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Old May 29, 2024 | 07:35 PM
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Trying that next. Even a second of the super-accurate digital tire gauge I have was way off. Ordered a standard needle gauge today, 0-60psi.
Old May 29, 2024 | 09:03 PM
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Ohio... for the whole kit and kaboodle... this was the best deal I found:

https://alternatorbrush.com/products...rushes-7768prk

For giggles, I called a little shop and asked them how much to replace VC gaskets on one of these 3.5's. They quoted me 6 hours labor at 135 per hour. With tax and the misc items fee, it was just under 900 dollars - just for labor. I had this sum8itch installed in an hour. The drivers side took me 3 because I took some time to clean it. If I was a shop, I'd definitely just buy the new VC's because of the time savings. They're clean, and all of the seals and gasket are already installed.





Old May 29, 2024 | 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by white89gt
Ohio... for the whole kit and kaboodle... this was the best deal I found:

https://alternatorbrush.com/products...rushes-7768prk

For giggles, I called a little shop and asked them how much to replace VC gaskets on one of these 3.5's. They quoted me 6 hours labor at 135 per hour. With tax and the misc items fee, it was just under 900 dollars - just for labor. I had this sum8itch installed in an hour. The drivers side took me 3 because I took some time to clean it.
Yeah - ME? It would have taken 6 hours. I would have cleaned anything I could, being that deep in, anyway.
Seems like 2 is entry to ask. My.mwch-pal's software update says 6 hrs for a.jib that his existing software said 4, and took him almost that. He is an efficient, but not overly urgent young fellow. And honest enough that he complained to the software folks. All he wants is accuracy. 4 hours to suddenly 6, by virtue of an update is not accurate.
Old May 29, 2024 | 09:18 PM
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I'll probably just charge him two or three hundred, plus the parts. Seems fair to me.

EDIT: I also replaced the O2 sensor, BTW. Not just this.

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UTAH - Deadly cheese alert.

https://www.newsweek.com/cheese-recall-utah-fda-1905514
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I know it's just me being me, but how many videos do you hear them say "below in the description" and "down/below in the comments"?

Not sure why YT thinks that becomes a better experience.
The video creator tells the watcher to discuss in the comments to get comments happening. It boosts a metric called Engagement that YouTube takes into account to determine if it should promote the video on its own more.
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All righty-o, folks, this thread is way past IB's "this thread is too large and is now causing performance issues" size requirement, so I'm correcting that.

New thread is here.

Enjoy.




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