[Shotimes] am I being taken advantage of

[Zach Leahy]

I am thinking this may be a atx/mtx difference.  I have never worked
on a compressor clutch in an atx.

Z

On 5/16/05, Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
> When I took in my '91 to a local shop recently they charged me less than
> an hour to remove a shim from the A/C clutch.  They didn't have to drop
> the subframe.  Would changing the entire clutch be that much more work?
> I don't know.
> 
> Removing the shim was all my system needed to work just fine.
> 
> Don Mallinson
> 
> Devin Fisher wrote:
> 
> >Its tight in there, but I couldn't really see why it would take dropping the
> >subframe. Maybe that don't know how to work on it.
> >
> >-Devin
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> >On Behalf Of Al & Angela
> >Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 8:05 PM
> >To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> >Subject: [Shotimes] am I being taken advantage of
> >
> >***correction sorry about that***
> >I grabbed my receipt and my numbers were off.
> >
> >Dear Shotimers,
> >
> >I recently went to my mechanic to have my a/c checked out.
> >They said my a/c clutch was bad and then changed it.
> >
> >They said labor was ***3.5*** hrs of labor for total of 239.01 and the
> >clutch parts were 224$.
> >Diagnostics were 74.95
> >
> >The total charge was 582$ to change the clutch and run a/c diags.
> >The manager said the sub frame had to be dropped to change the clutch (why
> >hrs were 3.5 hrs).
> >
> >Is that correct?
> >
> >The sad thing was my a/c didn't even work.  I guess the clutch wasn't
> >adjusted correctly.
> >I am taking the car back tomorrow.
> >
> >Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Thank you very much
> >
> >Al
> >94 SHO ATX w/ 125K mls
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