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Old 03-05-2006, 08:51 PM
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in Va Beach area on a 2001 SS????? Labor only
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500-1000 dollars
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shop here charges & for a manifold an head swap and thats labor only.
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I think you left the amount out lol
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Originally Posted by santiago
shop here charges & for a manifold an head swap and thats labor only.


I read that one twice.
Defentially some missing info there.
We charge 850 in labor and our rate is 85 dollars per hour here in Ft. Myers Florida.
A few years ago it was only 70 per but eletric, RENT, tools, have all gone up. And if thats not bad enough House payments are through the roof here as well as everything else.
I would say a fair labor rate would be based on a 10-14 hour quote.
It takes a good amount of time.
So if your shop is 60 dollars per hour figure 60x14 and that should be worst case.
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I paid $850
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800 is about average. Do it yourself, then it's cheap.
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