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£20 and away ..
Now most garages you would be in for 20 x that for the diagnostics.
I envy your spanner skills , you must be getting towards the last generation of folk that can fix rather than replace .
And then electric will come ....
pullingteth-
Probably, I used to make my apprentices diagnose some jobs with just a volt meter and scope rather than rely on diagnostics, many cars are replacement components only, labour rates alone have ruled out the cost efficiency of repairing somethings these days.
I was Level Four Hybrid trained for High Voltage component diagnostics and working on high voltage batteries, it is the way forward at least until they can sort hydrogen fuel cells.
Left for TFL last year fixing trains, bigger bolts and volts :D
Fixedwheelnut
:) Probably chucked more than a few quid keeping them going. your list is quite impressive.
@lynx It was my wallet that kept me in check, kids, divorce, more kids :D also working in the motor trade and a bit of luck I picked up a few cheap that customers chose not to repair, the Audi 100 5s was the cheapest £40 with a knackered auto box, luckily a later model had a box change under warranty and checking the parts I found out the internal clutches were the same and it was changed because the transfer seals had gone allowing diff oil to mix into the auto side causing slipping, so I stripped it down cleaned all the clutches in petrol and swapped them over :) £20 for some gaskets and away.