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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: EMD on 10 April 2015, 15:34:20
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Ive had a quote from a mobile mechanic to replace my 2.6 cam belt . He says 4 hours labour + parts . His labour costs are £200 . Is that expensive or can anyone else fit it cheaper :-\
He did say that all his work is warranted ... ie: if the cam belt or tensioners let go all costs to any damage including labour are covered .
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This is a new one ;D ;D ;D
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Ive had a quote from a mobile mechanic to replace my 2.6 cam belt . He says 4 hours labour + parts . His labour costs are £200 . Is that expensive or can anyone else fit it cheaper :-\
He did say that all his work is warranted ... ie: if the cam belt or tensioners let go all costs to any damage including labour are covered .
Off here :-\
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Ive had a quote from a mobile mechanic to replace my 2.6 cam belt . He says 4 hours labour + parts . His labour costs are £200 . Is that expensive or can anyone else fit it cheaper :-\
He did say that all his work is warranted ... ie: if the cam belt or tensioners let go all costs to any damage including labour are covered .
Off here :-\
No not off here , im sure it dont take 4 hours though :-\ Never done one myself so wouldn't know .
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2 Hrs :y Get james on it..not far from you
EMD tell Me. :-\ :-\ Why when you are on a omega forum with mechanics on here that can do them in there sleep did you go to a so called. Jack of all cars ..Master of none . :-\ :-\
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Belt kit is another £120 ish... locking kit is £50-100... so a reasonable saving to be made by doing it yourself if you feel upto it :-\
Four hours is a fair time... think official book time is 3.5, £50 an hour isn't unreasonable either in the grand scheme of things :-\
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Belt kit is another £120 ish... locking kit is £50-100... so a reasonable saving to be made by doing it yourself if you feel upto it :-\
Four hours is a fair time... think official book time is 3.5, £50 an hour isn't unreasonable either in the grand scheme of things :-\
2.2
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Belt kit is another £120 ish... locking kit is £50-100... so a reasonable saving to be made by doing it yourself if you feel upto it :-\
Four hours is a fair time... think official book time is 3.5, £50 an hour isn't unreasonable either in the grand scheme of things :-\
No not up to it nowadays :( Does James still do belt changes ? An i wonder if Serek does them :-\
The mobile mechanic has just replaced both wishbones on my daughters Corsa , checked the car all over an topped everything up for £60 which i thought was reasonable :-\ He did look at the book time for the Omega belt replacement .
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2 Hrs :y Get james on it..not far from you
EMD tell Me. :-\ :-\ Why when you are on a omega forum with mechanics on here that can do them in there sleep did you go to a so called. Jack of all cars ..Master of none . :-\ :-\
Post above :P I was just curios as to what he would charge seeing as he was pretty reasonable on the Corsa repairs :y
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Does James still do belt changes ? An i wonder if Serek does them :-\
I'm sure that's a yes to both questions
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Belt kit is another £120 ish... locking kit is £50-100... so a reasonable saving to be made by doing it yourself if you feel upto it :-\
Four hours is a fair time... think official book time is 3.5, £50 an hour isn't unreasonable either in the grand scheme of things :-\
No not up to it nowadays :( Does James still do belt changes ? An i wonder if Serek does them :-\
The mobile mechanic has just replaced both wishbones on my daughters Corsa , checked the car all over an topped everything up for £60 which i thought was reasonable :-\ He did look at the book time for the Omega belt replacement .
yes and he is just below you on the map :y
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Does James still do belt changes ? An i wonder if Serek does them :-\
I'm sure that's a yes to both questions
Good :y
No way would i take it to the stealers ever :y
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Belt kit is another £120 ish... locking kit is £50-100... so a reasonable saving to be made by doing it yourself if you feel upto it :-\
Four hours is a fair time... think official book time is 3.5, £50 an hour isn't unreasonable either in the grand scheme of things :-\
2.2
I'm sure it's a V6 :D
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Yes Vx book time is 2.2 hours, which is pretty generous actually. :y
The important questions to ask him are:
1) Has he done one before
2) Does he have the locking and timing kit
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Yes Vx book time is 2.2 hours, which is pretty generous actually. :y
The important questions to ask him are:
1) Has he done one before
2) Does he have the locking and timing kit
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Has he done one before Yep
Does he have the locking and timing kit Dont know :(
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If he says no to the locking kit yet has done one before, run....very fast in the other direction!
If James or Serek are unavailable give me a shout. I am around this weekend (Sun pref) or even monday/tuesday mornings. I dont start my day job until midday :)
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If he says no to the locking kit yet has done one before, run....very fast in the other direction!
If James or Serek are unavailable give me a shout. I am around this weekend (Sun pref) or even monday/tuesday mornings. I dont start my day job until midday :)
Ive spoken to Serek but about another issue (wheel bearing) :-[ as you know . Popping down Wednesday to get it fixed an have a word about the cam belt , thanks anyway Guffer ;)
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I do very very little work these days aside of my own projects, but always happy to help members with cam belts etc if I can
I have the setting kit and I've lost count of how many omega belts I must have done over the years
His price is not outrageous but I can cut a massive hole in it.
How far are you from Buckingham and what are you up to this afternoon, tomorrow, or Monday afternoons?
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James . You remember you came over once to fix my overheating pf omega
once ;D we had quite an ordeal but found it was a blocked rad .
Il give you a shout when i get the cam belt kit :y
Steve