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Jeremy
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10/03/2005
12:13:10
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i know this is a dakota board, i am a dakota owner. but i am considering changing a fuel pump on a 94 jeep wrangler for a guy a work with. but i have no idea what to charge. does anyone here work at a shop that could check what the flat rate pays? so maybe i could go off of that. any help would be great.
Thanks
Jeremy
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Cowboy1_1
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10/03/2005
12:18:28
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Jeremy,
I dont work at a shop but my buddy does and I know the flat rate for any of the jobs they do is $50/hour plus cost of parts.
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Craig
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10/03/2005
17:11:36
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Go to your nearest dealer and check their posted labor rate. In PA where I lived, about 90 dollars an hour was the norm- the Ford dealer was 92, the Avelino's (now TiresPlus) was 88. You should price yourself a little below that as an independent shop.
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Do his wife
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10/03/2005
18:38:52
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Not that hard to do. Why do you want to charge a co-worker the going rate? Don't you like him anymore?
Charge him the preice of a dinner or take it out in trade with his wife or something.
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huh
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10/03/2005
19:40:49
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Craig,
If you charge somebody the "going rate", you better have a complete shop, a warranty and a business license.
What ever happened to doing favors for people?
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Craig
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10/03/2005
20:02:22
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He asked what the "going rate" was, so I gave him a good idea. If he wants to "do a favor", that would be his business and none of mine.
From the standpoint of a professional, a favor usually means that it's underappreciated and ends up costing you more than it's worth. Certainly for a large repair like a fuel pump. If you're anywhere near the rust belt, all the fasteners will be rusted solid. You're likely to break one or more of the fittings removing the fuel lines. The plastic electrical connectors can snap like nobody's business. It's probably a 4-8 hour job, and you end the day stinking like gasoline, and all the customer can say is "it's going to cost what??!!!!!". Then after that, you can clean up the shop while the smell makes your throat sore. Sure, there's ventilation, but it's rarely enough. And the bottem line is you can't make the profit on a job like that anyway- at least not like selling brakes and routine maintainence.
Of course maybe I'm totally unjustified in saying that. Maybe the Wrangler involveds 4 bolts and you're done. But in most cases, replacing a fuel pump would be one helluva favor.
Doing someone a favor is rotating their tires free of charge, replacing a burnt out bulb, checking the mysterious rattle comming from the passenger compartment, giving them a ride somewhere. It's not replacing the fuel pump on an 11 year old Jeep.
Huh, I'm not jumping on you personally here, but I think you're a little off base with your idea of a "favor".
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Jeremy
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10/04/2005
08:41:00
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thanks for the info craig, i agree that a fuel pump is no favor. but i looked at my school (im in school to be a mechanic) for the flat rate charge and thecomp said about 2.5 hrs. so i told the guy i would charge him $175 to replace the pump and the filter.
thanks for the info guys
Jeremy
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