gearheads...a little help pls?
 

Hero drives Acura 96 TL2.5, 138k miles.

Dealership alerts Hero to cracked distributor, quotes $800, as distributor is situated in unfavorable place in the car.

Hero consults his regular mechanic who, over the phone, confirms dealer's approximate pricing for parts+labor.

Hero gets estimate from Aamco who also says distiributor requires replacing, but quotes $560...

Hero...?

Re: gearheads...a little help pls?
 

definitely go to the cheaper place. installing a distributor is not that hard and is not something that needs to be done by the dealer.

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So... you're in the dealership with your distributor not attached to your car... I say suck it up and pay the $800.

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Aamco is legit, I got my clutch replaced there. They always try to beat everyones price. You live in WA right? If so, did you take it to the one in Bellevue?

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So... you're in the dealership with your distributor not attached to your car... I say suck it up and pay the $800.

[/ QUOTE ]AAA tows for free, I believe.

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So... you're in the dealership with your distributor not attached to your car... I say suck it up and pay the $800.

[/ QUOTE ]AAA tows for free, I believe.

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If you can get a free tow, then I'd say go to Aamco or get the dealer to do it for $560-$600.

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Make sure it's not your johnson rod. If it is, take it to Puddy. He'll never cheat ya. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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sorry, they were looking it over for somethign else when they saw the crack in the distributor. It wasn't actually removed, and they asked if I wanted to get the work done...

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yup, i sure do and i sure did [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

...experiences there? good? bad?

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Hero gets estimate from Aamco who also says distiributor requires replacing, but quotes $560...


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Aamco. They can't screw it up, there's nothing technical about it, save the money and go there.