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YOUR RESEARCHWhere to get IMS/Clutch Done in NJ?
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Also, make sure you have a technician that actually knows how to replace the IMS, because there are some techs out there who will claim to be helpful, but really shouldn't be practicing.
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First, if you are using an LN Engineering bearing, be sure to follow the process to return the old bearing and register the new one.
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A lot of people don't know, but the Chilton and Motor Labor Time Standards Books, that also have the Factory Time Labor Standards are available at every Public Library....Many shops use these as the guide to labor charges to keep from getting in trouble, all the ones I worked in did..
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Also, make sure you have a technician that actually knows how to replace the IMS, because there are some techs out there who will claim to be helpful, but really shouldn't be practicing.
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A lot of people don't know, but the Chilton and Motor Labor Time Standards Books, that also have the Factory Time Labor Standards are available at every Public Library....Many shops use these as the guide to labor charges to keep from getting in trouble, all the ones I worked in did..
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The total price is in the ball park. The labor for my clutch and IMS was 10 hours. There may have been an hour or so in there of building the needs list. I would add a couple more things. First, if you are using an LN Engineering bearing, be sure to follow the process to return the old bearing and register the new one. You can't count on the technician to do that and if you don't follow the procedure, when you later go to sell your car, the buyer will have questions and that could impact the price. Also, make sure you have a technician that actually knows how to replace the IMS, because there are some techs out there who will claim to be helpful, but really shouldn't be practicing.
I believe that LN Engineering website has a list of competent installers.
Also, while you are in there...consider geting a UAOS and a new oil cooler. Good luck and send pictures of the old bearing. Mine came out looking brand new!
Besides Powertech, you might want to give Luis Penaloza at Xellence Motors a call at [phone removed]. He is a Porschefile and has considerable experience besides being reasonable.
There is an awesome Porsche mechanic in Medford NJ....Yurii Matsuk [phone removed]
Skilled, experienced, knowledgeable, reasonable fees. Knows Porsches inside and out
You would have to provide more detail on what they are replacing.
If that�s a retrofit bearing disc cover and throw out bearing I think it�s 2K to much.
Having mine done as we speak at Autobahn Automotive in Sea Girt, NJ.
7k for IMS, clutch and flywheel on 01 C4.
also doing AOS for $700
engine mounts $700
water pump, thermostat and coolant service $1800.
That's true !! But the Tech that actually did the work only made ~$360 before taxes.......
He would need to 3-4 of those a week to bring home a decent paycheck...
Are you saying techs make 3.6 % on their work?
I would think that�s what service writers make on a job but I really don�t know how techs compensation is structured.
Techs don't get paid anything on parts ( in any dealership shop or Independent shop that I know of, maybe in an Express Oil change or Firestone, but their flat rate would be lower or they were payed "by the hour"...
When I started to work for a FoMoCo Dealer in 1974, Techs would get payed 50% of the labor charge, that slowly was changed to a "flat rate pay per hour" (based on book time), that decreased slowly from ~50% down to ~18% over the 40+ years when I retired...
Dealerships and shops would claim rising cost of Training, special tools, equipment, and cost of doing business as reason for needing a bigger piece of the pie..
My math is based on 12 hours labor @$170hr shop labor charge =$2040 shop labor charge ....$2040 x 18% = $367 Tech pay before taxes...
Right ...They probably billed a lot more than 12 hours....
I would guess ~ 10 hours to R&R trans, an extra 1.5 hour for IMS, an extra 1hr for clutch kit ,and extra 1 hr for motor mounts , ~4 hrs for water pump/thermostat/coolant service ( book time)
Probably about 17.5hrs @$175-$200hr =$3062-$3500.....$3062-$3500 x 18% = $551-$630 Tech pay before taxes
A really good Tech could do that job in 5 hours easy...I remember when the Porsche Driving School was burning up clutches regularly ( I was in charge of maintaining a fleet of 100, 996/997 cars back when they were being used by the PDS at the Braber Track), I could do a clutch/pp/flywheel job in about 2 hours, the quickest was just under 2 hrs, from start to finish of the everything including the paper work..
A lot of people don't know, but the Chilton and Motor Labor Time Standards Books, that also have the Factory Time Labor Standards are available at every Public Library....Many shops use these as the guide to labor charges to keep from getting in trouble, all the ones I worked in did..
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