My thoughts are that you could probably do the hose repairs easily and
maybe
the oil pressure sending unit. I'm not sure where the oil pressure unit is
located but if the shop only figures 0.5 hours, it must be pretty easy.
Next in difficulty would be the valve cover gaskets but there might be a
lot
of things to unbolt and move out of the way. If you do the hoses and
gaskets, a key to good seals is to make sure all mating surfaces are clean
before you reassemble. Personally, I'd leave the control arms to the shop.
JS
"J. Johnson" <DownWitDa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Been a long-time reader of this forum and figured some of you may
> know enough to lend some advice.
> I've got a '96 Maxima SE with about 115k miles on it and it's in
> really great condition, with exception of a few things my local
> mechanic thought should be repaired.
>
> A few days ago, I found some small oil and coolant puddles under
> my front passenger side and took the car in to get checked out. The
> following is a list of advised repairs, repair times, and total parts
> +labor price:
>
> - Replace both left and right valve cover gaskets, 2.8 hours, $232
> - Replace oil pressure sender unit, 0.5 hours, $53
> - Replace upper radiator hose, 0.7 hours, $67
> - Replace power steering suction and pressure hoses, 1.3 hours, $328
> - Replace front passenger lower control arm, 2.3 hours, $357
>
> After tax, shop charges, etc... it comes out to about $1,100.
> Does anyone have any advice as far as pricing or maybe any of these
> repairs that would be fairly simple to do myself? The most complicated
> thing I've done to my car has been to replace the knock sensor or
> change the drive belts, so I'm definitely more of an amateur mechanic.
>
> Any advice is MUCH appreciated, being a college student and thinking
> about how to afford these repairs gives me a headache!
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
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