| bearinalude |
| where's a good place for me to get my timing belt checked? possibly replacing it as well depending on the condition. |
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| bearinalude |
| any suggestions at all?!?! |
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| 2ndgenlude |
honda would be your best bet. basically if your car is on a 100000km interval change it. its not so much the belt, its the tensioner that fails.
i take my car to sandy lane auto on argyle. family connections haha.
honda would be your best bet though. |
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| BananaBoy |
| I take My Lude to Wilson's AutoTech. Better price and service than the dealers. |
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| 2ndgenlude |
| ya. if you can find a honest shop that does good work its always better then heading to the dealer unless you NEED to go to the dealer for something. |
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| bearinalude |
| hehe yeah i know that the dealer would be the best choice, but if i can get the work done at 75% of the price, why not right? as long as it's not shabby. banana boy, where is the shop located at? and how much did it cost u? |
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| Copper |
I get all my work done at TopTech auto (Honda acura specialists) There the only ones that touch my lude, I actually had my timing bel tdone there at 100000kms...there on th ewest end, off yellow head on 123rd street i think...
Ph#: 452-6477 ....i think |
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| BananaBoy |
| Interesting, my edmonton office is near TopTech. I'll just might give them a try on my next service. |
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| bearinalude |
quote:
Originally posted by Copper
I get all my work done at TopTech auto (Honda acura specialists) There the only ones that touch my lude, I actually had my timing bel tdone there at 100000kms...there on th ewest end, off yellow head on 123rd street i think...
Ph#: 452-6477 ....i think
hmmm maybe i'll look em up, i'm guessing they do a pretty good job?? how long does it usually take? |
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| brock |
| speaking of timing belts mine just went and took half the engine with it fucken past owner told me he got it all done at 100 000 |
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| bearinalude |
quote:
Originally posted by brock
speaking of timing belts mine just went and took half the engine with it fucken past owner told me he got it all done at 100 000
oh shiet, sorry to hear man, so what're ur plans now?? rebuild?? engine swap?? damn now i'm more worried. |
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| heckmatic |
| Yeah, I need to get mine done here right away. I'm at 106000 kms. How much did it cost you guys to get it done? |
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| brock |
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Originally posted by bearinalude
oh shiet, sorry to hear man, so what're ur plans now?? rebuild?? engine swap?? damn now i'm more worried.
rebuild haha im not rich enough for a swap |
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| 2ndgenlude |
need a hand rebuilding let me know. ive rebuilt a few chev small blocks and a mazda 4 cylinder.
also helping accord driver rebuild his a20. |
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| bearinalude |
| hmm looked up the Wilson Autotech website, they seem pretty professional, and there's a location at southside too. gonna give them a call and ask for a quote |
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| bearinalude |
| is it possible for the first belt to go 166xxx kms?? hahaha |
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| mike3 |
| I suppose its possible, but highly not reccomended. |
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| newaccorddriver |
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Originally posted by bearinalude
is it possible for the first belt to go 166xxx kms?? hahaha
cant say why it wont. my grampas corolla went 300,000km without a problem and its still going strong, but like mike3 said, its not recommended unless you dont care about your car |
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| newaccorddriver |
quote:
Originally posted by brock
speaking of timing belts mine just went and took half the engine with it fucken past owner told me he got it all done at 100 000
you might be lucky and find a head in good shape at a junkyard. B20A5 engines are hard to come by there though, but are still plentiful compared in a sense that it doesnt take long for one to hit the yard again. hardly anybody takes the head on those cars anyways, its mostly distributors and such.
and why the fuck would you take a previous owners word without recipts? thats just asking for trouble. |
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| brock |
quote:
Originally posted by newaccorddriver
and why the fuck would you take a previous owners word without recipts? thats just asking for trouble.
cause im the most retarded kid ever
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| newaccorddriver |
quote:
Originally posted by brock
cause im the most retarded kid ever
:mad:
your not the only one.. good thing my accord only cost me $700. the guy was right about the car being well maintained cause carfax showed that it got some serious work done to it before it got sold. and it was also pretty peppy cause it felt pretty torquey for its age and such, but it was still shit after all that work put into it |
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| bearinalude |
| ok gonna get it changed tomorrow along with alternator and power steering belt :D |
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| 2ndgenlude |
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Originally posted by brock
cause im the most retarded kid ever
:mad:
haha, your not alone. buying a used car is always a crap shoot. my old prelude was bought from a dealership, with safety inspection and all that, and within 2 days of owning it the alternator went, within 2 months the clutch was gone, waterpump was done, battery, etc. |
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| bearinalude |
| do they usually change the water pump as well when doin a timing belt change? |
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| bearinalude |
| cam seals and oil pumpdrive were leaking too...grrr :mad: |
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| Nis13 |
| fuck. my timing belt is cracked all over.. bought another one for 58 bucks at napa.. haven't put it in yet.. probbaly get someone to do it.. err.. ther goes another 1-2 hun. |
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| Nis13 |
within the past 2 weeks and the future two weeks i will of had the following replaced
timing belt
water pump
rear control arms
FR steering knuckle
inner tie rod
4 tires
and 2 front radius rods
and a 4 wheel alingment
this was taking the previous owners word..
The car was hit so badly the alingment was bent so many ays it straightend it self out.. |
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| bearinalude |
| hehe shiet when i looked at my old timing belt, there was no crack wat so ever, damn think i wasted my money, but the previous owner didn't do a change...so i was getting paranoid lol. better safe than sorry! |
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| Nis13 |
oh and to add to my list.. valve cover gasket kit, drive belt and p/s a/c belt, slave cylinder.
How much did you guys pay for your timing belt/install? |
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| bearinalude |
| i was quoted 390. |
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