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<DIV>Gary, I would like to know where the shop is that you are at for 2 hours
for a service and they charge only $60.00. Especially in the Bay Area where most
shop labor rates are $125.00 and hour and up. </DIV>
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<DIV>So for $60.00 they did a proper service in less than 1/2 hour that includes
bringing the car in and out of the shop. As well as having to pay for the hazmat
disposal.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century'; COLOR: #000000">David
Nock<BR>healeydoc@sbcglobal.net<BR>209 948
8767<BR>www.britishcarspecialists.com</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=editorgary@aol.com
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 23, 2016 6:39 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=healeys@autox.team.net
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Healeys] Oil change and Radiator Flush</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>My Healey gets driven regularly, though only on short drives
-- I go out for coffee with the other local donut derelicts on Saturdays
whenever I'm in town, generally driving a long five mile loop on my way, and
then it's only about a mile home. However, I hadn't found time to do much else
and noticed the other day that the note on my garage white board indicated that
the engine oil had been changed most recently in June 2013, and that I hadn't
changed the filter or the tranny oil at the time. I couldn't remember the last
time I had replaced the radiator coolant. Then last week my car finally refused
to start at all, after being very reluctant during the past six
months.<BR><BR>It was time go get some work done. I started out by taking out
the old battery, and dropping it off at the O'Reilly's and getting a new battery
(when did batteries start costing over $100?). At the same time, I picked up
seven quarts of 10-40 Castrol dino oil (specifically formulated, it said, for
older engines), three quarts of 30 weight ND, a spin-on oil filter, radiator
coolant and a pint of Water Wetter. I was ready to go.<BR><BR>Except that I had
second thoughts. Jack and jack stands. Hot oil that would have to be recycled.
Radiator coolant and radiator flush that would have to be disposed
of.<BR><BR>So, this morning as soon as the local independent tire shop (Skips's
Tires for you NorCal locals) I called my buddy Sam there and asked when he could
do the oil change and radiator flush today. Two hours at the local shop, using
my oil, filter, and radiator fluid, and $60, with the oil and coolant in his
hazmat tanks, and we're all much happier. During that time I sat in his waiting
room with my lap top and wrote a piece for RM Auctions for which I'll be paid
$150. <BR><BR>Though oil changes used to be the one thing that we shade-tree
mechanics could manage to do without screwing up, I really think in this day and
age we should look at comparative advantages of professional shops and
technicians versus amateurs in the driveway, and leave these routine tasks to
the pros.<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><I>Gary
Anderson</I><BR></FONT><BR></DIV></FONT>
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