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Old 10-27-2009, 03:40 PM   #8 (permalink)
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it can get pretty pricey. we just put some in at the dealership i work at and it was a forty hour job. you gotta pull the cab to put them in. studs usually run five hundred or so and fords gasket set is eight. there is a company that sells a stud and gasket kit for 675. i dont know the name of it off hand but theyre in diesel power magazine. you could be looking at six to seven grand to do it
Do your dealership routinely replace the heads on these jobs?? No offense to you or your dealership but a headgasket/stud job can be done for a lot less than $6000 unless the heads need replaced.
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