Date:         Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:05:42 EDT
Reply-To:     BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Good Used Parts-'87 Vanagon
Comments: To: vw4x4@FYI.NET
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In a message dated 8/12/2003 4:10:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time, vw4x4@FYI.NET
writes:

>  Simple,  for $100.00 Dollars.  Am I missing something here?  I can
> dismantle
> sand blast, tape and paint in 10 minutes.  Now if I did this for a
> living, I guess the
> problem would be waiting a day for the paint to dry. Oh, I give them 2
> coats...
> So I have to wait a day in between coats, so there is another day. 5
> minutes to
> install the 2 rubber pieces, I'm done.  Wait ... there is a trick to
> putting them
> back together.....learning the secret.......priceless
>               I can rebuild these all day at $25 each and
> make money!!
>

BenT Logic:

Spend all day cleaning and rebuilding calipers. Just turning on sand blaster
and waiting for compressor to build pressure takes 10 minutes. By the end of
the day, BenT pocket is about $1,000 full.