10 Hours Labor? Please Help!

[bigfatlexusman]

How many hours does it take per the service manual to replace the heater core box assembly on a 94 LS400?? Lexus is telling me 10 hours... is this something I could do on my own and if so how

[akewlguy]

So only 1050 plus tax, parts and other charges. Yeah, 1500 bucks out the door. Get a second opinion.

[dfkd]

Dang dude.

I can tell you that that could actually be the time it takes.

I had to get it done in my beater Taurus and i was quoted about $800ca which is about 10 hours of work. Whole dash has to come apart. So I took a weekend and did it myself!

Took me about 15 hours to do myself but dangit I got it done. Not an easy job on a Taurus so I dont expect the LS to be any fun. Had a load of battle wounds on my hand from improvising in there.

EDIT/ADDITION:

I have a little resource to share with you all. Actually i should make this a new thread and see if i can get it pinned.

Click on the green and blue icon...

In here you can get info on repair procedures, recall info, woring diagrams, labour, and some other stuff for almost ANY CAR.

It's so awesome. Think of having a repair manual and labour computer just like the shops do.

ANYWHO...That system quotes a heater core change in the LS at a whoping 12.8 hours of labour. So maybe the stealer wasnt far off.

In my search to get mine done in the Taurus tho i found a few people who kinda specialize in heater cores who know some tricks to get it done faster. Maybe you can find one in your area...

Good luck tho...

[bigfatlexusman]

Holy Moly I got my "stealer" to drop the rate to 65.00 per hour and now they are only going to charge me for 8 hours...

Thanks for that link that is a good thing to know