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I have no idea how much labour I should be paying to get my Clutch fitted to my car, I want to make sure I am not getting ripped off..

I am located in Sydney NSW.

Any info would be of great help.

Thanks again..

Also I hope I have posted this in the right Area !!

:)

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given most shops charge at $110/hr and it would be a 4-5 hour job out/in/machining and we have no idea what you drive - no real idea. I willl say that most are fair and if you pay nix you will probably get a monkey or two..

nah, never owned a business, operated yes, 2nd in charge behind the owner, and i do know labor is expensive, at least in this country it is. but not alot of people here so things will have to be more expensive to make up for it. which i support paying for unless i can do it myself.

You're not just paying the wages of the employees mate...that money goes into:

Office/admin staff wages

Office supplies

Tools

Warranty expenses

General f*** ups

Employee holidays

Employee sick leave

Employee superannuation

Electricity

Gas

Water

Rent

Electricity

Accounting

Insurance

A bazillion other sundries

And most of all profit...every business is entitled to it...mechanics certainly aren't rolling in it though :)

oooh yeah, i agree on that one ^

but i do admit, mechanic has to be one of the easiest businesses to run compared to something like a fast food joint or coles etc.

most mechanics are stand alone ones, or only have 2-3 people working there. kinda makes it a bit easier, BUT in saying that, there is a mechanic left right and center, so its hard to make money unless you specify in certain things like dyno tuning or vehicle specific.

on topic, 400 bucks seems to be right on for your clutch change then :D

You're not just paying the wages of the employees mate...that money goes into:

Office/admin staff wages

Office supplies

Tools

Warranty expenses

General f*** ups

Employee holidays

Employee sick leave

Employee superannuation

Electricity

Gas

Water

Rent

Electricity

Accounting

Insurance

A bazillion other sundries

And most of all profit...every business is entitled to it...mechanics certainly aren't rolling in it though :)

Well no wonder they don't make much money, there getting charged twice for electricity.

As for cost in terms of clutch i paid $700 (clutch + labor). Clutch was new uprated pressure plate, etc while inspecting master/slave, pivots, forks and fluid.

Edited by Shazza24

given most shops charge at $110/hr and it would be a 4-5 hour job out/in/machining and we have no idea what you drive - no real idea. I willl say that most are fair and if you pay nix you will probably get a monkey or two..

wow. just wow. $110 an hour? holy shit. most workshops round here charge $50 to $70 an hour and the dealerships charge around $95. joys of living in a small town.

(waits for the usual "yeah but i wouldn't take it to them because they wouldn't know shit" type response so i can reply saying how one of those mechanics that charge that amount has a 10 second sr20 powered datsun stanza...)

wow. just wow. $110 an hour? holy shit. most workshops round here charge $50 to $70 an hour and the dealerships charge around $95. joys of living in a small town.

(waits for the usual "yeah but i wouldn't take it to them because they wouldn't know shit" type response so i can reply saying how one of those mechanics that charge that amount has a 10 second sr20 powered datsun stanza...)

whilst I won't disclose my hourly rate I will say it is not far off that amount ($110/hr) . I earn every bit of it and I'm certainly not rolling in money :(

in the case of where i live, low rents help a bit. mate of mine had a workshop, was only paying $250 a week in rent (was a small workshop though). also he didn't have a receptionist, etc.

where he worked before he went out on his own, they had 3 guys working there (2 mechanics - owner was 1 of them - and a TA) and the owners wife was the office lady. generally all 3 guys were working 10 hour days. another workshop in town charges about the same, has about 4 guys working there. but these businesses aren't all frills like some i have seen. no brand new car every 2 years, no big cushy lounge in the office, no big screen tv in the office, one office lady and any left over work was done by the boss rather than hiring 2 people to do the work of 1.2 people, etc.

if i could've been making $110 profit an hour at my business (by profit i mean gross profit, not net profit, since i was in retail) i wouldn't have had to shut down and i would've been rolling in money (well not rolling in it, but pretty well off, over 50k a year before tax for both me and the missus).

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