2009 Tiffin Phaeton Engine Rebuild

I just rebuilt a 6.7l out of my Ram 3500. Just parts and machine work were close to $11,000. That cost doesn't count removal of the engine, tear down, diagnosis, reassembly, and reinstallation. That was all courtesy of myself and was easily 40 - 50 manhours of my labor. Some shops are charging $180/hour nowadays in the Midwest, and seeing you are on the East Coast it is probably much higher. While that is not 100% relevant, it just goes to show that things have gotten very expensive (as we all know). Close to $80k seems like a lot for that job though, but I'd bet at least half is labor, leaving the rest to bigger and perhaps more expensive parts. Good luck!

I am curious, what went wrong with the engine? I am "slightly" partial to Cummins, but even with that aside, they are normally rock solid for 100s of thousands miles under pretty intense duty cycles (*exception the 6.7l above :) )