This reminds me of the time I had taken the transmission into the shop and
they had estimated $2k for the overhaul. As money was tight, I asked them
how many hours I could save if I did the R&R myself. I think it was
something on the order of 8 or 9 hours so I opted to do the R&R and after
they had the box in the shop for a week I got a call and they said that the
job was a little more involved than they had anticipated, so they had to up
the estimate back to $2k.

I told them to keep the job on hold until I could see what they were talking
about, and when I arrived the mechanic that had the box apart goes into his
sales pitch about how bad all of these parts were. While he was talking I
noted a Snap-On tool box that was 8 feet long and had a full length work
bench, overhead bins and built in filing cabinets. I had received a bit of
double-speak when I had asked questions like "What is the wear specification
for that part?", so when it came to decision time, I opted to spend $450 at
a dismantlers place and the trans has been in use for over 180k miles with
no further problems.

Sometimes you have to trust those little hairs that stand up on the back of
your neck.

--
Roger Shoaf
If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent.

"azotic" wrote in message
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What makes this tool box worth 10K ?

http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/1153159548.html

I see a lot of simular big bucks adds for tool boxes,
what gives ? I cant believe somebody would pay
that kind of money for a tool box.

Best Regards
Tom.