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Is $90 too much to pay for a diff fluid change?

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Old 02-12-2003, 01:30 PM
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A local race shop quoted me $90 to swap out my diff fluid. Quote is all labor and doesn't include the fluid. Is this too much to pay?
Old 02-12-2003, 01:40 PM
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That sounds a bit much to me.
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Too much.
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I'll do it for $80 and buy you dinner at Pizza Hut too.
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Shouldn't cost more than $40.00 and that includes the fluid also.
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For 90 bucks, will they detail the car, too?
Do it yourself:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...&threadid=99995
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Thanx xviper, I might just do that.
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If you make $500 an hour than $90 is not to bad.

If you're like me I think $7.50 for the Mobil 1 is to much. Do it yourself. Might be a good time to invest in the right tools for the job. Since I did not have one of those manual fluid pumps I ended filling my dif with a syringe.
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That is WAAAAY to much. It is a really simple task. My fill bolt was a bit difficult to get off, but after that it was a breeze.
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Yep, WAY too much. Mobil 1= $7.50, new crush washer = $1 Only 5 minutes to do the job yourself, priceless


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