On Jun 16, 2004, at 10:00 AM, Joy Hecht wrote: > Is there actually a book (or more likely a database) that auto repair > people > use to do labor estimates for repairs? I had heard somewhere that > there > was. > > It's a useful thing to know - and to be able to find out the book > times - > because it gives a reasonable upper bound on the cost of paying for > repairs. > > > Does anyone know if it is exists, or how to access the information? The book is called a "flat rate manual". When I worked as a mechanic for a couple of dealers I was paid the number of hours that the manual said it took to do the job. If the manual said it took 3.4 hours I got paid for 3.4 hours no matter how long it took it me to actually do the job. The manual we used had a brown cover and was published by the same folks that publish the blue "motor" manuals. Anyone can buy them, but they are not cheap.
I remain, as always YrLyl&ObdntSrvnt, r |
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