Timing belt install

[gsx rated98]

Bout to have my timing belt (pullies, water pump etc) done, just passed over 63000 miles on my 98.

was wondering what im looking at for instalation. Im not very comfertable doing the work myself. Ill do some stuff, but anything that can make "dead engine" id rather put it on someone elses shoulders.

but any ideas on how much it would run???

thanks

 

[Flash]

I got quoted at $320 (4 hours of work x $80/hour).
I've heard of people paying $400.

 

[RedTSiAWD]

300 for labor sounds about right plus parts, should come out to around 500, if you get a good deal. Parts include water pump, bshaft and timing belts, two idlers, hydraulic tensioner, not sure if im missing anything else...

good luck. I'm actually doing my tbelt job at the end of this week.

Jeph

 

[GetEvryGear]

I'm at 113k. I hope mine will hold out till summer when I will have a garage all to myself I don't like paying people to work on my car.

 

[Damn 2nd Gear]

hmm i wonder if they would charge too much extra to drop in the turbo cams at that time...

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by GetEvryGear
I don't like paying people to work on my car.

I don't mind that so much. It's paying people to work on it and finding out they effed it up that gets me riled.

I get this horrible itching right where my finger nestles against a trigger.

 

[QuickClipse2]

$500 sounds right. thats how much i paid for my timing belt replacement.

 

[RiceKiller_TSi]

Originally posted by Defiant
I don't mind that so much. It's paying people to work on it and finding out they effed it up that gets me riled.

I agree! As much as I like working on my car myself sometimes I just dont have the time. I once took my car in for a timing belt change and the stupid sons of beoocthes screwed up my timing so bad that my car sounded like a motor boat when I started it. They made me get all Q-Bert (@#%&!) on their rumps.

 

[Laser93Nash]

$300 is what I'll be paying, and a performance shop is doing it. The T-Belt kit with everything in it that I got was $165. Labor all together would be around $500 to install the turbo cams with the T-belt job. So all together will probably be around $670-$700. Which is pretty good since the only Mitsu dealer around here wanted $800. $300 sounds like a pretty solid price for labor.

~Andrew~

 

[sohail]

I have a mechanic for my car who will change any cars timing belt for $150 only.

 

[eclipseproject1]

i need some help with my timing belt too.. it wont go back over the cams??? how do i get it back on ??

 

[Leitnin]

if you even remotely follow the vfaq youd be putting it on the cams first.....so........follow the instructions. intake, exhaust, idler pulley, oil pump, crank, tensioner pulley....then do the tension.....?