[V8] V8 Timing belt time/cost.

[Michael Larosa Jr]

thats my take as well, but of course you'll want to inspect carefully when ya
get it apart.....

Mike,

justin.bowers at comcast.net wrote:
> I'm 4k miles away from my next belt change and am curious about what needs to be changed.  On the previous belt change I had them replace all tensioners, water pump, rollers, etc. - is it necessary to change all of them again?  I ask because I believe everything I've read in the past suggested that you only need to replace everything, every other time.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Justin
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>>Forgetting about the parts, doing it right and replacing all rollers, WP, 
>>etc. you'd have to figure an "average" tech will take about 8 hours, add 
>>maybe an hour or two in there for broken/stripped hardware (here in the 
>>rust belt) and the occasional "gotcha". Good shops around here (Boston 
>>area) average about $90 an hour. Your region may vary, but getting it 
>>done right will be a conservative $800 in labor ALONE around here. 
>>
>>BUT, there's always a but, you can also be penny wise and dollar foolish 
>>and have just the belt replaced for straight or book time. A friend of 
>>mine who has a 4N shop will replace just the belt if the customer insists 
>>(on any car), but he always puts it down on the slip, in big letters, 
>>that customer requests that only this work be done and there is no 
>>warranty. He has some customers who, oh, lets say are very frugal when 
>>it comes to maintenance, so he's always in CYA mode with them. "Just get 
>>it running, I'm going to sell it, I only need the car for another few 
>>weeks, it's getting old, blah blah blah." These are the same people that 
>>if they get a flat tire a week after he changes the thermostat will come 
>>back and blame the shop...."my tires were fine before you touched the 
>>car." 
>>
>>BCNU, 
>>http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/ 
>>
>>DasWolfen at aol.com writes: 
>>
>>>If you're only being charged $1000 for a timing belt there's only 
>>>two 
>>>explainations.....either everything that needs changed isn't being 
>>>changed or 
>>>someone is doing charity work. The parts alone add up to around 
>>>$800....and thats 
>>>not dealer list price...which would be around $2500 
>>>
>>
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