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robert1839 Tristan Cook
mt.vernon, WA, USA   USA
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1971 MG MGB "My Girl Frend Or Sexy Beast"
so my friend head gasket has blown on there truck and they cant afford to pay a real mechanic to do the job. i have done 4 head gasket jobs and said i do it for them for less than the shop. the shop told them 900-1,000$ for the job. i am wondering what would be a reasonable price for me to charge them to do it.

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chris7 christopher harrison
peterborough, spalding, UK   GBR
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1973 MG MGB GT
1974 Land Rover Series III
Don't really know what's fair, as I've always done head gasket de cokes for my friends and family for free. Chris

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TeamEvil Thomas C (Disabled)
Kingston, MA, USA   USA
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Parts plus $35 and hour labor as a starting point. You ought to be able to do the job in around ten hours or so. For a good friend, free, of course.

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HL Miller Henry Miller
Chair City, NC, USA   USA
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My gut feeling price is right in there with TC's advice. Of course that's not including having the head checked out by a machine shop.

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9146 rick dentel
yardley, PA, USA   USA
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1978 MG MGB
1998 Jeep Cherokee
2001 Jeep Cherokee    & more
What truck/what engine? Some much easier than others.

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mac townsend
Fairfield, CA, USA   USA
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Yeah. A v6 Mitsubishi can take that long just to change plugs!

In reply to # 2671691 by 9146 What truck/what engine? Some much easier than others.


1973 Pale Primrose Roadster. A nice 10-footer!
SUs, Datsun 5-speed

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losmorob Robert Park
Los Molinos, CA, USA   USA
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1960 Hillman Minx
1967 Austin-Healey Sprite "Penelope"
1971 Wolseley 16/60
1972 MG MGB GT "The Money Pit"
Make/Model. Big difference in labor.
Overhead cam?


Rob.


"Now the problem you have is that when you have the unerring certainty of machinery, it is a machine. When something has foibles, it won’t handle properly, that gives it a particularly human quality because it makes mistakes. And that’s how you can build a relationship with a car that other people won’t get."
Jeremy Clarkson

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mac townsend
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Having volunteered such things in the past, that turned into major disasters (you fix it once you own the damn thing. And small claims will reinforce that). Then the State will get on your ass for no license. And the whole thing devolves from there.) I'd walk away very very fast. RUN away as fast as you can.

Same thing as don't "fix" your friend's computer. Anything goes wrong for the next decade is your fault. This is true!

I don't even want to "fix" my wife's computer. Because if something doesn't work, I'll hear about it for a long long time.


1973 Pale Primrose Roadster. A nice 10-footer!
SUs, Datsun 5-speed

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robert1839 Tristan Cook
mt.vernon, WA, USA   USA
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89 Mazda 4 cylinder

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