Keith Browning Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Anybody have a Motors labor manual for medium duty trucks? I need MOTORS times for tow in no start with a broken flywheel - move disabled vehicle, no start diagnostics, data logger, R&I Torqshift trans, R&R flywheel, post repair road test. Thanx in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 I had one, and disposed of it years ago. You wanna go broke? Use this book. It assumes there is no body on the truck and gives time like 1.5 to change a clutch in a Class 8 tractor.... Good Luck! What kind of truck are you working on? It would really help to know the year, make, and model in question, kinda like when I e-mailed you last week and omitted the same things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 Yeah, this if Ford Quality Care Maintenance - they want to pay 6.0 for this job. I oped out 7.1 hours and added 30% for CP time which comes to 9.2 hours after itemizing. My original quote was 9.0 hours. Am I off here? Is 30% over factory time unreasonable? Even so, I am not doing this for LESS than factory time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Oops, first of all, I missed the category of 2007 LCF- my bad. Second, an important footnote in one of the aftermarket labor guides (I can't remember whose it was) was to add 10% to the book time for each model year the vehicle is old. That starts to level the field when dealing with rust and stuck stuff. At my shop, that would have been billed out in excess of 9 hours, that's a guarantee. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Second, an important footnote in one of the aftermarket labor guides (I can't remember whose it was) was to add 10% to the book time for each model year the vehicle is old. That starts to level the field when dealing with rust and stuck stuff. That is excellent info. Made a note of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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