Hello: Took my lark convertible to the shop thanks to the incident with Bubba transport and the sway bar. Also told them to check the exhaust for a rattle. Turned out one tail pipe was rusted out, and both pipes were set up so they rested on a crossmember and caused a rattle.
The guy said he would have to change the bend of the new tail pipes,and the price would be a couple hundred to replace the new pipes! Now I've used this shop a few times before,and they were pretty faiir on prices. Not the same guys who had my 42 for three months for brakes.
I voiced a protest, and they claimed the price of pipes went way up-he could do it for $150, I said go ahead since the sway bar project wasn't a big deal. When I got home I called a couple of muffler shops and got rough sight unseen estimate of $100, and $90. The lark has a slight oil pan gasket leak on top. The guy said it looked like a lot of work-looked to me like a couple of suspension parts run under the pan-how tough is it to change the pan gasket on a v-8 lark?
Regards,Sheldon