Hi VC Victa, yes mate, there was another thread on the forum recently that touched on the issue of "It's stuffed, mate, and will cost $600 to repair; but we can suggest for a few dollars more, you could buy one of these!"
In other words, they can't (which is a worry) or don't want to spend the time on the repair, so they load up the labour costs to make it an unviable enterprize....
Repair by replacement in a "throw-away" enviroment is their catch-cry. And, more of a worry is that new apprentices are embracing this line of thought....
Anyway, I'll get off my soap-box now.
Please let us know how you get on.Best of luck with it,
