Getting my heater core replced

[Brandon]

Hey guys! I'm gonna be getting my heater core replaced in my 89. I dont want to go through it myself. LOL. So i'll pay somebody else to take care of my problem. But anyways I took it to mechanic that I know and have been doing business with him for 3yrs now. He figured up a fast quote on doing the job and came up to be $342 dollars... Not too bad But not too good either. lol. But i'm having it done. I went without heat one year and not doing that sht again. fuck no... Damn windshield would constantly start fogging and have to wipe off. I got caught in snow one time and that was a fucking nightare... Snow was sticking to my windshiled and the wipers would not wipe it off. It kept clogging up... It got so bad that I drove about 10 mins back home with my head out the window so I could see... My face looked like an apple and stung when I got back.... So im fixing that problem before winter comes back around. LOL

[miamibob]

Sounds VERY CHEAP! Are you sure about that being accurate???

[Brandon]

Positively sure. Have the paper right here... It says

Parts: $29.99

Labor: $285.08

Hazmat: $6.30

Supplies: $15.75

Tax Total: $3.08

Invoice Total: $340.20

Thats right off the paper.

[miamibob]

Hope it is a good quality core because $30 is pretty cheap. For that total price I'd have it done too. It is a Pain In The Ass job!!

[Brandon]

oh yeah. He gets the good quality parts. He just typed in $29.99 as a basic price for a heater core

[TFatseas]

Send him my way, my heater core just took a dump on me as well...

Everyone round these parts wants 500-600 bucks to do it.

[87gtVIC]

It is a large job. Shit will break on him, or whoever does the job if they are not extremely careful.

[86VickyLX]

Sounds like a good deal.

[1990LTD]

I wouldn't go near it for less than 400 bucks

[sly]

lowest quote around here was $580. everyone thinks you have to remove the evap core to get to the heater core too. WTF? Is ALLDATA actually wrong on something? I called 3 places and they all gave me the same list of issues... including recover AC, disconnect evap core... etc.

sounds like this mechanic actually knows WTF he's doin.

[BerniniCaCO3]

hah, even though you don't have to remove the evap core (I assume that was sarcasm-- alldata is often wrong!), I still figure any place around here would charge at least $600. Labor rates are high.
Any opinions on copper vs. aluminum heater cores?

[mrltd]

it's quoted as an 8 hour or so job. Good amount of labor. A well versed person should be able to do it in 2-3 hours.

[sly]

aluminum tend to take the pressures better over time when built right... copper always ends up springing a leak around a solder joint. It could be 5 miles... it could be 500,000 miles. Aluminum replacement in my 88 is holding good.