6.0 Head Gaskets retail time?

Aaron · September 2, 2009

Any suggestions on this one?

07 F-350, 217k miles, needs heads.

Will need some extra time to disconnect light rack and airbag gauge for towing helpers for a cab lift.

What's the number of hours you guys are charging for this?

Thanks in advance!

mchan68 · September 2, 2009

Any suggestions on this one?

07 F-350, 217k miles, needs heads.

Will need some extra time to disconnect light rack and airbag gauge for towing helpers for a cab lift.

What's the number of hours you guys are charging for this?

Thanks in advance!

I would go 30 to 35.

Way to hit the mother load there Aaron!!!

eastendpowerstroke · September 3, 2009

30-35 at least

Aaron · September 3, 2009

Gave customer estimate. He says, Wow, that much, without replacing the heads? (Quoted it as gaskets, told him it will likely need heads warpage/cracking yada)

How much to put a complete motor in it?

Mikill · September 3, 2009

Most techs in the shop here charge 30 hrs for a regular headgasket job. I don't know how much for extra things they get. I have never had a CP headgasket job.

20 hrs for a long block swap is what I charge.

Brad Clayton · September 3, 2009

I would be careful about commiting to any quote without a tear down to see what it's actually going to need.

With that many miles and the hood still shut all you can do is ballpark any kinda figures. I would give him 3 options: tear down and ispection, then whatever it needs, drop in motor, or head to the sales department out front.

You could open this thing up and then find a cylinder wall gouged right deep, a rod shortened up, cracked heads, a cylinder head so warped you could put a lunch box between the straight edge and the deck surface Posted Image , a lifter worn into the cam, missing piston cooling jet, and on and on.

Bruce Amacker · September 3, 2009

IMHO, 20 hours for a long block is not enough. I used to quote the same time for a long block as a head job.

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Aaron · September 3, 2009

Told him that was the BARE MINIMUM to do the job, if the truck ONLY needed head gaskets when I get it apart, which I also told him, wasn't very likely. I am leaning towards the head is either so warped you could put your lunchbox between the straightedge and the deck surface, or it's got a cracked head. This thing is pushing the coolant out the degas bottle as fast as I can put it in.

This is the truck with the bad IAT2 sensor that was causing the coolant in the EGR cooler to boil, that's what was causing the degas venting. Posted Image