On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Bruce Aaron Hefner wrote:
> On a separate note my old commuter car (An '85 Buick Regal) broke down
> Sunday (Coming down an entrance ramp to an interstate, hit gas to speed
> up, and all of a sudden it hesitated and hitting the gas made it slow down
> instead of speed up, let off gas let it coast down ramp and pulled to side
> of interstate, went dead and wouldn't crank back) had a friend's mechanic
> look at it and he said the timing chain broke and it would cost at least
> $374 to fix (If in the process of breaking the chain didn't damage
> anything else), just wondering if this was a decent price and/or if this
> is a job you could do yourself if you had plenty of time (I have a 3 week
> break coming up for Christmas). Thanx for any help guys...
>
> Bruce
>
Bruce, The job of putting a timing belt on your car isn't that
hard at all it just involves loosening a few pulleys and gears and
slipping a belt on. The only problem you will run in to that you might
need to tak it to a certified mechanic to repair is your timing might be
thrown off wak if you don't put the belt back on in the same exact area
markings that you put it on. Hope I could help you.
JOE "Mustang Killer" Hughes
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