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Changing the Timing Belt #55678 03/12/02 05:19 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 130 Arlington Texas E Eurythmian OP Member
OP Eurythmian Member E Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 130 Arlington Texas	Called the dealership... They want $340.00 to change out the timing belt. Belt Price $83.00 Is this the norm? How difficult is it to do this myself? '96 Oxford White Mercury Mystique "Spree" Equipped with a stock 170hp Duratec 2.5L - V-6, 4 speed ATX It's a Tubeless Tique!!! ( DFW will understand... ) Purchased NEW @ $18,756.00 on 1/11/97 with 25 miles on the Odometer for the wife. Now has a little over 57,000 miles on it and it's my ride after getting the wife a 2000 Windstar SEL. High Beam - Cool Blues in all four Head Lights. 885s in Fogs. Head Light Switch Wiring Mod ? Can now run with Parks and Fogs together. Updated the sound system and did sound proofing (What a difference!). Dad of twins. I'm such the family man.

Re: Changing the Timing Belt #55679 03/12/02 05:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 37 Pa S SuperTourN Member
SuperTourN Member S Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 37 Pa	Well the 2.5 duratec does not have a timing belt. It has timing chains 2 of them.. If they only want $340 to do BOTH chains then i would let them do it.. It not a fun job. Dont ask how I know Pete

Re: Changing the Timing Belt #55680 03/12/02 06:19 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 130 Arlington Texas E Eurythmian OP Member
OP Eurythmian Member E Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 130 Arlington Texas	OK, now my ignorance is showing... I'm talking about the belt that wraps around the water pump and everything else on the front of the engine. The service guy at the dealership said it was the timing belt... I guess he knows about as much as I do. What is this belt called? What should be the normal charge for replacing it and is it hard to do myself? Like I said, they want $340.00 for parts and labor. $83.00 for the Belt. Seems high to me. Eurythmian '96 Oxford White Mercury Mystique "Spree" Equipped with a stock 170hp Duratec 2.5L - V-6, 4 speed ATX It's a Tubeless Tique!!! ( DFW will understand... ) Purchased NEW @ $18,756.00 on 1/11/97 with 25 miles on the Odometer for the wife. Now has a little over 57,000 miles on it and it's my ride after getting the wife a 2000 Windstar SEL. High Beam - Cool Blues in all four Head Lights. 885s in Fogs. Head Light Switch Wiring Mod ? Can now run with Parks and Fogs together. Updated the sound system and did sound proofing (What a difference!). Dad of twins. I'm such the family man.

Re: Changing the Timing Belt #55681 03/12/02 06:47 PM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 128 Hudson, MA B bcandiloro Member
bcandiloro Member B Joined: May 2001 Posts: 128 Hudson, MA	ooh, that ain't right. can't think of the correct technical term (too many beers at lunch , but it is often refered to as a serpentine belt. i haven't done mine yet so i don't know the prices, i guess the belt price seems about right, but you should be able to do it yourself with a few tools in less than a hour. mines due so i'm interested in any tips from the pros here... p.s. the duratech has a separate belt on the other side of the engine block for water pump. T-Red SVT E0 #2321 of 6535

Re: Changing the Timing Belt #55682 03/12/02 06:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 647 Flowery Branch, GA B burgman Member
burgman Member B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 647 Flowery Branch, GA	Quote: Originally posted by Eurythmian: Like I said, they want $340.00 for parts and labor. $83.00 for the Belt. That is just wrong! You are looking at the drive (serpentine) belt. The belt costs less than $20.00 and takes 5 minutes to change. Post down in your local chapter and somebody will help you change it, or can recommend a honest mechanic. - 1996 Mystique Spree 2.0 ATX - 2002 Mustang GT 5-speed - North Georgia Auto Forums

