Update On My Status In Reno....

[Leroy Eckert]

Watch out with that Apples and Oranges stuff. You might stir up a Sleeping
Redneck.
Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Bradner
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Update On My Status In Reno....


Expecting shop rates to be similar from state-to-state is like expecting
housing prices to be similar.

$95 is quite common in larger Western cities. I'm not surprised that it might
be lower in Alabama. Apples and Oranges.

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Posting today by satellite from Boise, Idaho, headed towards Salt Lake City
tomorrow.

On 9/12/2007 at 4:19 AM bumpersbird wrote:

>Andy,
>
>$135 AN HOUR!! Ouch! Even your reduced rate is high.
>Prevost in Nashville has a rate of $97 an hour. I cringe every time I
>go there. The Detroit Deisel shop in Huntsville Al. is under $80. The
>guy who ownes the shop just bought a 96 PT-42 so they are kinda
>sypathetic to our needs. Good luck and make them give you a warantee.
>
>Kurt Horvath
>'95 PT-42
>
>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Coleman"
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello John,
>>
>> Sorry for my delay reponding to you...
>>
>> The Reno Sierra Freighliner has two hourly rates. They charge
>> $135/hour for "RVs and Buses" and $95/hour for "trucks".
>>
>> They agreed, given the size of my job, to charge me the $95 per
>hour rate.
>>
>> I think $95 is an average cost around the country. Unfortunately, I
>> was not lucky enough to find a shop with below average cost.
>>
>> At this point, I'm just hoping the job is done right.
>>
>> Andy Coleman
>> 83' FC-35
>> Spring Lake, NJ
>>
>> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "bubblerboy64"
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Glad to learn that you are not looking at a total rebuild or
>> > replacement. I am just curious what type of hourly rate is
>typical
>> > for this type of work? I am just thinking out loud. $3000 to get
>the
>> > engine out and I would assume as much to put it back. Ouch!!!
>Does
>> > it take that long or are the hourly rates just that high? The guy
>> > turning the wrenches likely sees very little of that as well.
>Just
>> > wondering.
>> >
>> > John Heckman
>> > central Pa
>> > 1973 FC
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Andy, I would have them repace the water hoses on the front of
>the
>> > engine
>> > > ,the two small heater hose are very hard to repalce with the
>engine
>> > in the
>> > > BB. Dave 91 WBWL 40
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > >From: "Howard O. Truitt" >> > > >Reply-To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>> > > >To:
>> > > >Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Update On My Status In Reno....
>> > > >Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 12:41:07 -0400
>> > > >
>> > > >Andy,
>> > > >Hopefully R.E. Brake, The Putney Flash will give you his
>thoughts.
>> > Come on
>> > > >R.E.
>> > > >what do you say.
>> > > >Howard T.,
>> > > >
>> > > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > > From: Andy Coleman
>> > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>> > > > Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 11:55 AM
>> > > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Update On My Status In Reno....
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Hello Fellow Wanderlodgers:
>> > > >
>> > > > Luckily for me, I brought along a free round trip plane
>ticket
>> > when I
>> > > > departed for my first cross country road trip in my 83' FC-
>35.
>> > > >
>> > > > I flew home to NJ a few days ago.
>> > > >
>> > > > My Wanderlodge is still in the Sierra Freightliner
>(certified by
>> > > > Caterpillar) shop in Reno, Nevada. I just heard from the
>> > mechanic who
>> > > > told me, to my relief, that my 3208 engine failure was due
>to a
>> > blown
>> > > > head gasket. Unfortunately, they had to pull the engine
>> > completely
>> > > > out of the bus to remove the heads and determine the
>problem.
>> > > >
>> > > > The labor has already cost me over $3,000.
>> > > >
>> > > > They are going to call me back tomorrow with estimates on
>how
>> > much a
>> > > > new head gasket will cost. The mechanic recommended that I
>> > consider
>> > > > replacing the gasket on the other side of the engine as
>well,
>> > now that
>> > > > the entire motor is sitting on a stand.
>> > > >
>> > > > Do you folks recommend I replace the other gasket? Are
>there any
>> > > > other jobs I should have them do while the engine is out?
>> > > >
>> > > > Special thanks to everyone who responded to my panic e-
>mails a
>> > few
>> > > > weeks ago when the bus first broke down. I do appreciate
>all the
>> > > > advice and well wishes you sent me.
>> > > >
>> > > > I'll be flying back to Reno once the bus is fixed to resume
>the
>> > long
>> > > > ride home to NJ.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks again! I'll keep you all updated.
>> > > >
>> > > > Andy Coleman
>> > > > 83' FC-35
>> > > > Spring Lake Hts., NJ
>> > > >
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