[W126 Coupe] FW: repair cost questions

[Tom Oelsner]

Satish,
I received the Dealer parts and labor from somebody for replacing the AC
Compressor, expansion valve, dryer.  As an independant shop owner (I take it
you are from the "we cringe on customers" in your email), what is the price
to do all of the above, evacuate and recharge the system on a 560SEC?  I
have seen that there are different manufacturers of the compressor.  Who's
do you recommend?  Any feelings regarding brand new vs. factory refurb?  I
beleive the price difference is significant.  thanks.
Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
[mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]On Behalf Of Satish Tummala
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 4:55 AM
To: toelsner at mindspring.com; Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] FW: repair cost questions


We cringe on customers bringing in their own parts (unless they are custom
ones).  When we have to tear apart a V8 cylinder head and have customers
bring in parts such as timing chain rails and tensioners that are from
suppliers we don't deal with, we cannot warranty our work.  How can we be
certain that those parts won't fail?  Of course, if people insist on
bringing in their own parts, we'll install them with no warranty on the
parts OR any damage that may occur if those parts fail.

It's not just for profitability reasons that service shops would rather
install their own parts, it's more for the reason that we know which parts
tend to work better than others so we can confidently feel that we can
warranty our work and IF there's a problem, WE can go to our supplier for
warranty claims at no charge to the customer.

These are very general statements.  Of course, there are situations when
customers have certain parts that really doesn't matter who installs them or
are particular one-off parts that are hard to obtain.

Satish


----- Original Message -----
From: <toelsner at mindspring.com>
To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 7:34 PM
Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] FW: repair cost questions


>I know that most places don't accept bringing your own parts as their real
>profit is in tha part, not the installation.  I once had success with my
>old mechanic.  When he wanted to charge me the going price for fuel pumps
>for my wife's 190E, I told him what I could get it for.  He then came back
>with Piru for the same price as Bosch off the web...makes one wonder.
>
> Thanks for the price on the sunroof Steve.  I was thinking it was going to
> run me about $1k...your price experience was considerably better.
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
> Sent: Mar 15, 2005 3:15 PM
> To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
> Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] FW: reapir cost questions
>
> Anders where'd you go to? You tried that Mitch Carr place I talked about
> yet? They also aren't a fan of outside parts, typically they charge a
> little more for labor if you bring your own parts, though when I needed
> a fuel distributor and all they could get was $1800 for the distributor
> and I could get a rebuilt one for $400 they installed the part I brought
> in at the normal labor rate, so I guess it depends on how reasonable it
> is to bring your own parts in.
> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
> [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Anders
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 5:32 PM
> To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] FW: reapir cost questions
>
> Tom,
> I recently had the front shocks replaced by an independent shop. They
> would not do it if
> I supplied the parts. Instead, they charged me $124 per Bilstein
> shock(!), labor was $74
> for replacing both, part of more stuff they did. Make sure your shop
> accepts that you
> supply parts....
> Hope this is of some help,
> Anders
>
>
>
>
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