. O your so right! Cheap parts. Lots of labor. All that money and it does't really add anything to the car. Just makes it run the way it suppose to. Freeze plugs are for northern climes that another thing that frost my giddy up & go mostly
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 15, 2015 15:22:31 GMT -5
Well my Mechanic charged me $300.00 just to drop the tranny in my trk (Ford Ranger)... Just don't let it nickle and dime you buddy......... Hi Mike what did you have done? Torque Converter had to be replaced and tranny flushed (twice) $50..00 a pop to flush!!! The bad thing about the deal is,I am a mechanic (schooled)...Our complex doesn't allow any mechanical work done on the property were we live!!! I would feel bad using my brother in laws garage for my repairs too-so what's a guy to do-just eat it!!! I as you Ed,have found a great mechanic I can trust! He knows that I know my way around a car and or truck,so when things go wrong,I pin point it out,he fixes it and I'm on my way-that he likes,it saves him time and me some money... Good luck buddy on whatever decision you choose!!!
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Post by mohs on Mar 15, 2015 17:29:16 GMT -5
Right on Mike!
Your so right about having a good mechanic you can trust. Its a key life resource. Especially if your budget limits your ride ability. Luckily I live in gasoline alley. So I've had pretty good mechanical help for a long time. Really have kept me on the road with less than stellar cars.
I like to think I know my way around cars-- but they always seem to defeat me! Especially if I take it to the mechanic with what is my specific diagnosis . Usually I'm wrong and not in positive way. In example-- it costs more than I figure.
Like the first time this car sprung a leak, a couple months after owning it. I thought it was the water pump. No big deal.
But No ! it was a freeze plug. Luckily the guy who sold me the car did the job. He charged me 200.00 But he only changed 3 out of the 5. Those other 2 are the bear to get at.
The 2 unchanged plugs lasted for about 20,000 miles. So that 200 dollars was well spent. Pretty cheap fix -- dollars to miles.
But now I have to pay the piper.
Hope your day is fab slab !
Ed
Lets not even discuss transmissions Have I got a story about mis-diagnoses on my part that cost me big time!
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 15, 2015 23:38:07 GMT -5
Fossil man I would gladly drop a tranny or fix a ford any day compared to the confined space Toyota tends to leave you to work on some parts. Sometimes I figure and get frustrated that it would be easier to undo the motor mounts and yank that engine right out for repairs. lol That's because the engine is pointed the wrong way I really liked my 74 RWD Celica.
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Post by mohs on Mar 16, 2015 9:07:58 GMT -5
Not many of those on the road, Lee is it a automatic or standard? I got to get rolling I'm on foot, light rail and bus service today headed off to work carrying this laptop and another backpack full of rocks lots of stuff... mostly
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Post by mohs on Mar 16, 2015 20:40:01 GMT -5
one thing I learned today is that Steven King is good reading materiel on the bus I think he got most of his characters ideas from public transportation passengers mostly
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 16, 2015 20:57:11 GMT -5
I don't have the Celica anymore, sold it years ago when I went through cars like socks. It was a basic 4 speed Celica ST.
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 16, 2015 21:03:58 GMT -5
Nothing like mass transit...
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Post by mohs on Mar 16, 2015 22:17:21 GMT -5
that why a brought back pack full of rocks if anyone gives me grief I'd whack up side the head some of them seemed like they have been whacked before
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Post by mohs on Mar 19, 2015 20:22:09 GMT -5
Hi Guys My mechanic out of town and can''t do the job till next week.
I tried taking the bus for couple day to work but that was just to brutal to do for to long.
So I been driving the car, It only loses a pint of fluid in the 7 miles drive So that's manageable
This leak is minor and eventually I'll get the whole system flushed out when my mechanic does the job
What I'd like to know does anyone a recommendation on have freeze plug sealant?
Something I can pour into the radiator?
Thanks
Ed
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 19, 2015 20:32:48 GMT -5
If its a thing that will be fixed,but just want a quick seal for a week-use some black pepper,about a couple teaspoons for now,but make sure it gets flushed out after your repairs...
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 19, 2015 20:46:46 GMT -5
Be careful, if the defunct freeze plug comes completely out it will be like all of the coolant gone in like 30 seconds.
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Post by spiritstone on Mar 19, 2015 21:21:31 GMT -5
Ed its worth a shot.... try putting Bardahls stop leak in. The stuff with the pellets and sometimes small bearings. Like rockoonz mentioned,its going to depend on how big the hole is if it's going to have any effect at all.
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Post by mohs on Mar 19, 2015 22:37:15 GMT -5
well I got to figure the hole is pretty small being that the leak is fairly insignificance but as Lee mention that doesn't mean that the plug itself is stable it could catastrophic fail
as mention the car is in light duty in the morning I'll decide on the Bardohl
thanks for the suggestion !!
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Post by mohs on Mar 22, 2015 15:35:28 GMT -5
Perhaps the universe as conspired to to give the ol'mohs a break ? Or setting me up for a catastrophic fail. Ha ha
But the leak as stopped of it own volition! As mentioned earlier, I parked the car for period of time and rode the bus. That got to be brutal.
So I went back to using the car for light duty. Not a single drop of radiator fluid as leaked!!
All I can figure --is that by parking the car for an extended period of time its allowed the rust to reseal the hole?
comments?
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Post by mohs on Mar 22, 2015 15:43:17 GMT -5
so while we all contemplate that miracle let's listen to a Springsteen in celebration! bad mohs looking for his groove on a Tenth Ave Freeze Out
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Post by gingerkid on Mar 23, 2015 13:14:24 GMT -5
Very interesting, Fossilman, I haven't heard of placing pepper for a seal. Rick said he uses Imodium for his stop leak. J/K. He uses something similar to what spiritstone suggested.
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 24, 2015 0:19:21 GMT -5
I remember using pepper back in the day.
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Post by mohs on Mar 24, 2015 19:00:50 GMT -5
well I tried some pepper this morning and I sprung a leak! Ha Ha ! Its just to hot in Phoenix to add anymore Nah!! the pepper had nothing to do with it!! The resettled rust was bound to give and did So I'm only losing about a pint of coolant in a 7 mile drive That's manageable-- to get me back & forth to work ---for a few days or until I come up with plan M
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