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Old 06-03-2002, 11:45 AM
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Am I getting screwed!?

Hi All,

I brought my car to a suby dealer (Subara of Claremont, NH) to get my flywheel and/or flexplate replaced. (previous post) and a transmission fluid flush.

This is what they are charging me:
diagnose $69 (I told them it was the flywheel when i got there)
flexplate $45
labor $261
trans flush $120

Then in the process of doing the above work, they recommended more work, which I agreed to:

water pump, $386 parts and labor, (I know it was leaking)
timing belt, $290 parts and labor (hasn't been done since 60,000)

I got them to go down $50 doing the above 2 things together.

Then the tech says there is no rear transmission mount, and it hasn't been there for a long time.
parts $126
labor $58

That seems a bit rediculous for a mount, don't you think?

Does the above pricing seem reasonable?

The good new is the master tech says that my transmission is in good shape. (A different suby dealer said otherwise)

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Old 06-03-2002, 12:13 PM
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Yes.

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Old 06-03-2002, 12:23 PM
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The water pump labor includes replacing the timing belt. The t-belt itself lists at around $100. Don't let them charge you for something you're already paying for.

As that was a professional response I'll be billing you for $129.

I'll be billing Mr. W the standard fee if $1298.47 - you don't want me to bill you for the explanantion also, do you?
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Old 06-03-2002, 12:44 PM
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The water pump labor includes replacing the timing belt. The t-belt itself lists at around $100. Don't let them charge you for something you're already paying for.

As that was a professional response I'll be billing you for $129.

I'll be billing Mr. W the standard fee if $1298.47 - you don't want me to bill you for the explanantion also, do you?

Thanks Beav,

I just called them to clarify and they agreed there would be no labor charge for the timing belt!!!


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Old 06-03-2002, 04:20 PM
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A friendly gesture would be to take a bit of those savings and donate them to the network here.

You're welcome, we're all here to help each other.
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Old 06-03-2002, 05:03 PM
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Do you have to take out the tranny to put in the flex plate? Cause the tranny mount comes out to take out the tranny. So I think the labor on the mount is high. NO MOUNT? or a broken mount?
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Old 06-03-2002, 05:36 PM
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That's true John, I missed that. Other than what, two bolts and the mount would be changed. Sic 'em Tapper, grrrrrr!!
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Old 06-03-2002, 06:13 PM
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A friendly gesture would be to take a bit of those savings and donate them to the network here.

You're welcome, we're all here to help each other.


Good idea, I been meaning to do that anyway.
I was reading Aredubjays' lonnngggg post about the Network earlier.
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Old 06-03-2002, 06:20 PM
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Do you have to take out the tranny to put in the flex plate? Cause the tranny mount comes out to take out the tranny. So I think the labor on the mount is high. NO MOUNT? or a broken mount?
They said there was NO mount in the rear and that it had not been there for some time. I found this a bit peculiar since this is a one owner car and has been dealer serviced its whole life. When they (suby) replaced the tranny at 70,000 maybe they forgot it????????!

You think the labor is high, I would probably agree.........but...I think $126 for a bracket a couple of bolts is rediculous!!
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Old 06-03-2002, 08:24 PM
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Re: Am I getting screwed!?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by TapperManor
[B]Hi All,

I brought my car to a suby dealer (Subara of Claremont, NH) to get my flywheel and/or flexplate replaced. (previous post) and a transmission fluid flush.

This is what they are charging me:
diagnose $69 (I told them it was the flywheel when i got there)
flexplate $45
labor $261
trans flush $120


What kind of tranny flush? I got a T-Tech (supposedly safer than other types) last week for $89.00 including the fluid (organic). I WAS charged an extra 20 bucks for labor to replace the external filter that I supplied.

Ron.
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Old 06-03-2002, 08:30 PM
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Re: Re: Am I getting screwed!?

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Hi All,

I brought my car to a suby dealer (Subara of Claremont, NH) to get my flywheel and/or flexplate replaced. (previous post) and a transmission fluid flush.

This is what they are charging me:
diagnose $69 (I told them it was the flywheel when i got there)
flexplate $45
labor $261
trans flush $120


What kind of tranny flush? I got a T-Tech (supposedly safer than other types) last week for $89.00 including the fluid (organic). I WAS charged an extra 20 bucks for labor to replace the external filter that I supplied.

Ron.
They said they would take every drop of fluid out (they acted like this was a big deal?) including droping the pan and cleaning the mesh filters. I'm not sure if I have any external filters. Are they stock?
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Old 06-03-2002, 09:34 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Am I getting screwed!?

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They said they would take every drop of fluid out (they acted like this was a big deal?) including droping the pan and cleaning the mesh filters. I'm not sure if I have any external filters. Are they stock?
The '92 ('93?) had an external filter - look under the battery holder. I believe this filter was added as a factory recall. Those with more info please chime in.

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Old 06-04-2002, 09:28 AM
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I'd be happy to be paying what you're paying... it's a heck of a lot less than what I'm getting hit for... see my post about the $1150 water pump for details....
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Old 06-04-2002, 10:21 AM
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They said there was NO mount in the rear and that it had not been there for some time.
That would leave a lot of weight and loads on the motor mounts. I think the tranny would have been banging around on the rear cross member when you went over bumps. May have had an effect on the PROPELLER shaft center bearing also.
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Old 06-04-2002, 04:37 PM
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That would leave a lot of weight and loads on the motor mounts. I think the tranny would have been banging around on the rear cross member when you went over bumps. May have had an effect on the PROPELLER shaft center bearing also.
I agree, there's something awfully stinky here and it ain't fish.
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