Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 11m 1d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 17/06/16 01:13 PM Share Posted 17/06/16 01:13 PM What's usual labour time for drop and reinstall rear cradle? Just got quoted 8 hours! At $140 per hour. Were quoting on rear clunk (but diff bushes already done previously). Came out with a quote for all 4 shocks and every rear end bush. Which one is causing the clunk? Ahhhhmate it would be a combination of all of them. That labour is just for the cradle in and out - was more hours for installing all the new stuff. For some reason "Ralph reckons he can do two in a morning" was lost on them. My diff bushes were done for 600 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubbietubbie Filthy weeb Member 1,870 Member For: 11y 11m 11d Gender: Male Posted 17/06/16 01:37 PM Share Posted 17/06/16 01:37 PM Cold weather pussies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 4m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 17/06/16 01:51 PM Share Posted 17/06/16 01:51 PM 6 hours ago, El Andrew said: What's usual labour time for drop and reinstall rear cradle? Just got quoted 8 hours! At $140 per hour. Were quoting on rear clunk (but diff bushes already done previously). Came out with a quote for all 4 shocks and every rear end bush. Which one is causing the clunk? Ahhhhmate it would be a combination of all of them. That labour is just for the cradle in and out - was more hours for installing all the new stuff. For some reason "Ralph reckons he can do two in a morning" was lost on them. Who quoted you that? If that's truly labour to r&I the cradle that's absurd. 3 to 4 hrs is ample time to r&I and replace the 3 diff mounting bushes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnz Member 3,047 Member For: 11y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 18/06/16 12:43 AM Share Posted 18/06/16 12:43 AM 140 buck an hour is highway robbery as well. I charge sparkys out that are takin home 45+bucks an hour at 108...guarantee we have waaaay more overheads as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamk2f6tornado Bronze Donating Members 777 Member For: 11y 1m 24d Gender: Male Location: Rockhampton Qld Posted 18/06/16 01:03 AM Share Posted 18/06/16 01:03 AM Yep $140 n hour is taking the piss. Around 100 us far more reasonable. And if they are going to take 8hrs to do it it should be $50 an hour coz the bloke is obvious farking useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 4m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 18/06/16 01:24 AM Share Posted 18/06/16 01:24 AM Andrew where are you located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAXRTUTE Gold Donating Members 2,639 Member For: 8y 9m 9d Posted 18/06/16 01:26 AM Share Posted 18/06/16 01:26 AM My car still missing after a re-flash, fixing the intake and new turbo oil line, farking thing!, coils next I guess... this idea of my tuner being 4 hrs away is painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,036 Member For: 9y 9m 5d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 18/06/16 01:29 AM Share Posted 18/06/16 01:29 AM Who quoted you that? If that's truly labour to r&I the cradle that's absurd. 3 to 4 hrs is ample time to r&I and replace the 3 diff mounting bushes. Capital Suspension and Steering in Canberra. When I queried the labour, they said the cradle remove and reinstall was 8 hours alone, and shock installs required a helper! Plus they were mega rude to another customer who came to collect his car at agreed time, but it wasn't ready. Basically yelled at him and said it wasn't their fault and they couldn't control what happened in the workshop. True, but you could give the guy a call... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamk2f6tornado Bronze Donating Members 777 Member For: 11y 1m 24d Gender: Male Location: Rockhampton Qld Posted 18/06/16 01:42 AM Share Posted 18/06/16 01:42 AM My car still missing after a re-flash, fixing the intake and new turbo oil line, farking thing!, coils next I guess... this idea of my tuner being 4 hrs away is painful. If you just had it tuned it's quite a common problem to have a few days/hours after being tuned. Happened to me and another tornado owner the day after a tune. New coils n bobs you uncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAXRTUTE Gold Donating Members 2,639 Member For: 8y 9m 9d Posted 18/06/16 01:53 AM Share Posted 18/06/16 01:53 AM 9 minutes ago, bamk2f6tornado said: If you just had it tuned it's quite a common problem to have a few days/hours after being tuned. Happened to me and another tornado owner the day after a tune. New coils n bobs you uncle I hope so, coils are Bosch and only 6 months old.... going back to the ford coils me thinks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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