Cool swap meet book

[Young Ed]

Found this at automotion in WI dells. Now if anyone is thinking a project is going to well or taking too long we can see how long ma mopar expected the job to take. For instance my speedometer head replacement is supossed to take .7 hours. I've done it so many times now I think I can beat that

[Don Coatney]

Ed;

Is this the same as a flat rate book?

[Young Ed]

Yup only the official mopar version. Never seen one before. Says my upcoming water pump job takes 1.1 hours. Interesting that everything isn't rounded to the 1/4 or 1/2 hour. How many minutes is 1.1 hours? 62? 65? Also the tables in the back for calculating cost show labor rates of $1 to $3.

[Niel Hoback]

1.1 hours is 66 minutes.

[41/53dodges]

does it say how long to change a valve?

[Charlie Olson]

66 minutes, according to my abbacus.

[Young Ed]

Valve section says

Grind valves and tune engine complete(includes ream guides test springs reface valves and seats 7.5 hours

grinding one valve 3.3

each additional valve .4

[rustyzman]

Ahhhh, we live or die by those books. We need a flat-rate book with an additional column of "with rust add.....". I bet I could sell that book to every shop in the country (at least in the rust belt). Very cool book you got there.