fair price?
 

Greetings bombers! I'm happy to have found your site.

Well I bought a 1993 Gulfstream Sun Voyager a week or so ago. 46000 miles on a 190hp turbo diesel Cummins. Things seemed great and probably were. Except the hoses had sat too long and had become brittle.

Got into Wyoming and heading up a small mountain and my temp shot from 180 to 230 in an extremely short time, I pulled it over immediately and noticed some white smoke coming from the back. Turns out my lower radiator hose had ripped and I lost all my water fast.

Got a tow off the mountain for $727.00 and they towed me to a local diesel mechanic who is a certified Cummins.

It took them 4 days to look at it and even though he got it started up and drove it into the garage under its own power he is quoting me 9-12 weeks and $8200.00 for an engine from cummins and $3200.00 to install it.

I've been looking on some sites, like this one, and that seems like an awful lot.

I sent the family on home in a rental but had planned to wait out the repairs here in Wyoming. Now I'm wondering if I shouldn't freight my RV home to get a local guy to work on it.

is that too much for the engine? is that too much for the install? is 9-12 weeks right?

Thanks for any and all advice you can throw my way.

Stranded in Wyoming,

Blue Bomb

for a complete rebuild with install we charge around 4k for everything. but thats us rebuilding it ourselfs

Thanks for the quick response Big Ed.

Whats the ball park on turn around time at your shop for this kind of job?

It's unsleeved, by the way.

i didnt realize this was in a motor home :argh:

we are doin one right now in a 2nd gen dodge, took 2 days to get it tore downand to the machine shop. when we get it back it will take 3 days to get i back together. machine shop has had the motor a week so far :td:

as long as its a b-series, the motor is the same as in a pickup. i cant say how long or much it would cost to pull and install, but it wouldnt be no where near 9-12 weeks.

Or $11,400. Sounds like this guy is trying to take you for a ride.