On Jul 25, 2006, at 3:11 AM, Bob Shell wrote: >> That said, I recall a Citroen DS21 that took about 22 hours to change >> a left side motor mount too. A nightmare. > > 22 hours is a bit excessive. I've done it in a lot less.
I would hope so! This one was not only the usual inaccessible problem but the threads were corroded and boogered. And we had seen so few of these cars that doing the job was not something we had enough experience with the particular car to understand the best, fastest way. Lots of things contribute to cost of service... > The other thing you figure out from official shop manuals is that > mechanics are supposed to have foot-long fingers the diameter of > pencils! LOL ... Uh huh. And they bastids higher little tiny dwarves with files to sharpen all the corners you can't see... :-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net