My per hour rate all depends on the profit, as high as $100 as low as $3.00 with an average of $5.00, yes I am serious. I had 60 hours on an
oil pressure fiasco but learned a ton. I have zero overhead, wait I paid to store my boat $55 month so I could use my 4 post lift to work on the cobra.
All the dealers deserve every cent they make and than some, they have overhead, endless questions, dealing with dip****s that never ever get stuff done when they promise and than have to clean up afterwards. It ain't working on the car that is hard it's dealing with suppliers denting side pipes you have to get corrected, polish pieces not all the way polished, nobody stocks sheet the idiots at autozone sell air freshness. Fuking discount tire scratched my newly polished wheel, they paid me $200 for that and it took me 2 hours to repolish with 7" dewalt polisher and airway wheel and 3 different compound and buffs I have $400 into, the only suppliers who never disappoint are summit and jegs, but you get to wait three days every time. Don't even get me going on engine components, there is no quality assurance in this country anymore.
If u are a dealer, unless you charge $150 hour you are doing it for the love of it. I wasted an hour or more of every dealer I mentioned and some I gave business too others not yet. I know I owe vintage upgrades some work from years ago.
In the end if you have no deadline and don't mind waiting and holding peoples feet to the fire you can fix these on your own. If you are an anesthologist take my advice and find a reputable dealer and let them beat on the suppliers!