what would you guys charge someone to work on there truck and put on a new vp44 injection pump, fass with vulcan line kit and boost, egt, and fuel pressure gauges..

i would like to know so i don't over charge the guy or under bid myself on just labor he's buying the parts...

 

If he's paying a fee for service and something jacks up on that Pump, and it happens all the time even in professional garages, guess who is responsible. That's why shops carry insurance.

 

Guess that depends on how much you like the guy. I would say the whole job will be close to 12 hours of work. Anywhere from 300-400 would be fair IMO.

 

and to reply to your answer yes i would pull the pump and replace it if need be.. i stand behind my work

 

I agree with the above $300 is a really fair price and $400 is still a deal. Maybe somewhere in the middle

 

Sounds like you took way to much offense to what was said. I wasn't trying to say that you wouldn't do a good job for him or not be trustworthy. Just making the point that even service people that do this everyday mess up a certain percentage of these pumps during the install. If this ended up being your bad luck pump it very well could cost you out of pocket the price of a new pump.

 

A decent rate for a full service mechanic here in So Cal is $65 an hour. VP's I think are in the 3.5 hr range and I hate doing gauges so I would charge a lot. Eric

 

Call some local shops, tell them you want all that done to your truck and want a ballpark figure on price. If no diesel shops around, call the bigger well known shops such as www.scheiddiesel.com or www.haisleymachine.com. This would give you a good idea on labor time.

 

I had gauges put in last week and the cost was $213. That was slightly cheaper than 3 other shops I called.

 

If I were to do a VP44, again, Id probably charge the person about $150. If someone were to tell me they wouldve changed my VP44 for me for $150 when it failed, i probably wouldve let em. Add fass and gauges for another 150 or so for the time involved.

Really depends on what your time is worth.

Id pay someone $300 to do it all, and id charge someone $300 for a sunday full of doing it as well.

What would you pay someone to do it for you?

 

At least a 30 pack and $150.