Known as the AMFEA, Auto Mechanic Full Employment Act, this Act funds
the automakers to design and manufacture automobiles which deny the
average citizen the ability to do their own repair. This led to the
SQUAT Act, Special Quality and Unique Automotive Tools Act, in which
such tools are only available from the manufacturer at exorbitant prices.
100K Plug replacement on a Toyota Sienna - Last Quote from a Toyota
Dealer - $650
Back to Towertalk - I am considering selling a spare used Triex WT-51
crankup tower. The tower was equipped with limit switches and
raising/lowering motor. I still have the motor/gear assembly and
switches. Switch installation would need redoing and new wiring. What
would be a reasonable price?
Don W7WLL
On 4/19/2021 9:15 PM, Wes wrote:
On 4/19/2021 3:04 PM, Lux, Jim wrote:
At least the plugs are good for 100k miles thanks to emissions
requirements. Presumably, you'd combine it with something like a
timing belt replacement.
Regrettably, not true. My 2018 VW GTI specifies a plug change at 40K
miles, although I talked the service rep into extending it to 50K. So
this "economy" car costs $250 every 40K for spark plugs, not to
mention $300 to service the DCT, $100 oil change etc, etc... A
battery replacement, unless you use a nearly unobtainable factory
part, requires programming the ECU to tell it how to charge the
replacement. I said the heck with it and paid the $200 for the
factory part and waited a week for it.
Then there is the dirty little secret about direct fuel injection
(gas) engines. Without fuel washing the backs of the intake valves
and intake ports, crankcase ventilation deposits oil vapor on them and
carbon builds, eventually choking off air flow. Fix is about $800+ @
50-60 K miles. I believe both Ford and Honda now use dual port and
direct injection to overcome this.
Wes N7WS
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