Cars are DAMN expensive

[HoustonLX]

I just got back from the auto parts store with what I hope to be all the minor things I needed to put the motor back together. I went ahead and got the oil, filter, ALL new gaskets, rags, carb cleaner, and the such. Walk out total from the counter was $101.34!!!!

Just when the piggy bank starts to develpe to the positive side (usually filled with IOU's :razz: ), I find a way to deplete it once again.

*sigh*

/me prepares for the fun of reassembling a stock motor and turns daily rant mode "off".

[Forrest]

I hear ya man... that little stuff adds up quick! :(

Forrest

[Guffinator]

Originally posted by Forrest
I hear ya man... that little stuff adds up quick! :(

Forrest

Especially when it costs you $40 just to change your oil :ashamed:

[maveRick]

/me holds hand out and asks guys to feel his pain and for the congregation to dig down DEEP into your souls and pockets and give what your heart tells you too. :hail:

(I take PayPal and most major credit cards)

[Guffinator]

I have a vision of Rick running out to wash my windshield at a red light

[Saleen91]

Ugh tell me about it! I just bought 8 quarts of Mobil 1 Synthetic ATF @ $5/bottle.

[Replica]

Timing belt and waterpump with labor is 419$ for my car. :ashamed:

[AGirlWithACoupe]

Originally posted by Replica
Timing belt and waterpump with labor is 419$ for my car. :ashamed:

Whaddya drive!?

[Saleen91]

Originally posted by Replica
Timing belt and waterpump with labor is 419$ for my car. :ashamed:

Labor?? ACK! Hence I'm a do-it-yourselfer.

[Forrest]

Originally posted by Replica
Timing belt and waterpump with labor is 419$ for my car. :ashamed:

hence I don't drive cars w/ timing belts! :eek:

well... actually my Pinto has one, but it's a non-interferance engine, and changing the belt is only a couple hour job...

I did have to change the water pump on it, but they're EASY on those engines... about $20 and about as many minutes later and I was back in business.

K.I.S.S.

Forrest

[Rusman]

/me digs in his pockets and hands pRick some lint

[89LX306]

Originally posted by Saleen91
Ugh tell me about it! I just bought 8 quarts of Mobil 1 Synthetic ATF @ $5/bottle.


8 quarts!? You bunch of sissies. Try 15 quarts. That'll put some hair on your chest. A DIY oil change costs me $40 and that is not even synthetic. A DIY synthetic change would cost me $100. I don't think so, not when I average 3000 miles per month.

[Replica]

Originally posted by AGirlWithACoupe


Whaddya drive!?
94 civic

I'd take a shot at doing it myself but i don't have the tools to do it...:ashamed:

[Otis!]

Oh yea? I stopped by Ford today to check on some parts for the SHO...

LH valve (cam cover) gasket: $72
RH " " " " : $34
Spark plug well oil seal : $24 EACH (times 6; it's a freakin' o-ring!)
Spark plug wires (hold on!) : $302

I'm trying to fix a very small oil leak; I think it'll leak and smoke for $500...

[i]Sheesh, I can rebuild a small block Ford for that, with new parts and machine work...[i]

Otis!

[Replica]

300$ for plug wires?! :eek:

[Otis!]

...yessir...

I didn't buy them :D

I guess I'll hit some Pick-a-parts for spares, LOL!

O!

[Forrest]

Originally posted by Replica

94 civic

I'd take a shot at doing it myself but i don't have the tools to do it...:ashamed:

I speak from experience here... pay someone to do it! LOL! working on one of those cars is like trying to jack off with your left foot.

those cars are built by and for little asian hands.

/me hugs the roomy engine bay on my fox body!

Forrest

[Shaggy]

So does that mean you have come down to $500 for the SHO yet????? ;)



Originally posted by Otis!
Oh yea? I stopped by Ford today to check on some parts for the SHO...

LH valve (cam cover) gasket: $72
RH " " " " : $34
Spark plug well oil seal : $24 EACH (times 6; it's a freakin' o-ring!)
Spark plug wires (hold on!) : $302

I'm trying to fix a very small oil leak; I think it'll leak and smoke for $500...

[i]Sheesh, I can rebuild a small block Ford for that, with new parts and machine work...[i]

Otis!


Originally posted by Otis!
...yessir...

I didn't buy them :D

I guess I'll hit some Pick-a-parts for spares, LOL!

O!

[Replica]

Originally posted by Forrest


I speak from experience here... pay someone to do it! LOL! working on one of those cars is like trying to jack off with your left foot.

those cars are built by and for little asian hands.

* Forrest hugs the roomy engine bay on my fox body!

Forrest
I've worked on mine a bit and isn't too hard. But that timing belt is a pain in the ass to get to.:(

[Liz SALEEN]

Originally posted by Replica

I've worked on mine a bit and isn't too hard. But that timing belt is a pain in the ass to get to.:(

Since the motor sits sideways, compared to what I'm used to, dont you have to go through the wheel well?

*doh* somebody left themselves logged in.. <---- Saleen91

[Replica]

I think they have to pull that side of the motor out a bit to get a shot at the belt. Pretty lame...

[89LX306]

Well I just did a timing belt and water pump on my neighbors 92 Civic yesterday. Basically you remove the driver's side front tire, jack up the engine slightly, remove the driver's side motor mount, remove the spark plug wires, remove the valve cover, remove the timing cover (8 bolts I think) and pull out your shredded timing belt. For the Water Pump you also have to remove the alternator bracket (no biggie) R&R the pump and then install the new timing belt, slap it all back together and you are good to go.

But if things go anything like they did for me, you realize that the guy got the wrong parts because he told the Autozone guy the wrong engine, and that you are going to need new helicoils for the motor mount. And then you realize why it is good to maintain a vehicle instead of wait until it breaks. 282,000 miles and he had never changed the timing belt!!!! Same with the clutch that we replaced on it about 3 weeks ago.

[Replica]

Originally posted by 89LX306
282,000 miles and he had never changed the timing belt!!!!
:hail: