How long does it take to replace shocks & springs?

[Mark 42]

An update in case anyone is interested...

On Saturday I ended up going to our old house to get tools.
I also had a list of other stuff in storage that I wanted to bring to the
new house, so I was there until 5:00 PM.

When I got home, I decided to check the brake pads and go buy parts.

Pads were thick enough on all 4 corners, so I started troubleshooting the
brake lining warning sensors.

It turned out that the wire to the one on the right rear was not on correctly,
and had chafed against the wheel. There are two dust covers on the caliper -
one of them has a clip on it. That one was in the wrong hole, so I repaired
the wire and switched the dust covers so that the wire would reach the one
with the clip.

[Mark 42]

The reason it looked like I had thin brake pads was because when I bought the
car, the warning light was not on. Then, it started to flicker at the frequency of
rotation of the wheels, which looked like a thin pad against a slightly warped rotor.
Eventually it stopped oscillating and was on all the time, which I figured meant
the thin pads had worn to the point the sensor was always triggered.

It was an easy fix (just soldered a splice in the two wires where they are two individual
wires - both were chafed through)
But finding it took awhile.

I never did replace the tie rod end. By Sunday I had some other task that took priority.