<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I got a great paint job for $3,000, after I sent it back as the wings were a different shade than the tub. Of course it took over two years and he never re-fit any of the parts after doing the repair and paint work. Live and learn. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">But the paint looked good!</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Bill B</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br>Sent from my <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">UNIVAC</span></div><div><br>On Jul 31, 2016, at 10:28 AM, Geo Hahn <<a href="mailto:ahwahneetr@gmail.com">ahwahneetr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>John -</div><div><br></div><div>Before you pull the gearbox - if your only symptom is 'won't go into gear' -- you may want to check how much movement you're getting at the slave cylinder. If the slave & fork are moving ½" or a bit more then it may well be a broken fork pin. But if you are not seeing good movement then the problem may lie elsewhere (and be easier to deal with).</div><div><br></div><div>As for paint -- $3,000 for a decent paint job would be cheap where I live.</div><div><br></div><div>Geo</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 9:14 PM, John Summers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rivers2hills@yahoo.com" target="_blank">rivers2hills@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div dir="ltr">If I only had a brain I wouldn't have sent three posts. </div><div dir="ltr">The BIG question: How much should it cost to replace </div><div dir="ltr">the $59.00 fork or the stupid pin, knowing that the transmission</div><div dir="ltr">has to come out and go back in? Heck, today I was parked</div><div dir="ltr">across the street from a body shop and could see a Porsche</div><div dir="ltr">ready for paint. I went in the office and asked for a price</div><div dir="ltr">- not engine bay or other hidden places. $3,000 !!!!</div><div dir="ltr">As the man said, this isn't Maaco. I replied, </div><div dir="ltr">$3,000 will buy a lot of sandpaper and spray cans.</div><div dir="ltr">Not really,,,,,I have a spray gun and compressor, AND </div><div dir="ltr">two DVDs on how to do it.</div></div></div><br><br>
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