Re: Changing the Timing Belt #55683 03/12/02 07:24 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 130 Arlington Texas E Eurythmian OP Member
OP Eurythmian Member E Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 130 Arlington Texas	AMEN!!! I knew $340.00 was highway robbery! The service guy is either new or just an idiot. I thought that was what they were called... I guess I?m not as stupid as I thought I was. I?ll have to post in the DFW Forum that I need some input and possibly some help... What would I do without this web-site? Eurythmian '96 Oxford White Mercury Mystique "Spree" Equipped with a stock 170hp Duratec 2.5L - V-6, 4 speed ATX It's a Tubeless Tique!!! ( DFW will understand... ) Purchased NEW @ $18,756.00 on 1/11/97 with 25 miles on the Odometer for the wife. Now has a little over 57,000 miles on it and it's my ride after getting the wife a 2000 Windstar SEL. High Beam - Cool Blues in all four Head Lights. 885s in Fogs. Head Light Switch Wiring Mod ? Can now run with Parks and Fogs together. Updated the sound system and did sound proofing (What a difference!). Dad of twins. I'm such the family man.

Re: Changing the Timing Belt #55684 03/12/02 07:38 PM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 70 STL R rifter Member
rifter Member R Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 70 STL	Quote: Originally posted by Eurythmian: Called the dealership... They want $340.00 to change out the timing belt. Belt Price $83.00 Is this the norm? How difficult is it to do this myself? Timing belt was $47.xx and the drive (serp) belt was 27.xx at my local Ford dealer. Unless there's some strange tool that I'm not aware of that they use once and throw away, it can't cost that much. Get a Haynes manual from your local AutoZone for $15 and look through it. It took me about 1 hour to do the whole thing in freezing weather on my Mystique and about the same for my Grand Am. The belt I got from Advance Auto glazed over and cracked within a week and the one from Ford still has the writing clearly written on it. 96 Green Mystique Zetec ATX No mods yet (wife's car but I drive it all the time) "If you want something done right, do it yourself or use an SAE mechanic you can buy beer for." Ricers are like the mosquito that buzzes in your ear but you can't kill. They just won't go away.

Re: Changing the Timing Belt #55685 03/12/02 08:21 PM
Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 308 Sussex, Wisconsin J jeffyscott Member
jeffyscott Member J Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 308 Sussex, Wisconsin	I've been told in the range of $50 parts and labor for serpantine belt. Timing belt on zetec is in the range you were quoted...at least at a dealer...don't know if independent would be cheaper. Uh...if the service guy doesn't know difference between timing and serpentine belt I think the dealership has a problem. :rolleyes: 1996 Contour GL Sport, Zetec, MTX 1995 Contour GL, Zetec, MTX

Re: Changing the Timing Belt #55686 03/12/02 08:37 PM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 7,329 KC, MO D DemonSVT Member
DemonSVT Member D Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 7,329 KC, MO	Quote: Originally posted by Eurythmian: OK, now my ignorance is showing... I'm talking about the belt that wraps around the water pump and everything else on the front of the engine. The service guy at the dealership said it was the timing belt... I guess he knows about as much as I do. The water pump is on the "back" of the engine. It has a belt all to itself. The Accessory drive belt (serpentine) is located on the front of the engine. It costs like $15-20 and can be changed in 30 mins. So even at a stealerships greatly increased rates it shouldn't be more than $100 for parts & labor... Like mentioned - the Duratec has chains. No required change interval. 2000 SVT #674 - Check it out! Whoever coined the phrase; "If it ain't broke; don't fix it" ~ Just doesn't get it...

Re: Changing the Timing Belt #55687 03/12/02 09:30 PM
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 294 NW Chicago Burbs K Kirill Member
Kirill Member K Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 294 NW Chicago Burbs	Regarding Duratec's waterpump belt - it's easy to do it yourself. And Serpantine belt is on another side of the engine. Are you still running original waterpump ? Regards, Kirill 98.5 Contour SE Silver Frost (powered by Duratec 2.5L) Nakamichi CD-45Z -> Phoenix Gold XS4300 -> Infinity Kappa 693.3i \_ Blaupunkt ODx694

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