Timing Belt

NeutronJon

NeutronJon

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I'm coming up on the magic 90K number and looking at the timing belt. I've read the forums and found some pretty good walkthroughs on it.

The local dealer is offering to do it for me for $582. That's parts, labor, and tax, out the door.

Thoughts?

Jon
 
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Timing Belt (13568-09070), Water Pump (16100-09210), Tensioner (13540-50030), & any worn pulleys he said.

Got it in writing even. :)
 
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Dang. That is a decent price. You can obviously do it yourself, and it isn't hard. When I was younger and in college, I would never pay someone. Now that I have full time (over that) employment... I pay someone to do it just for the time saved.

That is a really decent price. Just FYI, in the D.C. area 1100-1300 is the going rate, and that is competitive. :)
 
I didn't buy the truck at that dealership, and they know it. I went in and told them what I wanted, but they couldn't get it for me at the time. I use their parts department whenever I need something, but I usually do the work myself. I just don't feel like spending the whole day doing it.

I am also military and wore my fatigues in when I was picking up a new hubcap to replace one that came off the wife's Prius, stopped at the service desk and asked about my time belt. The assistant manager was the one there and he wrote down $740 as the regular price, and $582 as mine.
 
I do all my work myself (except the transmission), but had I found a deal like that I would have jumped on it. That is a steal of a deal.
 
I'd take that deal any day. My service was much more, but it included front and rear diffs, tranny service, and full brake replacement! Unless you really like the work itself, I'd let em at it...
 
Either he supports the Military (good), or he knows how little you guys get paid or both.

Take it. For that price and the warranty that comes with it ( I assume your dealer standard 12 month warranty) you cannot beat it.
 
I just went through this last week. Thats a great price, no brainer IMO, so go for it before they change their mind! My dealer wanted 750 for TB, pump, and serp belt. I looked around and found that was about the going rate for all the dealers in my area. Then I found a nearby Toyota specialist shop that said they could do it for 675 so I went with them. My total bill was 1,091.00 for TB, water pump, serp belt, coolant, gaskets, o rings, thermostat, sway bar bushings, oil change, PCV, spark plugs, and alignment. They also cleaned my catalytic converter, greased the drive train, lubed the steering shaft u joint, inspected all fluids, brakes, and generally went over the car. They even changed the plastic coverings on my dashboard panels which I didnt even ask them! Yea it wasn't fun spending an additional grand after just buying the truck but I got it for 9K so I am happy with making sure it is good to go for a 10K investment.
 
Hapeacers,

What year/model do you have that you picked up that cheap?

My oil was done in mid-Jan, so it's not quite due yet. And I want to do the diffs and xfer case with Royal Purple or AMSOIL so I wasn't planning on letting him do those. My brakes are coming due soon, and I'm gonna need rotors this time as well. I've been meaning to do them myself... But I might see if he'll make me a comparable deal if I add those onto the service as well. The plugs and PCV I'll do myself.
 
They also cleaned my catalytic converter
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Wanna tell me how they did that??? There no such "legitimate" service.

Timing belts on a forward facing engine is much easier then a transversely mounted engine. I've never replaced a timing belt on a 4runner, but I did a few times on my Pathfinders. The hardest thing was removing the radiator. Once the radiator is removed you have about 2' of work area. On my wifes Accord it was a real pain to replace the belt. Had about 5" of clearance...
 
Meh. Maybe help a bit, it depends. Mostly snake oil. Cats work via a chemical process, where the rare minerals in the cat attach to the molecules in the exhaust. This reaction takes the harmful raw exhaust and converts it to a less harmful exhaust. That cat has only so much of the mineral and after a while it will no longer function; as all of the mineral available to create the chemical process is gone.

Cleaning won't fix that. A dead cat... is dead.
 
The one thing I liked about the video was he was with my old Airborne division (101st).

Cleaning a catalytic converter is kind of a oxymoron.. The catalytic converter IS the cleaner. The chemical reaction with the rare metals drastically increases the temp of the exhaust gas (try several hundred degrees). I've owned several vehicles with well over 300k miles...and NEVER EVER had a problem with a catalytic converter. I'm still quite convinced this is total BOGUS. I can find you a lot more video's on Slick-50..which has been PROVEN to be nothing but snake-oil.

Now years ago...when gasoline had a much higher sulfur content....cats could get sulfur buildup after a few hundred thousand miles. But that was something like 30 years ago.
 
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