Cost of transmission and engine swap jobs?

[amdforever2]

The situation is I totalled a 1996 Probe, but it's mechanically in acceptable condition. So, I could buy a 93-97 Probe from Honest John and not really care if every single component fails, because I have parts already. The thing I'm concerned about is labor. How much should it generally run to replace a transmission or engine, assuming no cost in parts?

 

[TEEZLE]

Really depends on who does the work. My brother had an engine swapped in his old Saab and only payed like $300. It was done at the local junk yard. Only took a day and the car ran for a year before a driver ran into him and totalled the car.

 

[notfred]

Usually it will cost $200-300 for a transmission and close to $1000 for the engine.

 

[Marshallj]

Do the work yourself and save money.

 

[Mr N8]

Originally posted by: Marshallj
Do the work yourself and save money.

If he has to buy all the tools and the engine hoist, its not going to same him much, if any.

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: MogulMonster

Originally posted by: Marshallj
Do the work yourself and save money.

If he has to buy all the tools and the engine hoist, its not going to same him much, if any.

You can rent a "Cherry Picker".

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend

Originally posted by: MogulMonster

Originally posted by: Marshallj
Do the work yourself and save money.

If he has to buy all the tools and the engine hoist, its not going to same him much, if any.

You can rent a "Cherry Picker".

You can't drive it home in your broken down car, though. It's only useful to be able to rent one if you have a truck, and the truck is not the vehicle that you're working on.

 

[Quixfire]

I hope you are getting that Probe for nothing those cars are problematic, but not as bad as your T-bird. :disgust: