Go to your library and ask where the Mitchell Guides are. You'll find
it there, if they happen to cover the model. If you have a subscription
you can access it on CD, maybe online. But the library is free.

Jim

On Jun 16, 2004, at 9:00 AM, Joy Hecht wrote:

> Is there actually a book (or more likely a database) that auto repair
> people
> use to do labor estimates for repairs?  I had heard somewhere that
> there
> was.
>
> It's a useful thing to know - and to be able to find out the book
> times -
> because it gives a reasonable upper bound on the cost of paying for
> repairs.
>
>
> Does anyone know if it is exists, or how to access the information?
>
>
>
> Joy
>
> ****************************************************************
> Joy Hecht
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
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> http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On
> Behalf Of
> Frank Condelli
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 7:00 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: whats the book time for installing a new exhaust OR...
>
> In a message dated 16/06/2004 12:02:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
> I am  about to purchase a new exhaust for the 1984 Vanagon named
> "Squeaky"
> and
> I  was trying to figure out the book time to remove and reinstall a
> whole
> new
> exhaust.
>
>
> <
> <
>     That's a trick question !  It all depends on  how many exhaust
> studs and
> bolts break and have to be drilled, tapped,  helicoiled, or repaired
> in some
> weird fashion.  Clean up time of the  exhaust port gasket surface may
> also
> be
> necessary as may be the gasket surface  of the new pipe flanges.
> Every case
> is
> different.  I have seen in my  shop a wide range of scenarios !  No
> way to
> make an estimate !
> <
> <
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank  Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
> camping event, Almonte, ON, June 10 ~ 13, 2004
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> (http://www.ccvwc.ca/)
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>