Bruce,
you do need to partialy dismantle the engine, i would pay the 300, it is
about right.
Cuervo
At 04:22 PM 12/3/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>
>That's the thing though, it's the timing chain inside the engine that
>broke, so it looks like a job that would require taking the engine apart,
>am I right guys?
>
>Bruce
>
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