How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

Older guy at work bought a 93 LX Civic with 140,000mi for $700, wants to get the timing belt changed.
I told him the water pump should be done too, so he asks me how much to do both since he doesn't want to take it to the dealer.

So, I told him I'd get back to him. $150 if he brings the parts?
---- I've done it enough times it doesn't even take that long anymore
I'm gonna tell him to get an estimate at a shop and I'll do it for half

Too much, too little ???

Re: How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

T-belt/water pump is probably a 2 hour job but i could flat rate it out in 3-4days ish 8)

Re: How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

i wudnt do it, cause when something happends to the car your going to get blamed for it.

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lol, what is the flat rate at Honda anyways 4hrs?

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I know buk, I've turned people down for stuff like this for that reason
I'm only gonna do it because he only paid 700 bucks for the car

Re: How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

150 labor


he brings parts



and be done

Re: How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

Damn...I got robbed then. Just did a T-belt and water pump on a kid's gsr swapped hatch for $80 (only took me about 45 minutes though). My friend's stock 96 4-door took me an hour and 15 minutes...so I guess $150 isn't too bad.

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That's cause all the P/S and A/C ---- were still in the 4 door. :P

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i never work on cars for ppl i work with theres juts too much harssel.
Donald, its makign noise again
Donald, its over heating
Donald, can u look at my mom/dad/aunt/btoehr/sister/bf/gf/buddys buddys buddys car? FOR FREE?

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BINGO, plus if you've ran into ---- that they haven't mention/neglected that needs changed and they don't want to pay for, they act like it's your fault. ---- working on other peoples cars.

Re: How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

"meow come change my engine for 200 :'("

Re: How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

i just tell people i dont have time to do it right meow and at most will help them fix it (for some cash). meow that you've fixed something for him, he'll always expect you to be his mechanic bitch for whatever goes wrong. Whenever you do repairs, it's good to have them with you so they can't say you screwed something up.

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The gsr still had power steering attached to it. My b16a only has the alternator attached to it, takes me 20 minutes tops to change the T-belt. Wish they were all like that. :-\
Hahaha...most kids don't even offer me that anymore...cheap bastards. :P

Re: How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

Just let them know there is not warranty on your work. Also last time I checked they wanted $4xx.xx at the dealership to do a timing belt.

Re: How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

Ditto what Chris said, but Honda dealership charges $300. :-X


JP

Re: How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

Ralph at the Honda dealership just told me $474

Re: How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

if you ever worked in a shop you've heard the famous line... "IT WASN'T LIKE THAT WHEN I BROUGHT IT HERE!" and then they try and make you fix everything that had nothing to you before..

there was a shop i worked at where we did a clutch job on a 90 integra, and because we had to special order the disk we had to wait 2 days before we could do it, when the girl came back she was with her mom and her mom was like "you changed the engine you stole the engine.. it said vtec on it before" and i explained there was no possible way because they didnt come with a vtec engine in 90-91 and it was an ls trim... well needless to say i was just a stupid retard and i had no idea what i was talking about..... ghetto black bitches, you try and argue with em... to make it short... cop came, broke her off, ordered her to pay and leave.

Re: How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

Should have told her to pay or leave. If she didn't want to pay then you can have a mech lean against it.

Re: How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

i believe the dealer gets about 600 in my area for a civic parts and labor. Considering the belt and waterpump are about 100 bucks, and the 3 accessory belts are what, maybe another 50? so call it 150, hmm 450 for labor seems pretty damn good. At my shop we get about 450 i think, so call it 300 for labor. So charging him 150 (or 200 if you're good), seems fair. Especially if you can do it in 2 hours like most people here.

Re: How much would you charge to do a timing belt?
 

$600 I better at least get a handjob