wrote:


"that would be stupid, why pay the up charge"

Well, let's see. Based purely on personal experience, the life of an
aftermarket tank is usually about half that of an OEM tank-primarily
depends on how good of a job the aftermarket boys did in "engineering"
the new tank.

Ah, no. You'll get 20-30 years from a bladder. The OEM gets their
tanks from the same people the aftermarket comes from.


The other reason might be that there are aftermarket
Bonanza tanks out there that will NOT fit in the applicable make and
model of A/C.


I'm only aware of the three aftermarket suppliers. I went with the
cheapest, which is currently FFC. The other two are Eagle and Hartwig.
One of those just buys from FFC and charges about $100 more per tank.
The other, Hartwig if I recall right, was about $500 more.






BTW, why did you charge yourself labor for changing out a bladder?

I didn't say I charged myself labor, only that there's less labor in the
Bo than in the 182.