Ooh, not fun. what sort of car?
granted it depends on the age of the car, but if it's a mechanical linkage which it must be, no-one should be robbing you £300 quid for that. It's just a cable linkage. Unless you've pulled the whole lot off the inlet manifold? (even then they should be able to fix it more simply than replacing the bloody manifold - that's like replacing a whole door because the knob fell off)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:00, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

It's a sealed unit, so the whole thing needs replacing
And seemingly only ford make it. I trust the garage, and the guy was so apologetic when he rang. Its 180 for the part, then vat and labour. It adds up *shrug* He said he'd give me a free back wiper blade though.
(berk, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:37, Reply)