Help, screwed by a mechanic-timing chain job

[shaun]

Help! I think a mechanic screwed me with a timing chain Job
Is there any reason when replacing a timing chain on a 86 4runner to separate the transmission from the motor. The reason I am asking is ... okay the hole story.
well first there is a new oil leak on the head right in the front. He has tried to "Fix" it twice now. Not a pressure leak just "when it is shut down" then it drips.
Now after running the truck about 60 miles all the sudden it just lost all its power and could not make it up a hill.(towed back home).
It now has lost all its tranny fluid from the front of the housing. Dripping like a siv and it is bent out of shape. The old dirty truck also has a nice shiny spot right where it is leaking from .... cleaned and worked on?
We have not drivin the truck much in the last two years but there has never been a leak from any of those spots. let alone the tranny fluid.
Help what do you think. I think I was screwed.

btw we have had the truck for 5 years and the only place it leaked was the front main. Now it leaks everything everywhere, and now dead in the water.

 

[hickory]

leaks

No there is no reason to separate the tranny from the block when fixinf the timing chain. That is a lot of work for no reason. Has the tranny hit something while in the shop?

 

[the_dingman]

The guy may have removed the engine from the truck to do the timing chain... But that's kind of a waste in these trucks, they're very easy to get to with the engine in...