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From: randalpark@xxxxxxx
> If you paid that much and the brakes don't work you got screwed. Have
> it taken to a good shop. That may take some research. Have it fixed
> right, pay them, and ask them for an explanation of what was wrong. You
> may be able to take their infoirmation back to the first shop for some
> negotiation and a possible partial refund.
>
> $846.00 would be about right for a complete job with all new/machined
> parts, and a car that stopped like new when you drove it. Sounds like
> you picked the wrong place. Sometimes if you need repair work on your
> Imperial, you can post to the IML for references in your area. Most of
> us have been through similar things before. This especially applies to
> front end alignments and other suspension wo rk.
>
> If you get nothing back, at least you learned where not to take your
> car. Don't drive it until you get the brakes fixed, and they are not
> the ones to fix them. Sorry.
>
> Paul W.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mopar413@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: richard.woolf@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 9:31 AM
> Subject: IML: Brakes
>
> It sounds to me like both parties got screwed. Brake job like shoes,
> wheel
> cycl, and drums turned should never cost more that $500.00 and that is
> high. I
> did the brakes on my 64 Imperieal myself and the shoes were less
> than
> $60..00 for front and rear. Now it has be a few years but still should
> be under
> $100.00 for shoes, and you can buy wheels cycl for about 30 t0 40
> dollar ea.
> >
>
> > -----Origina l Message-----
> > From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of *MEG*
> > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:36 AM
> > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: IML: Am I getting screwed?
> >
> > If I wrote out all the details and the whole story it would take
> pages, so
> > here is the brief summary. I took my '63 Custom to get new brake
> shoes on
> > the front and the rear at Midas. They called me and said that I also
> needed
> > 4 new wheel/brake cylinders. I don't know anything about brakes
> really, so
> > when they told me I was leery. I mean, the car was stopping, granted
> it
> > sounded like hell, but it was still stopping...if all of my cylinders
> had
> > gone out would the car still stop? Whenever I went to pick her up
> last < BR>> > night I felt really uneasy about the whole situation, they just
> weren't
> > giving me the comforting feeling that they knew what they were doing
> or that
> > something was going on. They took her off the lift and had me test
> drive it
> > because the brakes seemed mushy to them. I was scared to death, she
> > wouldn't stop and we almost wrecked. I took her back and they came up
> with
> > some crap about while bleeding the brakes in old cars sometimes the
> valve in
> > the master cylinder will go out and that I needed a new master
> cylinder.
> > The master cylinder was fine whenever I took it in there. That, and
> I just
> > payed $846 for new shoes and the 4 wheel cylinders. I believe I was
> already
> > screwed on the price, but I just want the input, advice and insight
> any of
> > you may have. My b oss told me that there wasn't a valve that they are
> > speaking of. Please help anyway. I want to be prepared whenever the
> guy
> > calls me about Ms. Pearl today.
> > Megan
> >
> >
> >
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