Help a Brother out here folks.

A network administrator in Jersey just told me the tale of his electrical problems and that they came to an end when he had the before mentioned work done at the before mentioned price. Now, I've had almost an entire Mark VII restored (see OldSchool1 (http://www.lscclub.org/cars/oldschool1/index.htm)) by dealers and cannot remember ONCE having to have these two items changed on ANY of my Lincolns.

Have you needed to replace a distributor and an ignition module on a Mark and what did it cost?

Who did the labor?

If the items are brand new. I might beable to see the pricing go that high! Labor is a killer. . .

What labor???? remove one 13mm bolt, disconnect one connector, pull old distributor/tfi....install new dist./tfi, secure with before mentioned bolt and reconnect connector. About a 10 minute job if your lazy!

I'd be more suspect of WHY it needed a distributor and ignition module. I just don't see a lot to go wrong there unless it was something catastrophic. I'd be really curious of the diagnostics that lead to this $400 charge. But I'm pretty cynical when it comes to repair shops - particularly at dealers.

Labor goes by hours and at $65-$75 an hour. They said it took three hours. Thats $225!

I'd be more suspect of WHY it needed a distributor and ignition module. I just don't see a lot to go wrong there unless it was something catastrophic. I'd be really curious of the diagnostics that lead to this $400 charge. But I'm pretty cynical when it comes to repair shops - particularly at dealers.
I like the dealer's warranty's and the fact that they (try) to use Motorcraft parts where applicable. In this case, I just wanted to be able to tell another Mark VII owner that he isn't the ownly one to get beat as bad on the parts mentioned.

I know that our stock altenators can go for $400.00 installed (new) but wasn't sure about the distributor.

All in all, if you take it to get it worked on. Its going to be 2/3 more! Its not yours, if you don't do the work. (In most cases!)