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purple145 · 06-11-2007

unfortunate that you found the reason for sale, however none of those items are out of the ordinary and once fixed you should have a great car ready for the next 100,000 miles. Also some of the labour can be combined eg front suspension, doing one you're half way there for the other. A regular garage can do most of that lot rather than a dealer, DIY able too, so source the genuine parts for the best price and get a competent local mech to do the spanner work to keep costs down. Only tricky job is those stub axle bushes, but how to do them is detailed on here.

Good luck.

06-11-2007	#10 (Post Link)
purple145 AO Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield Posts: 1,764 Member car: ALFA 166 2.5, 145 2.0 75	Re: bought a 166 - need to get it serviced unfortunate that you found the reason for sale, however none of those items are out of the ordinary and once fixed you should have a great car ready for the next 100,000 miles. Also some of the labour can be combined eg front suspension, doing one you're half way there for the other. A regular garage can do most of that lot rather than a dealer, DIY able too, so source the genuine parts for the best price and get a competent local mech to do the spanner work to keep costs down. Only tricky job is those stub axle bushes, but how to do them is detailed on here. Good luck.