In labor for a shop to take out my busted motor and replace it with one that I'd already have purchased on my own?

Friend of the family estimated 1,400-1,700. Seems a tad high to me as many of his labor estimates are, but I don't know for certain.

So can anyone give me a rough idea?

 

Do it yourself, its easier than you think. Save yourself the monAys

 

I don't have the tools or the knowledge to do it. plus I have no place I can do it or any of that, so me doing it personally really isn't an option.

 

A local shop here, they did the swap in my old accord.......they'll swap a b16 into a civic or 1st gen integra for like 800............so yeah, you should look elsewhere

 

Well my dad apparently has friends (though I never see em ) and one of them gave him a general area of $1,300 for a reconditioned motor+labor. I guess this reconditioned thingy includes new hoses, timing belt, water pump, etc.

Anyone know about these reconditioned jobs?

 

Oh so the price quote is including the motor? Then that seems like a decent deal.........the price I was giving you is when you provide your own motor and what not

 

Well, originally our other friend wanted us to go to his guy, the first price didn't include the motor. so it would have been 300-600 to get a motor, then 1400+ to put it in.

But this other guy who my dad knows says it'd be more of a pain in the ass in case something was wrong with the motor if I bought my own and brought it to him. Finger pointing at whose fault it was and so on. So he'd supply to motor as well as labor that way if anything was wrong it could only come back to him and there'd be no hassle. Makes sense to me, I suppose.

So he said he can get a reconditioned motor and put it in for a total of 1,300.

 

Thats a pretty decent price then I'd say..........I'd do it

 

$5

 

Yeah, best we've seen so far, heh. I have to borrow the money from my grandfather... my dad said he may charge me interest :eek3: What is it with grandparents and charging interest lol
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