Gonna cost me 4 time that to have it done at home on a sunday
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Gonna cost me 4 time that to have it done at home on a sunday
That's robbery hold off till you suss something cheaper IMO
$160 for 5 mins work nah
EDIT:: it was a 4x4 shop the tig welded it up for him
I know it is but I don't have another car and can't really drive it with a big hole in right in the engine bay.
Plus if I don't go to work Monday ill lose a lot more then $160
Shaun,
For another option, with a bit more work on your behalf, will it be cheaper to remove your dump pipe and take it to someone....
Mic
I could pop over. I think travel would kill you but.. Lol
A hole in the exhaust for a week will do no harm. As a boilermaker for a small fiddely job you can expect 60 to 100 an hr plus consumables minimum 4 hr charge plus Saturday 1.5x rate and Sunday 2 x rate.
The dump pipe should start at the back of the Turbo, and finish just around the cross-member for the gearbox, and be easy to be unbolted.....
It won't hurt driving with a hole, as Macca pointed out, but it will sound strange, and if you are going to drive it, just put a metal shield in front of the stuff directly opposite the hole, and that will protect it from any heat damage.
Mic
I would have thought for $160 there abouts you could get your own little home level MIG welder. I would lend you mine but I doubt you will appreciate the freight costs.
In general I thought, wrongly it seems anyone wanting to do their own mods would at least have a welder or a gas system.
Old age showing through.