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the honeymoon is over (beware: this is long) 200 1986

posted by  bosozoku on  Fri Dec 17 03:38 CST 2004
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Outer tie rod ends are $30 a piece and dead easy to install as long
as you have a set of jackstands ($60 or so at most). Ball joints are
maybe $50 a piece and also cake to install. A front wheel alignment
shouldn't run you more than $75. Rear axle bushings are a b*tch to do
and will cost you about $1000 for all of them or $600 for just
the big ones that fail most often. A new exhaust system will cost
you $300 plus about $100 labor to install, if you don't want to do
it yourself. The rear main seal and clutch might cost you $500,
but make sure that the rear seal is actually leaking. The camshaft
cover gasket or the rubber plug at the rear of the engine might be
leaking, causing oil to run down the bellhousing and making it appear
that the rear main is leaking. A new cam cover gasket and rubber
plug will run you about $10 and will take less than an hour to
install, so check the gasket before doing anything else. Overall,
in the worst case, you're looking at $1500-$2000 and a maybe a bit
of work on your own, not $3000.


-b.






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