Re: Happy New Year(recent trip)

[evangelo@mecf.wustl.edu]

>The most startling thing on the repair bill was the price of the hardware.
>$4.20 for a lock-nut. Must be some impressive lock-nut. Too bad I needed 10
>of them for $42 to keep the manifold in place. Wonder how difficult it was
>to extricate the broken stud from the block. But I guess that's why I paid
>$50/hour.
>

I think that's pretty low for dealer. Here in St. Louis the dealer charges
$68/hr.
I am wondering what are the rates like elswhere ...

Evangelos