Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting timing belt $675?

Had to have the timing belt both idlers and the tensioner replaced on a 1996 4 cylinder Contour. I have been told total, including a tow (only about 1 mile) is $675. Does this price of, say $625, for timing belt, etc. sound okay?...seems like a lot to me.

When i was in a wreck around a year ago towing was $475 for around 1 mile, some places charge more or less.

-ivan

not at all, I think it was near $300 in parts from the dealer to replace the timing belt on my car a few years ago

I say do it yourself, 150$(maybe 200$) is parts (timing belt, waterpump(if you need one), valve cover gasket, and pulleys} and about 4 hours to spare. You could save a couple hundred dollars.

And yes, 600+ sounds like alot, I got quoted 400$ all said and done when I checked it out for mine.

Was the $400 for just the belt without tensioner and pulleys? I had a quote from dealer for $460 just for the belt.

I picked up the car and my wife had heard the message wrong...total was a little lower, $636 which included $54 for the tow.

With the tensioner and idler pulleys, the parts are $345 on my bill, then there is 3 hours labor for $207. So $552 for the job, excluding taxes.

Brapple - Since you indicated just parts were $300+, I am interpreting your "not at all" to be referring my "seems like a lot to me"...and not to my "Does this price of, say $625, for timing belt, etc. sound okay?". In other words you think the price I paid was okay.

400 was for everything, tensioner and pulleys, and belt. It's not a major garage, just a 2 man roadside place. That might make a huge difference in price, Plus, My family's known them for years.

I think my dad found it online somewhere for >$200 recently, I dunno how complicated it is, but it seems like if you could DIY as stated in previous posts, I'd rather give up a saturday rather than $400

I had my t-belt done about four months ago. My total was $450 for parts and labor including spark plugs at the dealer. Labor was 4.5hrs and the tow was $50 for 18 miles.

They did screw up my idler pulley for the serp.belt and it snapped on my way home. They did fix it for free.

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99 Contour SE
Zetec eng
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My nephew is the king of replacing time belts. He is always doing that. I disagree with everybody else the price sounds like a excellent job. When replacing a time belt you should go ahead and do preventive maintance and fix everything. I think he charges in the 500-600 range. He is ase certified and works for ford garage

That's about what I paid when my kid needed her timing belt/tensioners/pullies replaced on her tour.
Give or take a bit, that seems to be about the going rate to replace those parts.
And, welcome to the CEG.