Naaah, stealerships don't make much on car sales nowadays but service is
$130/hr around here and they clock really nice rounded hours. They don't need
no tools to speed that up, that's counter-productive to business! Alternator
replacement was quoted as $930, most of this labor. Cost me $204 in parts to
do it myself. It all started with an Austin-Healey restoration and now I am
servicing and repairing 3 cars in my household! Probably 4 very soon! I'll
stop ranting here as I rather enjoy it. ;-)
Bert
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From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
To: Bert Van Brande <bertvanbrande@yahoo.com>
Cc: Per Schoerner
<healeyguy@bredband.net>; "healeys@autox.team.net" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] radiator drain tap
Bert -
I am sure there's an official Mini "lower hose removal tool" which
will do the removal in 3 minutes or less. Only $300, built for shop use of
course.
Alan
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Bert Van Brande
<bertvanbrande@yahoo.com> wrote:
I am already happy there is a drain tap on
my BN2.
>
>On my daughters 2005 Mini
>Cooper there is no drain tap or valve,
you need to take off the lower hose,
>which you barely can get too to drain
the coolant. Why did I need to drain
>the coolant? To take of the top
coolant hose to get to a broken alternator,
>and oh yeah I needed to take off
the outer bumper and the inner bumper
>structure and move the radiator out a
bit too.... Sigh, progress? Still fun
>to drive though!
>
>Bert
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