Re: '92 V6 head gaskets - COST

["Reed Hitchcock" <services@fedbar.org>]

The only reason it was done at the dealer is that the warranty company
wouldn't work with my local guys.  I wouldn't have paid that


>Hairy green toads from Mars made Reed Hitchcock say:
>
>> Sorry for the delay- here it is.
>>
>> Labor            $1347.10 (19 hours @70.50)
>> Parts               $296.07
>> -------------------------------
>> TOTAL          $1643.17
>>
>> So I was off by a couple of hundred.  It is still out of control, IMHO.
>
>19 hours is out of control. So is $70.50 per hour.
>There must be someone else who can do a head gasket....
>
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