![]() He could have told me, "$123.98" and I would have paid it. The shop could very easily have charged me 1 hour of labor at their standard rate, maybe $75 or so. You want me to show you how to do it yourself next time?" When I asked him how much I owed, he laughed at me and said, "For that? Not worth writing it up. ![]() Just needed to be scootched up a bit and it was probably good for another 30k miles. I talked to the owner who told be it was an adjustment on the cable. I figured it would be several hundred dollars for a new clutch, and I'd have to borrow money or something to get it done. I took that truck to a shop within walking distance of my job.ΔΆ hours later I walked back to see what they found. ![]() I was 16 years old, making $50 a week and had very little in savings. 25 years ago the clutch in my beater truck was slipping.
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