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Old 07-30-2003, 02:02 AM
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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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Old 07-30-2003, 10:25 AM
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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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Old 07-30-2003, 10:32 AM
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Re: What's a reasonable labor estimate for replacing these parts:

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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?
Reasonable? You're robbing the poor guy. I had all that stuff done, except the radiator, bearings and oil pump o-ring --- oh, instead, I had one valve cover gasket set replaced -- it cost me 800+ bucks and I bought the parts!

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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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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Old 07-30-2003, 06:48 PM
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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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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.

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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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.
You made out like a bandit! It's worth 290.00 in labor for the PCV valve alone! I'd drop by the guy's shop with a six pack of imported, if I were you. Or, if he's not a beer drinker, his favorite soft drink. Congrats!
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Old 08-05-2003, 04:51 AM
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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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