It's in Des Moines, Iowa. Interior damn near perfect. Runs perfect.
body perfect, except for a bit of rust just starting to show around
the jack points. I was planning to drive it forever, at least. Not
sure what to do now.
so where is this car located? It might be time to call in the klebster.
Steve MacSween wrote:
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
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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.
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