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Old 10-20-2014, 03:07 PM
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Women don't wrench.
My wife is 100% woman and definitely wrenches...

Heck, she recently helped me pull a sway bar from a 300TD in the scrap yard.

Don't be jealous

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Old 10-20-2014, 03:12 PM
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charge 1 hour plus gasket for an OM617.

As an amateur I would not charge a friend at all. If you are a pro mechanic it may be a different story.
The word amateur is somewhat pejorative in american english but it comes from latin and refers to someone who does something out of love for it.
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Old 10-20-2014, 03:12 PM
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Got one done last week - Toronto Area Indie charged just over $130, taxes brought it up to $160.
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Old 10-20-2014, 03:21 PM
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As for price...one way to look at it is even free stuff has a cost. Perhaps some ground rules are being set?


bingo........I have my own mercedes to baby........ and 20 bucks for a valve adjustment isn't bad I guess.....from an amateur that produced the same result from a pro.....
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Old 10-20-2014, 03:57 PM
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Best wife I ever saw in a junkyard was holding the umbrella to keep that GA heat off her husband while he was pulling parts. Now *THAT* is a good woman.
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Old 10-20-2014, 05:12 PM
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bingo........I have my own mercedes to baby........ and 20 bucks for a valve adjustment isn't bad I guess.....from an amateur that produced the same result from a pro.....
Insisting on putting a dollar face on exchanges between friends counts as a vote of confidence for the centralized banking system.
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Old 10-20-2014, 06:34 PM
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I would do it for free, just the have fun talking to another MB guy while I did it... Takes me about 45 minutes, but I've had lots of practice now.
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Old 10-20-2014, 06:41 PM
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My wife is 100% woman and definitely wrenches...

Heck, she recently helped me pull a sway bar from a 300TD in the scrap yard.

Don't be jealous
I am jealous of your Wives competence. My Wife likes to help Me but as an example I bought a new Electric Hedge Clipper and showed My Wife how to use it and like 5 times told He She needed to be careful not to cut the Extension Cord.

Of course that is exactly what happend; Cord cut in 1/2. While I was repairng the Extension Cord I found that there was 4 other places on the Cord where She had also cut/nipped the Cord with the Hedge Cutter.

If My Wife wants to help Me with something I always have to decide if it will be more trouble in the long run if She helps.

Another part of the Job My Wife and I are doing involves the use of a brand new 3 inch Wood Chipper Shredder. I am afraid to let Her use the Machine.
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Old 10-20-2014, 06:44 PM
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Got one done last week - Toronto Area Indie charged just over $130, taxes brought it up to $160.
Wow; here in California USA there is no tax on Labor. I guess the great Health Care System has to be paid for some how
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Yeah we have no sales tax! .....................................Just a "Goods and Services Tax"

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