Shop rates?

What is a reasonable cost to clean, inspect, and hone a cylinder for return to service assuming no new parts, welding, or machining?

I just had that done to four A65 jugs and got a bill for 15 hours at $89 per hour ($1335). I thought the guy implied that the cost would be about $500 total if the cylinders didn't need repairs. Did I get taken for a ride or is that a fair price?

See my post on the group

In order to do a proper job they have to disassembled stripped in a Turco tank, bead blasted, Zyglo, steel parts Magnifluxed, dimensioned, honed, painted, reassembled with new rings and leak checked.

Not a bad price if that was done.

Originally Posted by vortilon

In order to do a proper job they have to disassembled stripped in a Turco tank, bead blasted, Zyglo, steel parts Magnifluxed, dimensioned, honed, painted, reassembled with new rings and leak checked.

Not a bad price if that was done.

Thanks for the reply. No paint and no rings. I had just brought him the cylinders already off the engine. But yeah, I guess if he did a good job on all the rest of the cleaning and inspection then its probably a fair price. I think I just misunderstood the original estimate. I did some more research and now believe $300 per cylinder is the going "mail away" rate.