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- From: kokerj@rs6116.ecs.rpi.edu (James Matthew Kokernak)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Replacing the Timing Belts after 60K miles??
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 21:20:19 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.053125.4067@news.acns.nwu.edu> <btp3j5j@rpi.edu> <30173@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
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- In article <30173@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, bense@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ron Bense) writes:
- |> In rec.autos.tech, kokerj@vccsouth10.its.rpi.edu (James Matthew Kokernak) writes:
- |> >In article <1993Jan26.074048.23365@news.unomaha.edu>, mgolden@cwis.unomaha.edu
- |> >(Brian Golden) writes:
- |>
- |> Step 1. Go to a decent import garage. It should be about a 3-7 hour
- |> job. (Having done the changes on an Alltrac celica and a regular celica,
- |> I can give you some advice, such as make sure you can break loose the
- |> crank shaft pulley bolt. Do this first; if you can't, go to the dealer
- |> or a garage and have them break it loose [if they'll do it])
- |>
-
- |> >Is this engine freewheeling? I assume that is a 16v and probably not, especiall
- |> >since it is made in Japan. You can let it go, but if the engine doesn't
- |>
- |> Correction. Most Japanese engines are free-wheeling, it is the American
- |> ones that are mostly interference engines. All Toyota engines built
- |> after something like 1986 are free-wheeling, as are the 1.8L Mitsu engines.
- |> The 2.0L happens to not be.
-
- I am not a Japanese or American car driver...I'm sure that you know better.
- Aren't all Honda engines of the interference type.
- |> >at least one of the times. The job shouldn't cost more than $250 on any car. Th
- |> >belt itself only *costs* ~$10. You'll probably be charged $30 by the mechanic.
- |>
- |> Um, on my car, the job is listed as a 7+ hour job, at $65/hour. The
- |> dealer quoted me $750 to change it. On a regular celica, it is about
- |> a $350 job. The belts cost around $30.
-
- IMO, if you pay $65/hr labor on any Japanese car, you're crazy. In addition,
- stay away from mechanics that charge by the listed time. Most mechanics
- can do many jobs in half of the listed time. I think these prices you
- quote are simply a testament to the (IMO) poor layout of the Japanese
- engine compartments.
- |> Ron
- --Jim
-