Date:         Tue, 11 Nov 1997 09:55:35 -0800
Reply-To:     Peg Piwonka <mcp2@CORNELL.EDU>
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From:         Peg Piwonka <mcp2@CORNELL.EDU>
Subject:      Head ache:, recomendations?
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And, my stomache hurts too,

        I don't feel so good.  I just paid, credit card, the biggest care
bill ever, except the time my engine had to be replace on a road trip.  And,
the guy mentions at the end oh by the way your heads leak, you never know
when that will go.  What the hell is going on.  So I have two areas I need
responses on.

1.  My heads don't leak while sitting in the garage.  There is coolane
leaking, drop drop from the right side after a trip.  I need to refill the
small resevoir  at the back with about a cup or two per tank full.  I could
go a couple of tanks before it really goes dry.  Under a recnt presure test,
another guy could find no leak.  But it is leaking I'm sure. How long might
it last before the needed repair.  Can I go on a long trip more or less
safely?

2. I had a great mechanic, he shared a shop with a guy who worked on
Volvo's.  When I brought my car in I was not told that my old mechanic was
gon even though I asked to talk to him.  At the end of three weeks. they had
a $875.00 bill waiting for me.  Work done Repaldce fron brakes and roters,
Relace pare of the back brakes, a shoe I believe, Replace the coolant, a 4
wheel allignment, and (I didn't ask for this next thing) replace the
battery.  I asked for a solution to my oil plug problem.  I ment a real
solution.  They modified a spark plug and put that in as a oil drain.  I had
a great relationship with this little shop and new I wonder If I'm getting
the shaft.  They claim about $350.00 in parts and the rest about $500.00 in
labor?  I don't know, what do you folks think.  I would really appreciate
the feed back.

PS I already took two asprin, it hasn't helped...


Eric

Eric and Peggy
84 westfalia GL Wolfsburg
Ithaca NY.