Whizbang, I guess doing the pump since over the last 14 years it has sat some,and I don't want to have to go in there a second time later, you know?
But anyways a littl update thus far. Most of the rest of the places did say 10 to 15 hours, however on parts it varied greatly. Anything from "Well, we'd have to have it here in the shop to quote on the parts side of things" to "we wont' take customer supplied parts". Well that narrowed it way down lol I found a reputable "mobile" guy that can do the about 14 hours at $90 hour (other shops in Phoenix are $110 to $120) or so (not including issues like snapping bolts, etc), plus he doesn't charge for mileage nor additional trips if he has to run and get parts, and he'll use customer supplier parts, etc. He also will also work with me on labor, if he gets in and does the more difficult parts of it, I could have him stop there and I finish up the rest. That's a pretty cool option to kill off some labor cost.
Reason I asked if doing myself was cake versus someone else in the first place is that my shoulders/back ain't what they used to be. On the other hand I have huge time constraints as I'm listing my home for sale and my wife has surgery so this is all hitting at once.
I'll probably order the meat of it online for the big hitters like the alternator, PS pump, water pump, etc...and let him shop for the hoses and pulleys, as online I saw many different shapes for my year. I'll have him remove them from the vehicle first and go match 'em....rather than peering under there and trying to memorize or take phone pics of which one curves/bends where and then matching those pictures to the pictures of the products online (which we know may not be accurate or vary) hence the time constraint thing.
I'll check in again to let you know how things go this route. I guess ballpark at this point is 14 hours, (let's say 20 hours because some unforseen issue)...then parts that I order which are the most expensive ones compared to the little hoses and stuff he'll order makes it $2kish.... so let's say $2,500. Better than the $6k lol.... even though i wrote back to the $6k shop and said "you know you quoted each line item as if the vehicle was put back together each time"...he acknowleged that, I asked him to quote it in the literal way and awaiting his reply.
I like having multiple backups just in case someone flakes, you know? LOL
