Raja,
sounds like you got ripped off! Did he give you your old manifold? If not,
he may have charged you for a new manifold and did nothing to the car. Also,
$400 seems like quite a large sum of money to replace the Exhaust manifold.
How much does this guy charge for labour per hour?! If he charged 100 per
hour, that means he would have spent 4 hours replacing an exhaust
manifold...I find this amount of time RATHER PADDED!!! Find a new mechanic!!
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Raja Saggi
Sent: Monday, December 14, 1998 12:00 PM
To: 'mgs@autox.team.net'
Subject: Broken Exhaust Manifolds on MGBs
Hi everybody!
About a month and 1000 miles ago, I took my daily driver, a 77 MGB to an MG
expert for a routine checkup. He found the exhaust manifold broken - I
bought a used one from him for $300 and he installed it for another $400.
Now, the manifold is broken again. I wonder if any of you have experienced
such a problem. Is this a symptom of something else, or did I just get stuck
with a bad used manifold ? He did check the old manifold before selling it
to me. (This is for a single Zenith carb)
Either way, with new manifolds going for $575, and another $400 labour
likely, Christmas and New Year are going to be quiet occasions this year.
Cheers
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