"Charlie Brown" wrote in message
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On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:02:55 GMT, "Bruce" wrote:

The labor sounds way too much... Where are you located?? What is their
hourly rate??

To do a reseal you will not have to remove the engine, and IIRC you should
not have to pull that little v4 to replace the tnt..

How corroded up is your tnt unit anyways?

Didn't look too bad too me, but I don't know much. I can see the
little o rings around where the rods come out and the one trim side is
pretty ate up looking, the other side not bad and the tilt rod so-so.

I talked to the mechanic again today and he said that the parts alone
for each cylinder are $300 a piece. It sounds like a completel
rebuild...not just the seals...not sure why they haven't indicated to
just do the seals???

They say they should be able to get me a complete used unit of good
quality for $350 and about 6 hours labor to remove the motor and swap
the trim. $68 per hour, so probably looking at $700-800 for this
repair.

Again, why so expensive. It takes 30 min per cyl and $27 in parts for each
cyl to replace the O-rings. That includes the time to wire brush the
corrosion out of the wiper slot and replace the wiper rubber ring. That's
the part you can see around the shaft. When those go it's important that
you rebuild as the next O-ring inside when it goes bad will allow the tilt
cyl to suck water into the hydraulic fluid.

Except for the special tool to remove the screw in end cap out, no special
tools are required.