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Subject:Re: Alternator replacement????
From:Loren Busch
Date:Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:12:42 -0700

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 4:59 PM, aaron bright <vdub4uandme@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Volksdoktor in Louisville, KY is trying to tell me that installing an
> alternator is going to cost $398.
> Does that even come close to sounding right to anyone?????
>

Well let's see.  I pulled into Van Cafe in Santa Cruz late last January and
pulled out less than an hour later with a new alternator installed, w/ new
belt, and had the oil filter changed at the same time.  Total, with labor,
was just under $200 IIRC.  So that seems high to me...