You are thinking of a whole different beast, he is talking a timing
_CHAIN_, they are a true pain in the a** even with a lift.
Cuervo
At 12:53 PM 12/3/97 -0600, you wrote:
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>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
>>
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> 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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