I may be asking a tuff question here, but here goes. I was brought a 50 a while back that was partly tore apart. They had gotten to the stage of
removing the crank and didn't know how. It had been sitting a while, was dirty and some rust had set in. So I had the crank ground,sleeves put
in the cylinders,head redone,radiator out to be fixed,since every thing was apart I started cleaning up things so when I reassembled it would be
painted and nice like it should be. Rebuilt the generator,rebuilt the fan shaft assembly,rebuilt the governor (rust had attacked it), rebuilt the carb
and distributor, cleaned up all the small parts and painted as I went along. Cleaned up the hydraulic pump after disassembling it and replacing
seals, relined the brakes, redid the wiring and gauges,and lights. So after overhauling and reassembling, I got it running and it runs good. The
paint can be put on by someone who knows paint better than I do, so I stopped there. Now my question is, what can a guy charge for what I
have all done? I know there are a 1000 answers,but what could be a reasonable price? I have the price of the parts, but I'm wondering about
the hours for the labor to do all this. We all know there are many hours spent that we can hardly charge for, but that is not really fair either,since
time is invested doing what you have to do.... Thanks for any estimates here. I just want to be fair in charging the guy.
removing the crank and didn't know how. It had been sitting a while, was dirty and some rust had set in. So I had the crank ground,sleeves put
in the cylinders,head redone,radiator out to be fixed,since every thing was apart I started cleaning up things so when I reassembled it would be
painted and nice like it should be. Rebuilt the generator,rebuilt the fan shaft assembly,rebuilt the governor (rust had attacked it), rebuilt the carb
and distributor, cleaned up all the small parts and painted as I went along. Cleaned up the hydraulic pump after disassembling it and replacing
seals, relined the brakes, redid the wiring and gauges,and lights. So after overhauling and reassembling, I got it running and it runs good. The
paint can be put on by someone who knows paint better than I do, so I stopped there. Now my question is, what can a guy charge for what I
have all done? I know there are a 1000 answers,but what could be a reasonable price? I have the price of the parts, but I'm wondering about
the hours for the labor to do all this. We all know there are many hours spent that we can hardly charge for, but that is not really fair either,since
time is invested doing what you have to do.... Thanks for any estimates here. I just want to be fair in charging the guy.