painful nut

--->Paul

My Dad [whom I inherited the Super A from] was also a machinist - he could have turned that nut out for you on his lathe, in several hours. But then his skilled labour at $xx per hour ?!

My son paid Mr Suzuki's concern $8 for a Metric Rear Axle castle nut - it had the one thread pitch of 3, that we did not have a tap for. Still cheaper than going down the asphalt on front wheel only.....

Gas here is equivalent of US $ 2.68 per US Gallon.
My old ship-mate who commutes from France, was paying the equivalent of US $ 4.60 per US Gallon and that was before the Saudi Arabia bombings sent it all up. There are no Gaz-Guzzlers in France, for the ordinary man.

When you don't live atop an oil-well - this is what ya gotta pay.

Cheers
Pat from New Brunswick

Actually Dan gave you some great advice. In a more general sense, here's the problem. You are expecting a dealer to sell you a commodity item. They buy small quantities, they sell them infrequently, they have to mark it up to cover inventory carrying costs and profit, etc. But the commodity item is widely available from the same sources your dealer bought it.

I once had a guy tell me he went to his Chevy dealer to get an o-ring seal for a TBI. They wanted $15. I sent him to a hardware store and he got 10 of them for $1.00 Same Buna-N material, same size, and it worked perfectly.

Dealers are great for parts available nowhere else. For everything else, go anywhere else!