[V8] $500 V8 for sale

[Mike Del Tergo]

Roger,

you and your wrench must be barking up the wrong tree on the rebuild kit.  I know I have at least one bought as, so far, uneeded insurance when my originals need to be done.  Happy to send your way for cost & S&H (IIRC $25 max).  I think the caliper situation is most "serious", at least dollar wise, in your mind.  I've mentioned, as have other listers that rebuild services exist to get them in as new working shape for very short dollars (think 1/10 of new), pads are cheap but rotors are getting pricey.  If the R&R takes more than 1 hour per side, including bleeding, then you need new labor.

 

Roger Woodbury rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com 

Said,

Bastian:  What is the availability of the front internally mounted (UFO)
brake calipers in Germany?  And at what price?  

Also as far as I have been able to tell, the rebuilding kits are NOT
available in the US.  There are a lot of parts places advertising on line,
but none have them as far as I have been able tell.  Between my mechanic and
me, we have called about a dozen places with NO results.

This brake caliper situation is serious because if both calipers needed to
be replaced, it will end up costing over $1100 before sales tax.  Assuming
that the installation was done professionally, the cost of new front brakes
including rotors, calipers and pads will cost....well, labor rates here for
me are around $70 per hour.  I understand that is low compared with other
parts of the country.


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