Hey guys, went to my local goodyear this morning to get an oil change, and I had them do a matinence check and attached is a scan of the estimates and what they are going to do. My question is, what jobs am i capable of doing myself? I know the spark plug and wires seems to be simple, but what about that distrubutor cap and rotor button? I've been looking online at the prices of the parts, and I could save a ton of money including those labor fees. I had the valve gasket replaced a few months ago by a Honda repair guy so I'll just take that back to him. The brake system and fuel injector service I dont think I could do.

So what do you guys think?

Thanks

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you technically do it all yourself...it just depends on what you know how to do

 

Cap is held on by 3 screws. The rotor has a bolt that you'd take out after removing the cap. I would buy those parts from the dealer, as well as the wires, as a lot of aftermarket caps rotors and wires are of really crappy quality. Really unless you're having a misfiring problem, don't replace the cap and rotor on a whim, though the wires definitely deteriorate with age.

If you're still leaking oil from a gasket that was just replaced, definitely take it back to the place that did it. Replacing the oil pan gasket can get involved because you'd have to take the exhaust pipe off.

 

You can do most of that yourself\ if you put some time and effort into it. Those prices are[:@]

 

holy crap....$134 just to install an oil pan gasket?!?


I'm in the wrong business...

 

Yeh i thought something along the same lines...

But ian125 you should do the work yourself if you have some basic tools and some time, find a sevice manual, theres a great site posted on here somewhere, i searched a bit, but i couldnt find it quick enough so i gave up but its on here somewhere, download it, and get to it, save the extra cash, and spend it on some upgrades

 

dear god, almost 110 just for the labor on the cap,rotor,plugs, and wires! i bet the one-armed man could do that in under 30 min!