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Re: [OM] Deer and Zuikohaulers

Subject: Re: [OM] Deer and Zuikohaulers
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 06:04:58 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
>To cut a long story short, where I was expecting to pay $2250 for replacement 
>of compressor 
>and valve block in the EAS, or $1100 + GST (15%) for fitting coil springs and 
>the fitter taking 
>away many of my car parts for re-sale, OR $750 for the invisible man to 
>replace his repaired 
>compressor and valve block, what he found was that not them, but a 
>memory/control module 
>in the same box was faulty. They rarely fail, and the Shop techo's never look 
>at them
>
>2 hours in the dusk and $350  and I have a fully functional EAS system !!!
>
>He was ready for it having listened to my description of the sequence of 
>events around failure 
>time.
>
>Turned out that he wanted for his own reasons to come past my place that day, 
>and decided 
>to heed my call for help  The part is scarcely larger than my out-stretched 
>hand.
>
>Next week, hopefully, a new tyre, a new WOF,  re-registration, long overdue 
>servicing of the 
>motor and also of the gearbox. And all should be roses.
>

     Good for you being a resourceful scrounger.  I'm soon to be on my way to 
Tucson to plunder an annual bike swap meet and a co-op bike repair shop for 
parts, having exhausted all known resources in the Phoenix area.


Chris
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