[Shotimes] am I being taken advantage of

[Steve Tatro]

Nope.  The ATX clutch is pretty easy to get to and remove.  Did it a
couple of years ago (shim removal) and it was a snap, even for a moron
like me.

Steve Tatro
Red/Black '93 with 183k miles
Monroe, Ohio

On 5/16/05, Zach Leahy <leahyz@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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