LABOR TIME GUIDE REVISION

A December revision to the 1986 Labor Time Guide microfiche has been published. This revision should reach dealerships by December 13. The "change" indicators were not included in this revision due to a problem in the processing of the microfiche. All future Labor Time Guide revisions will have all changes "flagged" with change indicators.

A Quick Reference Guide containing special operations not listed in the Labor Time Guide from 10/79 through 10/85 is included in this microfiche mailing. Also included is a new microfiche containing Cadillac Dealer Product Campaign Bulletins, Dealer Emission Bulletins, and Cadillac Special Policy Bulletins.

This revision will not be published on paper for those dealers who have subscribed to the "paper" Labor Time Guide. The paper Labor Time Guide is offered on a subscription basis in addition to the microfiche and includes an initial publication, one revision, and a final update. Subscriptions are available (item H2336P) at a cost of $49.00 each from:

Helm Incorporated P.O. Box 3617 Highland Park, Michigan 48203

During the nine month period from January through September, we received 126 Request For Review letters which included 77 different labor operations. Of these 77 operations, 25 time allowances were increased, four new labor operations were provided, 12 requests received some other form of favorable action, 35 operations remained the same, and the time decreased on one operation. The most active zone was Los Angeles, who submitted 40 of these requests.

The "Honorable Mention Award" goes to Carriage Cadillic in Houston, Texas. Their request asked us to review the time allowance for replacing the Power Steering Hydraulic Hose on a 1985 FWD "C" car. We performed a physical restudy and found the corrert time to be 1.3 hours rather than .6 hour which was previously published. This time allowance was published in the last 1985 Labor Time Guide released 9/85 and the first 1986 Labor Time Guide released 10/85.

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