Fair price to r&r engine on a 242?

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04-10-2019 | 08:20 PM

Alwhite00

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Fair price to r&r engine on a 242?

say I pull the outdrive and all i need is to pull the original small block and install the replacement. No wiring, fuel, alignment, nothing. I just don’t have the place to pull the engine out. How many hours would this be? What would be a fair price?

04-10-2019 | 10:52 PM

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Get someone with a boom wrecker to come yank it out/set it in. Probably no more than $50 and a 12 pack for a tip.

04-11-2019 | 04:33 AM

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Get someone with a boom wrecker to come yank it out/set it in. Probably no more than $50 and a 12 pack for a tip.

ok, say a marine repair place does it, how long should it take?

04-11-2019 | 05:53 AM

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Get someone with a boom wrecker to come yank it out/set it in. Probably no more than $50 and a 12 pack for a tip.

I dont know about Va Beach but most guys with those trucks around here wont even start the engine for less than $100 Never mind come out and spend an hour pulling an engine and lowering another one into place.

04-11-2019 | 06:25 AM

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I went thru this many times...

talked to several guys with booms. They aren’t interested unless your renting the truck and there time for half a day which were all in the ballpark of $400.

Regarding marina fee’s that will vary. If you are talking about doing the legwork and only using there truck for a few hours...I can imagine it still being a few hundred dollars. If your going to pay someone to actually do the work it’s a few hour job on top of equipment $450-650.

04-11-2019 | 06:31 AM

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I would say 2hrs each way@100per hour is going to be what most places would charge

04-11-2019 | 08:57 AM

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prob 5 hour min from a shop as most will put a min on that job. Not worth it to them unless if its 500 buck min. Personally I would nt do less than 450 myself because THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING ELSE THAT ALWAYS needs addressing on top of than just a straight pull out and straight drop back in. ALWAYS

04-11-2019 | 01:04 PM

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I used a zoom boom with a chain fall, was able to do it by myself. Is there a contractor nearby that could help you out, I have done lots of weekend lifting for beer money!