>
>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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