Re: Fuel and brake lines [desperate]

["Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@prodigy.net>]

This doesn't make any sense at all.  Either the shop has no idea what you
want done to your car or they are trying to rake you!  If you want an
e-brake cable replaced, it has nothing to do with the brake hoses.  Plus,
the brake hoses don't rust!!!  I would take it somewhere else (if you don't
want to do it yourself--pretty easy to replace a cable-LMK!) and explain to
them exactly what you want done, i.e. one brake CABLE replaced.  IF the
hoses are bad, I would replace with stainless steel.  Both of these are
pretty easy to do just takes a little time.  LMK or the list if you plan on
doing this yourself and we'll help out!  Watch out for those "European"
shops (and I know this because I work at one), since they are specialized
they sometimes think that they are God and that you have no other options.
We try to stay humble, but sometimes we will get a god complex too!  HTH!!

Dave
77 Rabbit 2.0L 16v
84 Scirocco

> Okay, a month ago I bought my first car, an 87 16v with 60000 miles. I was
> told that the passenger side e-brake cable was bad, so I took it in and
> was informed that he didn't want to touch the ebrake unless I wanted all
> the brake lines replaced as both they and the fuel lines were too fragile
> with rust to be played with. As this was some crazy old mercedes shop,
> this would be too expensive a procedure for me right now. So here are my
> questions.
>
> 1. How soon does this need to be done? There are no leaks at present.
>
> 2. Obviously the cost here is in the labor, so its clearly time consuming,
> but is it possible for a totally ignorant person to even think of
> attempting it?
>
> 3. Does anyone know someone who could do this for me at a labor cost of
> less than 65 an hour within a 4 hour radius of Chicago?
>
> Thanks a lot
> Blake
>
>
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