Cylinder Head Refresh

[Red Merle]

Ditto on this. I did the work myself and paid the head shop about $600 for what I think was a very high quality head job. I only ended up spending about $1200 in total. I did some PM while in there (i.e. PHH, fuel filter, etc...) but otherwise it was a pretty straightforward job.

Yeah, I am thinking that price included the labor, in which case, that is probably a square deal. I know it took me around 12 hours of work to get the head off as a learner permit grade mechanic as that was the furthest I had ever been in a car motor. I think a pro could probably get down there and back out to a running truck in 20 hours of shop time, which would be in line at $90 per hour and the cost of the machine shop work and a few hundred bucks for the valve grind kit without using new head bolts.

 

[jjdeneen918]

I just meant installing the head with the engine in place using studs instead of bolts.

Yes you can. I can confirm since I just recently did exactly that.

 

[jaymar]

Ditto on this. I did the work myself and paid the head shop about $600 for what I think was a very high quality head job. I only ended up spending about $1200 in total. I did some PM while in there (i.e. PHH, fuel filter, eitc...) but otherwise it was a pretty straightforward job.

 

[jaymar]

What else would be included? This price was for me to pull the head and deliver it to the machine shop and then re-install it once the machine shop work was complete. I would have to look at my receipts to say exactly how much I spent on parts for the whole job but I think it was around $3000, which included a bunch of stuff that I did as PM.

Okay, I was seeing much lower prices in this thread...