I need to have some work done on my 96 monte carlo; it has a bad oil leak so I contacted a guy who's done some work for some others on a off road forum I go to once in awhile. For a under the table side job this price seems some what steep for me.
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I looked up the time last night when I went to my shop. It really calls for 9 hours on a 1996. The earlier models took slightling longer to do for whatever reason. This puts the job at $450.00 plus parts. Single head gasket is $18.89, intake set is $71.99, valve cover gaskets are $52.00, oil and filter is about $16.00, one gallon of coolant is around 10 bucks. I would also need about 5 bucks for brake clean ( I use it as a surface cleaner). Tax will be $10.43 on parts. I pay the tax at the parts store because I do this on the side. All parts prices are what I pay. Feel free to call up a parts store and check my prices. I use Advance Auto on Euclid for most of my parts.
Total job looks like it will be $634.81 out the door. I will need the parts money up front to start the job and the balance when the car is done. It will take me about two days to complete the repair.
This is a cash deal because I do this work on the side. Please feel free to ask other people on this site about my work.
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I looked up the time last night when I went to my shop. It really calls for 9 hours on a 1996. The earlier models took slightling longer to do for whatever reason. This puts the job at $450.00 plus parts. Single head gasket is $18.89, intake set is $71.99, valve cover gaskets are $52.00, oil and filter is about $16.00, one gallon of coolant is around 10 bucks. I would also need about 5 bucks for brake clean ( I use it as a surface cleaner). Tax will be $10.43 on parts. I pay the tax at the parts store because I do this on the side. All parts prices are what I pay. Feel free to call up a parts store and check my prices. I use Advance Auto on Euclid for most of my parts.
Total job looks like it will be $634.81 out the door. I will need the parts money up front to start the job and the balance when the car is done. It will take me about two days to complete the repair.
This is a cash deal because I do this work on the side. Please feel free to ask other people on this site about my work.
