Yep can't afford to pay some wrench jockey $100. an hour to make the same educated guess I can. and then pay a premium on parts to have them installed.
For example, if I where to take any vehicle to a local tire franchise to have brake work done, I can guarantee that it will cost well over $600. They will replace things like rotors and drums, master cylinders, and slave cylinders, and at least one caliper. Why? because they can, the average Joe don't know any better. Meanwhile I can do the same brake job at home in a couple of hours and the only thing I will have to buy are shoes and pads, spending roughly $60. and maybe a slave cylinder, for around $30 a piece...maybe.
The best part is on fords the only tools you need are a jack, lug wrench, large flat blade screw driver, needle nose pliers, and a hammer. Some of said tools are optional. Maybe a crescent hammer for bleeding them, or swapping cylinders.
For example, if I where to take any vehicle to a local tire franchise to have brake work done, I can guarantee that it will cost well over $600. They will replace things like rotors and drums, master cylinders, and slave cylinders, and at least one caliper. Why? because they can, the average Joe don't know any better. Meanwhile I can do the same brake job at home in a couple of hours and the only thing I will have to buy are shoes and pads, spending roughly $60. and maybe a slave cylinder, for around $30 a piece...maybe.
The best part is on fords the only tools you need are a jack, lug wrench, large flat blade screw driver, needle nose pliers, and a hammer. Some of said tools are optional. Maybe a crescent hammer for bleeding them, or swapping cylinders.
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