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  1. DavidLMcAfee

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    #1 DavidLMcAfee, Jul 8, 2016
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    The total invoice was $5,501.20. Changed out the timing belt, two tensioner bearings, lower support bracket, oil and oil filter, fuel filters, water pump, and a few other things.

    Based on what I've read about the cost of an engine out service, that seems low, but I'm not going to complain.
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  2. vvassallo

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    #2 vvassallo, Jul 8, 2016
    Dave, it sounds to me like you got a pretty good deal on this. Last time I had it done professionally it was $4500 plus the water pump, about the same, but it was in 2007. Stooges service it now. ;)
     
  3. plugzit

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    #3 plugzit, Jul 8, 2016
    It's good to live in Tennessee when you've gotta pay for labor!
     
  4. itsablurr

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    #4 itsablurr, Jul 8, 2016
    Holy crap, that was quick. Valve adjustment and cam timing? Chain tensioner pads, weld pulley fences?

    Something to be said for getting a quick turnaround. I've been in on mine since the end of May... Should probably start a thread.
     
  5. DavidLMcAfee

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    #5 DavidLMcAfee, Jul 8, 2016
    They had the car for two weeks.
     
  6. DavidLMcAfee

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    #6 DavidLMcAfee, Jul 8, 2016
    Stooges?
     
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    #7 yelcab, Jul 8, 2016
    Yes, and proud of it.
     
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    #8 97 Spider, Jul 8, 2016
    You've been around 8 months and you don't know who/what the stooges are yet? :)
     
  9. bballto

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    #9 bballto, Jul 8, 2016
    Good deal. How many miles have you put on it in the 8 months you've had it?
     
  10. DavidLMcAfee

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    #10 DavidLMcAfee, Jul 8, 2016
    I've seen the word used, but no. I don't know what it means 'round these parts.
     
  11. DavidLMcAfee

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    #11 DavidLMcAfee, Jul 8, 2016
    7 months, about 1,500. I'd drive it more often but the wife and kids don't fit in it, and I work from home so no driving to the office.
     
  12. AceMaster

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    #12 AceMaster, Jul 9, 2016
    That sounds like a very good deal considering it included the water pump.

    Was that a brand new water pump or rebuild? Did they also change the gear oil?
     
  13. DavidLMcAfee

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    #13 DavidLMcAfee, Jul 9, 2016
    The water pump was new from Ricambi. The new tensioner bearings are Hill bearings, also Ricambi. He didn't change the gear oil because the PO did that using Red Line oil a little over two years aho.
     
  14. WATSON

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    #14 WATSON, Jul 9, 2016
    Definition by the "master mechanics" on this board:

    STOOGE: That brand of person destined to destroy any Ferrari, but in particular 348 / 355 MY, by doing their own work. Usually perceived by "professionals" as a 'stooge' pretending to know how to fix the Ferrari at hand but to only leave it in worse repair then when the stooge first arrived. Stooge lacks insight, depth, intelligence and talent...all clearly tick marked off on the Ferrari "Master Mechanics" diploma.


    Definition by the guys who, are indeed, a Stooge:

    STOOGE: An amazingly good looking, intellectual and talented individual capable of fixing their own Ferrari usually the 348 / 355 MY. Cars are purchased by the 'stooge' in complete disarray, usually caused by some Ferrari "Master Mechanic" that has no idea what an ECU is and was still looking for the carb on the car when it was purchased by the stooge. Said Stooge begins repairs and posts pictures and details on FerrariChat to be ridiculed by Ferrari "Master Mechanics"

    :)
     
  15. 97 Spider

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    #15 97 Spider, Jul 9, 2016
    That's just spot on. Perfect definition.
     
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    #16 SoCal1, Jul 9, 2016

    Lost me in the first sentence

    I was born short fat ugly and dumb :)
     
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    #17 yelcab, Jul 9, 2016
    Don't forget "with a full head of hair"
     
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    #18 SoCal1, Jul 9, 2016
    Hair I have. I was the baby wolfboy
     
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    #19 WATSON, Jul 9, 2016
    I think I speak for most of us here:
    :)
     
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    #20 SoCal1, Jul 9, 2016
    LOL

    last haircut I had was 11 years ago for a wedding. When it gets too long the torch sets it on fire and trims it off. I hate barbers cant sit still

    Us old bikers arrrr a feisty bunch.

    :)
     
  21. DavidLMcAfee

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    #21 DavidLMcAfee, Jul 9, 2016
    I wish I knew what hair was. I think I used to know, but that was long ago, in the Before Time.
     
  22. AceMaster

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    #22 AceMaster, Jul 10, 2016
    In my opinion, you did well on the bill.
     

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