Randy Newell wrote:
> 
> Thank you all for your help, I just had the main seal replaced (again)
> yesterday. This time the dealer had to pick up the cost under warranty. I
> stayed with the van this time to watch them. It only took them 4 hours to
> complete the job, this disturbs me because the first time they did it they
> kept it and billed me for the whole 8 hour day. Is it customary for the
> dealer to bill you for hours that they don't even spend on your vehicle?
> Seems like a really bad way to do business if you ask me. Are there any
> honest mechanics left out there?

Please note:

Many shops price the labor by what the book says the labor time should
be, not what it actually is.  An example is when I brought a Honda to
Pep Boys for a waterpump.  They wanted to charge me extra since it had
AC and said the job would take 2 hrs.  I went home, did it myself in 45
minutes and only had to loosen the AC belt to get it out of the way.
BTW, it was much easier to change than a Vanagon's waterpump, but
anything else I fixed on that car was harder (I got big hands).
-- 
Hotch
Philly
86 GL
hotch@netaxs.com