Well, okay, I was trying to be a bit upbeat but Kaleb just relieved me of that problem.
Unfortunately, he is quite correct. Normally this ends the life of the car. My yard has two 126s parked up front for sale now that are otherwise more or less clean cars, but no one will touch them. Actually around here even if the mount area breaks (and not the bar itself) it is usually due to rot in the firewall and the general wisdom is that it's not cost-effective to repair it. I am afraid that your mechanic is trying to steer you to that conclusion by what he has been saying. It's a no-win situation for him, if he charges you for all that work and it only lasts a short time he knows he will look bad. Sorry, mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Let me put it to you this way, cars are parted out for having this problem. > > Dan Weeks wrote: > >> Thanks, folks, for all the wisdom, and especially for the drawings >> showing the part. The indy did not call me back because he really >> doesn't want to do the job, I don't think. I went down to see him >> today, and he had not yet priced the part, tho he did at least know >> it was one piece and that the whole firewall had to be torn down. I >> told him my info said it was a 12.5 hr job by the book, but he said >> yeah, but on a 23 year old car, you never know what the condition of >> the parts you have to remove is, and they could complicate and add >> time to the repair.
