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Howdy, just got a call from my friendly mechanic working on my 2000 Civic
DX, he says he noticed that the break and fuel line that run along chassis
under a protective cover are damaged. Says that cover appears to have been
hit by something and crimped/twisted lines. (I bought this car 2 months
ago.) Anyway, says the lines from Honda cost $330 - this sound reasonable?

Thanks...

sounds like the car was in a wreck and not properly repaired.

"Forest" <forest@myhome.com> wrote in message
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> Howdy, just got a call from my friendly mechanic working on my 2000 Civic
> DX, he says he noticed that the break and fuel line that run along chassis
> under a protective cover are damaged. Says that cover appears to have
been
> hit by something and crimped/twisted lines. (I bought this car 2 months
> ago.) Anyway, says the lines from Honda cost $330 - this sound
reasonable?
>
> Thanks...
>
>

I don't know about the price being reasonable but I would check out some
online parts places if you know what lines they are.

How damaged are they? Obviously you don't want to mess around with damaged
brake or fuel lines but have you seen the damage?

CaptainKrunch


"Forest" <forest@myhome.com> wrote in message
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> Howdy, just got a call from my friendly mechanic working on my 2000 Civic
> DX, he says he noticed that the break and fuel line that run along chassis
> under a protective cover are damaged. Says that cover appears to have
been
> hit by something and crimped/twisted lines. (I bought this car 2 months
> ago.) Anyway, says the lines from Honda cost $330 - this sound
reasonable?
>
> Thanks...
>
>

The lines themselves are cheap. in most cases. Probably represents 10-20% of
that quote. That leaves $250-$300 for installation, which seems excessive unless
replacement involves a lot of parts removal - which it normally does not.
That figure represents 4 - 5 hours labor.

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:23:25 GMT, "Forest" <forest@myhome.com> wrote:

|Howdy, just got a call from my friendly mechanic working on my 2000 Civic
|DX, he says he noticed that the break and fuel line that run along chassis
|under a protective cover are damaged. Says that cover appears to have been
|hit by something and crimped/twisted lines. (I bought this car 2 months
|ago.) Anyway, says the lines from Honda cost $330 - this sound reasonable?
|
|Thanks...
|
|

Rex in Fort Worth

The $330 is just for the parts. Yes he showed the damage to me and yes it
looks like the previous owner ran over something that tore up this one area
a bit. He ordered the parts from Honda and will be in soon. Not gonna mess
with the lines. Thanks for the feedback.

"Rex B" <NOSPAMrex@REMOVEtxol.net> wrote in message
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> The lines themselves are cheap. in most cases. Probably represents 10-20%
of
> that quote. That leaves $250-$300 for installation, which seems excessive
unless
> replacement involves a lot of parts removal - which it normally does not.
> That figure represents 4 - 5 hours labor.
>
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:23:25 GMT, "Forest" <forest@myhome.com> wrote:
>
> |Howdy, just got a call from my friendly mechanic working on my 2000 Civic
> |DX, he says he noticed that the break and fuel line that run along
chassis
> |under a protective cover are damaged. Says that cover appears to have
been
> |hit by something and crimped/twisted lines. (I bought this car 2 months
> |ago.) Anyway, says the lines from Honda cost $330 - this sound
reasonable?
> |
> |Thanks...
> |
> |
>
> Rex in Fort Worth

"Forest" <forest@myhome.com> spake unto the masses in
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> Howdy, just got a call from my friendly mechanic working on my 2000
> Civic DX, he says he noticed that the break and fuel line that run
> along chassis under a protective cover are damaged. Says that cover
> appears to have been hit by something and crimped/twisted lines. (I
> bought this car 2 months ago.) Anyway, says the lines from Honda cost
> $330 - this sound reasonable?


You can easily cut off the damaged areas and splice in new generic line.
Just need a flare tool and the correct ends. Your guy does not need to
spend $330 of your money to do this.

If the fuel line is a low pressure return you can use rubber hose and hose
clamps.


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