New clutch labor?

[04GT]

How many hours labor is usually in a clutch replacement?

I got a quote of 6 hours and that sounded high to me.

 

[tank_567]

yeap, My brother works for a ford dealer 6 hours is right. You can do it yourself it takes 2 guys and 12 hours if you have all the parts.

 

[2oo3gt]

i got mine done at a very reputable shop in 4 hrs.

 

[BobHyatt]

I have done 'em with the help of one person and the best I have done is 5 hours. At a shop I could beat that using a lift and a transmission jack which makes removing and installing the tranny significantly easier. But I have done them in 5 hours using jack stands to raise the car and a floor jack to hold the transmission (and a second one to hold up the rear of the motor.)

 

[Mike97gt]

4 on the low side 5-6 is fair anything over 7 is high.. If you had longtubes then it would be higher.

 

[Dragstr05]

6 is a fair quote. Even though they will most likely do it faster. Did mine in 4 1/2. On another note, If I charged 4 1/2 hrs to do a clutch, I would be severly underpaying myself.

 

[bdcardinal]

our trans guy just did a clutch in a sn95 cobra, got paid 6 hours, took him about 2 total working hours.

 

[lazerred02]

I think that 6 is pretty high. It should not take a decent mechanic that long to do it. But then again they always factor in extra time in quotes in case they run into problems.

 

[bdcardinal]

anyone here really know how flat rate works? it doesn't matter how long it actually takes. you still get paid a certain amount. 6 hours is right about what the guide says a shop should charge for it.

 

[lazerred02]

anyone here really know how flat rate works? it doesn't matter how long it actually takes. you still get paid a certain amount. 6 hours is right about what the guide says a shop should charge for it.

Basically whar I said in different words man.

 

[2_fast_4_ya]

i usually quote 4.5 w/o longtubes 6 with them...that is at 40 an hour....6 is high to me but everyone is different

 

[bdcardinal]

$40 an hour????? wow, must not be at a shop, were $98 an hour and were the cheapest dealer in town.

 

[Kraw]

I had mine replaced by a guy in Fayetteville and he said it was 4hrs labor. Cost me about $850. It was a dedicated transmission shop and he had a few Stangs he had worked on that week.

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

I paid 250 for a 5.0L T-5 with shorties. I paid 450 for my 96 Cobra with longtubes. But that was when I was younger. Now I can do it myself. I will never go with L/T's again. Next clutch job I do, the stock shorties are going back on.