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What's a reasonable labor estimate for replacing these parts:
A good mechanic friend of mine who has done prior work on my SVX has told me that he'll charge me $225 for the following work (labor only):
Replacing: -timing belt -water pump -Tstat -seals (cam & crank) -radiator -A/C tensioner pulley bearings -oil pump O-ring What do you guys think? Is $225 reasonable?
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Long as he knows what he is doing then yes, cause I paid a Major Suby dealership here in florida to do the same thing and spent $1000 just so the next night my engine could blow with no help at all from the dealer...SO yes i would say that is a very very good price....
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Re: What's a reasonable labor estimate for replacing these parts:
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Jump on it (if he actually sticks to it after getting into the work), then, buy the guy a six pack (of his favorite soft drink or frosty adult beverage) just so's you won't feel TOO guilty.
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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Heh, great! Atleast I know that he's honest. He's actually going to charge me $250, but he's going to change my rear differential fluid too.
Last night I spent several hours gathering up a bunch of posts by fellow members for him to read. Hopefully he reads 'em. I'll report back on how well he does. Maybe I'm grooming a future SVX expert mechanic for So. Cal.
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Is this reasonable
My mechanic would charge $200 for it flat rate as he does for any subie. That's based on $40 an hour for 5 hours. Yours sounds like $50 an hour. So long as he's qualified to do it you should be fine. One thing of note though if he's letting you bring your own parts does he still provide a warranty as most places don't.
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That's a good question. I'll have to ask him about that. But I'm pretty sure that he'd redo the repair if a part broke prematurely, say within 90 days. But that's just a guess. I'll have to nail him down on a specific time period.
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Update:
My mechanic ended up charging me $290 for the following labor and fluids: 1. Radiator replaced (coolant included) 2. Engine oil and filter change (filter and oil included) 3. Rear differential oil changed (oil included) 4. Water pump replaced 5. Oil pump o-ring replaced 6. crank and cam seals (3 total seals) replaced 7. PCV valve replaced 8. Timing belt replaced 9. A/C tensioner pulley replaced (pulled then re-installed after I installed the new 6202 bearing) 10. Thermostat replaced $65 more than I thought I was going to pay but judging from what you guys said, I think $290 is reasonable.
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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Hehe, thanks Randy for the confirmation.
Now that he's familiar with an SVX, he said he'd be willing to do repairs on other SVXs around the area. So anyone that needs some repair done in So. Cal. send me a PM and I'll hook you up.
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