By the way, this is a 2000 Winny with a 3.8- No that it matters.
Thanks for the replies.
I do have the tools. I do have the mechanical ability. I do have the space. What I don't have is the will or patience for this job. I spent a couple hours yesterday in a cold garage replacing a leaking heater outlet tube. I got done put everything back together and let it run to find that the water pump now leaks. I believe I may have cracked it while trying to remove the old tube out of the pump which was fused in there. Anyway, now the pump must go! I think it was on the outs anyway, a little noisy.
I'm always up for a good challenge, but this one has me a little leary-I don't like messing with lifting motors- seems to me that things could break. Maybe if I had an extra hand...
I guess at what point is your time worth more than what you would save by having someone else do it? Believe me, I don't have an extra 400-700 bucks laying around (as I have been quoted for this job), but almost a whole weekend without seeing my kids seems very expensive to me. However, for some that is a monthly car payment which I don't have. I'm just thinking out loud here, I'm sure I'll be back out in the garage and back at it-I always talk myself into doing it myself when I think of the money saved.
Thanks.