guestimate for timing chain job? - the 87 Toyota posted about previously

[Kali]

parts seem reasonable but looks kind of labor-intensive.

[edgineered]

1. are you doing it yourself?

[Kali]

3. no, probably a friend if he has time

and he is a good enough friend I know he won't charge what would be appropriate so I am looking for what a normal shop price would be so I can split the diff from what he will say.

[edgineered]

6. Recently we replaced the belt,

idler, tensioner, and water pump on a 90 something Toyota in just under 2 hours.

To be more accurate, the car belongs to my friends mother and he did all the work; not much difference in time had I done it. We are both experienced motorcycle mechanics and have the tools, equipment and shop to do it in.

Had you said you were doing it yourself I would have cautioned you about using the wrong length bolt into the water pump, told you to use white-out on the timing mark, an easy way to remove the bolt on the end of the crank, and guess-timate how long it would take you once hearing of your own experience and resources. Keep in mind that sometimes unexpected things happen on the simplest of jobs, stripped fasteners, bad gaskets, hidden problems, etc, and shops have to take that into account when giving you an estimate.

Hopefully things go well.

[darkangel218]

2. $200

Not sure on a '87 though

[Kali]

4. mechanic-ing on the side to pay for nursing school?

[MerryBlooms]

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[Kali]

7. !!!

thanks for posting it

[jambo101]

8. Seems to be a belt not a chain.

Should be in the $4-$5 hundred range depending on what else is changed at the same time.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070210145518AA0oYrX

[Kali]

9. it is a pick up and unfortunately a chain

I have been too busy to deal with it but it looks like it is going to be more like 850 to 1000. sigh

[Kali]

10. maybe time for an update,

finally took it in a week or so ago to a regular shop as the guy had put his tools in storage and "retired" from working on autos for a while (I have no idea what that means other than I ended up paying a lot more than I thought). apparently one needs to install some sort of a shim kit if the cylinders (or cylinder head, now I forget, I am betting the head?) have ever been resurfaced. Since I had no idea of that answer as I have only had the darn thing about 18 months, and they couldn't seem to get the measurements clearly that added a few bucks to the deal but it will allow them to give a lifetime guarantee on the rest of the work.

I got the call too late on Friday so I can't go get it until tomorrow. But it will be nice to have my fun little blue truck back!