[V8] heater hose replacement

[Tony and Lillie]

$500 seems fair to me. This is not a fun job, though not too dificult, it is 
time comsuming. Add all the fun brittle 20+ year old plastic, and you can 
see this getting ugly quickly. And that's assuming there are no nice and 
rusty fasteners to remove/break off.

Either way, if you are planning on keeping it, and $500 seems too high, plan 
on DIY. Which it sounds like you are plenty capable of. And, of course, we 
are here to help when needed.

Tony

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Verbryck"
Subject: [V8] heater hose replacement


I had an old friend drop around today and he offered me his V8. It is at the 
mechanics awaiting a decision. The mechanic suggested that he send it to the 
scrapyard for $500 bucks! In any case it needs the heater hoses replaced in 
order to be drivable and since it has been a couple of years since I owned a 
V8 and during my last ownership I never replaced said hoses I thought I 
would seek some wisdom of the difficulty factor. The mechanic wants $500 
this seems exorbitant to me but never having had to replace them before and 
having done a lot of work on the old V8 maybe it is one of "those" jobs. It 
will also need a timing belt job soon what is the going rate for the timing 
belt parts and a good place to purchase them. It seems like a very nice car 
with good pearl paint, not sure of the year but it is a 4.2. I would hate to 
see it scrapped so I am trying to justify V8 ownership once again. Any and 
all comments and or wisdom is appreciated.
Regards, George