One thing to remember also, the whole canopy, from my understanding, is the $182k. What they cut shouldn't cost more than about $30k to $40k. The F-16's transparancy, depending on model, runs between $15k and $30k.
Now the man-hours involved in cleaning it up and the collateral damage done after the fact may shoot the price up some.
The motor used to open and close the canopy isn't designed to be cycled as many time as they did without a breather. You would burn it up. I think that is what probably happened. They burnt the motor up trying to troubleshoot the system and it locked everything up.