Originally posted by todras:
I doubt book time is more than 3 hrs. for a mechanic. I would think 400-500 with parts included. Follow the how to and do it yourself.


At $80 an hr x 3 is $240 for labor and another $200 for the alt. $450 is reasonable to me.



I'm pretty sure book time was like 5-6 hours, def more than 3.

but anyway, I had to replace mine last november, twice. first time I did it myself, second time I ate the cost of the labor cause, well, I had already experienced the pain of doing that ish in the cold. think I paid like $350ish in labor, so 800 is pretty high. glad to see you found a better deal though

1995 SE 2.5L V6/MTX 187k