At 08:39 AM 9/18/2003, Paula J. Graffam wrote:
>Listers,
>You be the judge:
> TRF reinforcing brackets (2) with gussets (4) - About $100
> Labor --------------------------------------------
> $480 @ 8hrs
> ( dropping the exhaust system, dropping diff.
> cutting grinding, fitting, welding, etc. etc.)
> $580
>Results: priceless
>Would anyone have rather done the job themselves?
>Al Graffam '74 CT
I guess everybody has to judge the cost/benefit of $$ vs. time, and whether
the time is considered "spent' or "wasted". I did the job myself, (gussets
only, cut from the pattern that was on TRF's website) using a borrowed MIG
welder and a dremel tool for the grinding. Took about 4 hours from start
to finish, cost a 6-pack of premium beer to the MIG owner. I got a lot of
personal satisfaction from having done it myself. The real question for me
is, would I do it *again*? Hmmm.
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Ted Stevens trstevens@earthlink.net
'74 TR6 Gaithersburg, MD
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