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Very simple.
Post your cost (parts + labor) and shop type (chain or not, and if chain, name) for when you had your zetec timing belt changed.
Just looking to see what I will be spending to have this done.
Also, any recommended maintenance while it's in the shop is appreciated.
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look t spend about $500 give or take $100. mine cost $450 parts and labor (the belt itself is only 40 bucks, so labor is the killer here). i had a chrysler dealer do it, since my family has been taking there cars there for years and my dad is good friends with the service manager.
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Did it myself. Labor usually equals around $200.
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96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Did it myself. Labor usually equals around $200.
labor depends on where you are. i ahd a few private shops offer to do it here for 350, but that was the lowest, and i didnt like the look of the shop..very unestablished...lets just put it that way. i woudl have done it myself, like i do everything else, but i handt ever done it on a zetec and really didnt have the 6 hrs to spare to learn...so i took it to the dealer. they did that, my IAC Valve replacement, coolant flush, tranny flush, rotated my tires, waterpump change and serpintine belt change for 925 dollars...not too bad. i didnt even think about the waterpump, the said i should prolly do it... kind of a while-they-were-in-there thing. and they did it all in 1 day. the also serviced my a/c...but i still need a new compressor, mine grinds...hey kremit, how hard is it to bypass my a/c on the serp belt? do you just buy a non a/c belt? cuase i just snapped one yesterday and i think its the damn compressor that caused it...
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Relegating to troll status sometime this week.
New Whip: 1990 Lexus ES250.
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Originally posted by Stryker:
how hard is it to bypass my a/c on the serp belt? do you just buy a non a/c belt? cuase i just snapped one yesterday and i think its the damn compressor that caused it...
Thats all you do, tell thme you want a belt for non A/C Contour.
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Regards, Cole.
Relegating to troll status sometime this week.
New Whip: 1990 Lexus ES250.
Old Hotness: 1995 GL MTX Zetec *IN TRIAGE*
"I had a little friend once, but it dont move no more... "
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Originally posted by HITMANinMI:
Originally posted by Stryker:
how hard is it to bypass my a/c on the serp belt? do you just buy a non a/c belt? cuase i just snapped one yesterday and i think its the damn compressor that caused it...
Thats all you do, tell thme you want a belt for non A/C Contour.
Yeap. And removing the compressor and other a/c parts is very easy if you decide to do so.
And about PMing me if you need a walk through. Maybe best to PM someone else as I'm not great at explaining how to do. Though I can give some useful tips to save time/trouble.
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91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
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cost was about $300 in parts and an afternoon fo my time
replaced all the pullies and needed to get the tensioning spring, also put a new accessory drive belt on at the same time
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i just wanted to make sure i wasnt needing to bypass any sensor or anything.
now autolite DP's 
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