labor for replacing all 8 injuector cups

[cheldmann]

Just wondering what i should charge to do all 8 cups and new orings and flush it out. cant find the warranty times to go off of. thanks

[Keith Browning]

Heads on or heads off?

[Bruce Amacker]

8 injector sleeves on a 7.3? Those are cake, he shouldn't think about pulling the heads. (Even on a van I don't think you need to) If it's an F we probably would have charged 8-10 hours and had it done in 4 or 5. Add another 2+ for a good flush of the cooling system with strong soap and maybe pulling the stat. This should be a moneymaker.

 

CJ- book rate isn't fair on an older truck, especially if you use warranty time. Somewhere in Mitchell's time book it says to add 10% for each year the truck is old, that starts to level the playing field a bit.

 

Good Luck!

 

[Steve Mutter]

Who makes the tool to do the injector cups with the heads on? where can I get one

[cheldmann]

leaving the heads on i have the tool for it. its not rusted up or anything i was just wondering what labor times are because i usually do 130% of what warranty times are if i dont know what to charge. i had only done 2 cups a while ago under warranty so i didnt have a clue what to charge they guy and i just want to try to be as fair as possible.

[Bruce Amacker]

We must have covered this already because the images were in the archives.

 

Use this salesman, he's been very supportive with loaning me tools and helping in class:

Iron Tite

440-526-0151 Rich Wengatz

 

 

Page 14 in this catalog:

 

http://www.irontite.com/PDF/Diesel%20Repair%20Catalog.pdf

 

 

 

 

They aren't cheap, though, close to $500 for the basic set without the roll in tool, and another $400+ if you want the roll in tool. Most guys don't use the roll in tool, but it is really slick, used at the factory and in machine shops doing head work.

 

Good Luck!

 

[Steve Mutter]

Thanks Bruce!

[batmantech]

The tools are the same as the ones that you use with head off.ALL CUPS CAN BE REMOVED WITH ENGINE IN PLACE!You take a regular pitman arm puller (the one with the solid two jaws) Remove center bolt-- Find a bolt that threads into the cup removal tap. Put the bolt through the puller and into the tap (that is cut into the cup use a penny to plug the hole), you may have to use some sockets to get a good base for the puller arms Then just turn the bolt to pull up the tap and cup it works very slick. You may find that a nut can be used on the bolt or other slight variations of the set up but thats it. Thanks to Dave from washington state who told me this method, I thought that was pretty nice of him, so I thought I would pass it on to you.

[Aaron]

Shop near me did the following on a buddy's pickup.

 

Diag

Replace 4 cups

Replace 8 injector nozzles

Replace 8 injector o-ring sets

Replace both UVC harnesses and add clips

 

They charged him $900. PARTS AND LABOR AND TAX IN.

 

Unreal.

[Bruce Amacker]

Nozzles? They disassembled the injectors and replaced the nozzles? Regardless, that's really cheap.....

 

 

[eastendpowerstroke]

Shop near me did the following on a buddy's pickup.

 

Diag

Replace 4 cups

Replace 8 injector nozzles

Replace 8 injector o-ring sets

Replace both UVC harnesses and add clips

 

They charged him $900. PARTS AND LABOR AND TAX IN.

 

Unreal.

Seeing that the injectors alone cost more than that even from ebay I'd be real suspicious of the work performed

[Aaron]

Oh no, just the nozzles. And yes, they took 'em apart and changed just the nozzles.

 

It STILL runs like shit cold, because it needs INJECTORS not TIPS...I already told him thia, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

[Jim Warman]

A long f*cking time ago - in a galaxy not so far away - Ann Landers said "if it sounds too good to be true - it probably is".

 

I don't see this as being real hard to understand.

 

I have a pretty good notion of what our shop can and can't do for a thousand bucks. A one thousand dollar job is going to cost one thousand dollars - and I do not care what your door rate is.