what do you spend on maintenace?
Got the car last June.
Planning to spend maybe 15K to "renew" it to "new-like" status.
IS that Maintenance ? I think so, cuz after 19 yrs, this car needs a LOT of maintenance
Planning to spend maybe 15K to "renew" it to "new-like" status.
IS that Maintenance ? I think so, cuz after 19 yrs, this car needs a LOT of maintenance
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From: Behind a workbench, repairing FC Electronics.
taking out a perfectly operating clutch fan to put a electric fan in is not maintenance, that is upgrading.
removing brake pads and rotors with plenty of life on them to put something else in is also not maintenance.
Taking a perfectly operating exhaust off to put a free flow is also not maintenance.
removing brake pads and rotors with plenty of life on them to put something else in is also not maintenance.
Taking a perfectly operating exhaust off to put a free flow is also not maintenance.
What if I remove a bad clutch fan that freewheels all the time and causes the temp gauge to start going up in stop and go traffic to replace with an electric?
-Fan clutch costs $100 at the parts store.
-Taurus fan at the scrap yard costs $30.
What if I removed the rusted out ORIGINAL exhaust where one muffler fell off somewhere down the road and replaced it with a free flow that I scored used from someone?
That's all maintenance.
Not to be pedantic but I would consider most of that "repair" and not maintenance.
Unsure whether the difference is pertinent to this discussion but there you go.
Also unmentioned so far is any reference to labor.
Either someone is getting paid for this work or you're performing it yourself but either way there's a "cost" attached.
Not sure how "customer supplied labor" could be priced or even fairly compared to "professional" labor but that's an inherent luxury of pedant-ism, one merely has to point out complications, not solve them.
Unsure whether the difference is pertinent to this discussion but there you go.
Also unmentioned so far is any reference to labor.
Either someone is getting paid for this work or you're performing it yourself but either way there's a "cost" attached.
Not sure how "customer supplied labor" could be priced or even fairly compared to "professional" labor but that's an inherent luxury of pedant-ism, one merely has to point out complications, not solve them.
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LOL, i agree, i spent so much to get the car running solid and i still got stuff that needs to be fixed. I'm just glad my car holds out long enough for me to get stuff fixed. I spend like $120 monthly at like Shell on octane 91 gas and $0.25 for air on tires. Back in December i had to replace my alternator for lke $240. The rest I poured into mods to make the car run solid for the streets.
Joined: Dec 1999
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From: Behind a workbench, repairing FC Electronics.
Not to be pedantic but I would consider most of that "repair" and not maintenance.
Unsure whether the difference is pertinent to this discussion but there you go.
Also unmentioned so far is any reference to labor.
Either someone is getting paid for this work or you're performing it yourself but either way there's a "cost" attached.
Not sure how "customer supplied labor" could be priced or even fairly compared to "professional" labor but that's an inherent luxury of pedant-ism, one merely has to point out complications, not solve them.
Unsure whether the difference is pertinent to this discussion but there you go.
Also unmentioned so far is any reference to labor.
Either someone is getting paid for this work or you're performing it yourself but either way there's a "cost" attached.
Not sure how "customer supplied labor" could be priced or even fairly compared to "professional" labor but that's an inherent luxury of pedant-ism, one merely has to point out complications, not solve them.
How much do you get paid per hour at your job?
Considering equipment and shop space available to you, answer the following:
How long would it take you to complete _____ job on the car?
How much of a headache would it be to do said job?
When the cost of the job outweighs the labor rate at the local shop is when it's time to outsource and just pay someone else to do it...
Case in point, transmission rebuilds... Tire mounting and balancing... Alignments... Machine work...
I have neither the equipment nor the space to do any of those, so they get outsourced.
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