For one thing, a guy doing nothing but oil changes probably makes way less money per hour than a guy doing nothing but engine overhauls. Not sure where a 12v conversion fits into that, but guessing it's not on the top end on skill required.
Another thing is, sounds like this neighbor is somebody you know. Almost kind of like a friend. Do you charge your friends the same as other people?? I personally don't. If it's a friend that's been known to help me out, I probably wouldn't charge anything, or not very much.
If your thinking about charging this guy a full hourly rate as he'd pay like at a dealership, then you need to only charge him for the time it SHOULD of took for the job, and not for how long it actually took.
Not sure what other stuff he has you venture off to do over there, but if not other mechanic work, you probably shouldn't charge a mechanic rate for doing that other stuff.
If it were me, I'd just charge a fare to both sides price. Your not going to get rich on a 7 1/2 hr mechanic job, no matter what you charge. But, you'll likely tick this guy off if you overcharge him thinking you will.
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