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Originally Posted by 71swb4x4
How much more do you think it cost him? His last one lasted 28 years, and this one probably will too. And in your words, you would rather spend $150 plus your time to replace it every couple years?
On a similar note, I needed my gas tank boiled out last week. I used to have that done at one of our local radiator shops. Our last radiator shop in town closed last year so now the closest place is over an hour away. It's too bad, everyone goes to the store and buys something new and throws the old repairable item away. And then we turn around and complain that we can't find anyone that does good work anymore. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why, not many people are willing to pay for quality anymore. If we don't frequent the knowledgable mom and pop shops, there aren't going to be any of those when we need them.
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To give you an example I was needing to have a end tank replaced on a radiator and it was going to cost me over $200 to have that done and I bought a new one for less than $120.