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Message: <blockquote data-quote="95PGTTech" data-source="post: 674974" data-attributes="member: 9525">That's actually a pretty fair price. At work, I just had two trucks come in the last week. One 5.4L 3V (2008 F250) owner tried to do his own tune up at 100K (work truck lots of miles) and 3 plugs broke off in the passenger side head. Very common with that style plug supposed to be changed according to the latest TSB @ 50K. 21.7 hours to R/R just that head (keep in mind that head is (timing wise) in front and far easier. That does not include the other misc. stuff I did. Next was a 2001 5.4L 2V that blew two plugs out. R/R head was 20.2.Just in labor, that's $2K each alone. I think both bills were around $3.5K by the time they did all the gaskets, new timing components, etc. to do the job right. Keep in mind, I am no longer at the dealer it would likely be more expensive there.Other guys ran for the hills when they saw those jobs come in (or anything but brake jobs really). Myself, I was happy as a pig in shit. Did both in about 13 man hours each. Waited a bit on parts, though. Helps that I've done it a few hundred times and have the factory FSM's, Rotunda tools, torque specs by memory...Modular motors are a PITA to work on. Why do you think I'm going Chevy small block?</blockquote>